10 Weeks Pregnant

And so it begins. Kelly and I will begin to document the stages of our pregnancy for you. I will start taking pictures at the end of the day on Thursday nights of Kelly's little belly. We switch weeks on Friday morning. As of this morning, we are fully 10 weeks pregnant, beginning our 11th week. The weeks displayed will be for the coming week - meaning the week below is Week 11. We do this so that we have some idea of what is happening during that particular week of development.

There is no belly shot today...but I will add one to this post this evening (after I've gotten a belly shot), so check back!

WEEK 11

Your babies organ systems are now all fully functioning and he has a skeleton, nerves and blood circulation. Your baby has tiny feet that are fully formed and shaped and could stand on an adult's fingernail. Because the most critical part of baby's development is now over, most birth defects will have already set in you baby's body. The remainder of the pregnancy for your baby will be about rapid growth, organ maturation and getting ready for delivery. Your baby is actually growing so quickly now that he will start out this week being approximately 21 - 25 mm or 0.85 - 1.0 inches and by the end of the week will have doubled that and be approximately 44 - 51 mm or 1.75 - 2.0 inches and weight approximately 7 grams! Your baby's head is still about 1/2 of his body length, and will remain this way for a while. The baby's eyelids are fused now and the irises are developing. Your baby will also begin to get baby teeth, fingernails, toenails and hair follicles this week.