Week ten marks our first ultrasound and first true doctor’s appointment!
Date of appointment: October 20, 2008
My weight gain to date: 1 kg
Estimated size of Baby Bodkin: a little over an inch
We met with Dr. Volk at the Yokosuka Naval Hospital. He gave me a quick physical exam and then he did the ultrasound. It was a little difficult to see our Baby Bodkin; however, it just made us even more excited for our next ultrasound when Baby Bodkin has grown a bit more!
Our next appointment is in another 4 weeks, and I think we get get to hear the heartbeat… yay! The ultrasound we had showed the heartbeat as a flashing light because it is so early on in the pregnancy.
Mom and Dad sent another package with our Halloween treats! Of course there was candy and yummies for us, but there were also "treats" in there for all the grandbabies!
Hanna "The Lady Bug" and Lizzie "The Bumble Bee" in their Halloween costumes that Mom and Dad sent! They gave my sister and Derek's cats a Rooster and a Dinosaur costume... love it!
Onesies with "What happens at Grandma's house stays at Grandma's house" and "I love my Grandpa"! They are so adorable! I love them :)
This book is the best! It is full of nursery rhymes! It was really fun reading through the book with Eric and seeing the nursery rhymes our parents used to read to us; however, there are a bunch in there that I have never heard before! I assume they teach the new ones in school, so we will have to start studying!
(Starting to show a bit! I have gained 1 kg which is how they weigh us in Japan. The difference is a bit more noticeable this week because I skipped a week of photos...oops!)
Though Baby Bodkin 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, the baby has now completed the most critical portion of development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in the body rapidly grow and mature.
Baby Bodkin is swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including the kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function.
In other developments: The baby's limbs can bend now. The hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over the 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 baby's forehead temporarily bulges with the developing brain and sits very high on thes head, which measures half the length of the body. From crown to rump, Baby Bodkin is about 1 1/4 inches long.
(www.babycenter.com)
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