COUNTDOWN TO BABY

[Sinitron]

it's a lovely book, my niece loved it

[Shida]

It's the most memorable book of my childhood, you must pass it on to future generations.
also you must get ponyo

[zhicago]

[Shida]

[DrRumack]

my personal favorite by carle

[dinky-dau]

I don't remember much from any of my childhood books, except for Corduroy, which I don't remember if it was any good or not:

It was about a lost teddy bear kicking it in an empty department store, and that's about all I remember.

oh also, Tove Jansson's work might be worth buying, since her work is still really popular to this day:

[Fluffkomix]

[sev]

someday this child will come back to this thread, the place of his origin, and see the many postings of sinitron. seeing his various and high-quality opinions on fatherhood, this child will logically accept accept this man as his true father and go to norway and seek him out

and sin will read him "the very hungry caterpillar"

[Sinitron]

HELP I'M BEING ASSAULTED

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

[zhicago]

BIG UPDATE!!

12 Weeks

12 weeks is a big deal because it marks the last week of the most volatile trimester. Once women hit the 12th week, they are 80% more likely to carry their pregnancy to full term.

Let's see what Amalah has to say this week!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ_LqtcpDZI


Your Baby:

Is about two-and-a-half inches long. So still in the lemon/lime range. Comparison reruns! Sorry about that.
Already has pretty much every structure, organ and system needed for life by this point. Everything will continue to develop and mature, but your baby really is a perfect little miniature human being.
Reproductive organs are distinctly male or female. A 3D ultrasound could possibly make a pretty good guess at the sex now.
Can officially be Bugged By You. Reflexes have developed, so if you push on your uterus, your baby will squirm and move in response. You can't feel it, but it sure is fun to imagine getting flipped off by your fetus.


You:

Are you feeling better? I hope you're feeling better. I keep thinking I'm feeling better and then I'm not. And then I am again! And then I smell whatever it is that you're eating over there and BLEH.
Have a big-ass uterus now — too big to remain all low in your pelvis. It'll sort of grow and migrate upwards during the second trimester. Pros: you won't have to pee so much. Cons: your baby will better be able to land many, many karate chops to your internal organs.
Are probably in some maternity clothes now, especially if this isn't your first pregnancy and/or haven't lost weight due to morning sickness. The whole waist-butt-thigh region is spreading, and it's best to just go with it and be comfortable.

[dilly]

ohhh! tells us what you find out at your next visit to the doctor :DDDD

[salutations]

you are going to name the baby jareth the goblin king right

[shura]

have you thought of any names yet

[zhicago]

yeah, i have the names picked out but i dont really want to tell anyone in case i change my mind/people have a negative opinion on them. i really shouldnt have told my mom; shes been telling all of her friends and it is upsetting because i dont want people to call my baby a name i might have decided against later.

im sure ill make a final decision on it later, maybe not until seeing the baby in person.

but for now i just think of the baby as ponyo

[salutations]

(or jareth the goblin king)

[InsaneX]

congratulations Zhicago-Kun

[trent bortknob]

hell yeah

[zhicago]

Week 13
Hooray second trimester!!!
I am personally feeling much better in the throwing up department (though I can't explain the anomaly that had me hanging over the toilet bowl puking TODAY) and life is good!
I am actually a day late reporting the 13th week, but today was a doctor's appointment and they gave me a surprise ultrasound, so that was neat. I can attest to Ponyo having all the fingers and toes and a heartbeat because I SAW it, I SAW THE THINGS. I just felt bad that we woke the poor thing up. It gave us a little wiggle dance at the end of the show, though.

Let's see what Amalah has to say this week!


Your Baby:

Is about three inches long, the size of a jumbo shrimp, or a small peach.
Has his or her own unique fingerprints already.
Has intestines on the INSIDE of his or her body. (They start developing outside the body, in the umbilical cord, and then sort of...migrate up to their proper home around 13 weeks. I know. Biology is WEIRD, dude.)
Will look less and less like a Big Giant Head and more and more proportionate as the next weeks tick by.

You:

Are probably not puking anymore? But don't freak out if you still are? I generally feel iffy until around week 16, although right now I'm only suffering from the occasional dry heave (on Tuesdays. Every damn Tuesday.) and have actual full days where I want to eat everything in sight because it's all so gooooood.
Are probably not as tired anymore? Unless you are me? I still can't seem to get enough sleep or make it through the day without a catnap. Although maybe I am just very lazy.
May start glowing soon, like everybody always talks about. The "glow" is actually just hormonal changes in your skin's oil production, but it seems most people find it dewy and lovely instead of...ew, gross, oil.
Your hair and nails might be changing as well — a lot of women stop shedding hair during their pregnancies, leading to very thick heads of hair that may also grow faster. Fingernails tend to get stronger and longer as well, which I can personally attest to BEING AWESOME.
Welcome to the second trimester! Well, the second trimester as defined by MOST pregnancy books and calendars, although I believe there may be one or two that count week 13 as part of the first trimester (cough cough BabyCenter Essential Guide to Pregnancy and Birth cough), but they can suck eggs, frankly. I would never do that to you. We are in the second trimester, baby. I promise it gets better.

[rtil]

did the person who wrote this book/blog/whatever have lots of babies? she writes as if she has done this several times

Fingernails tend to get stronger and longer as well, which I can personally attest to BEING AWESOME.