Inchworm: Week 10

You can count on me doing this once a week because well, it's exciting and not many people know every little process. It's a lot of fun to follow the development. Here is the 10 week diagram if you want to visit it on the site.

This week, my email from BabyCenter.com regarding "week 10" tells me this:

How Inchworm is growing:

Though Inchworm is barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, Inchworm has now completed the most critical portion of development [I'm awarding a gold star here!]. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in the body rapidly grow and mature.

If I could take a peek inside my womb, I'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

• Inchworm's limbs can bend now.
• Hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and the feet may be long enough to meet in front of the body.
• The outline of the spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from the spinal cord.
• The forehead temporarily bulges with the developing brain and sits very high on the head, which measures half the length of his/her body.
• From crown to rump, he's/she's about 1 1/4 inches long.
• In the coming weeks, Inchworm will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.

My personal report on the whole so far:

• I have not been sick in the least bit (Robyn is puking her guts out)

• I feel mainly bloated and tired (super tired!)

• I can see, but mostly feel the bitty "baby-bump" as it is referred, starting to appear. I'd take a picture, but I have my own little chub I'd rather not show off right now until it blends in. haha.

• My goals to stay active are going slow but I have plans to start pool-swimming again and hit the treadmill at least twice a week (I work 10hr days 4days/wk + mollybean.com work on the side. It almost feels impossible to fit in working out unless I want to be up until midnight). I have been hiking and biking at least once a week though. On top of that I go on 15-min. walks 3xs a day with my brother during breaks. It's something right?

• I haven't gained any weight yet, but I've lost around 5lbs (and it's not due to puke, exercise or lack of eating). It fluctuates a bit too so I haven't kept losing it... not worried, just an odd thing.