8 weeks

It's been fun each week reading thru my books that Lisa & Heather gave me. My mom gets a kick out of them comparing the baby size to a food each week. Thought I'd share these with you. God is such an awesome God -- It's a miracle to realize how babies come to be babies. To look at an infant or child and think about how they grew those nine months is just amazing.

From "What to Expect When You're Expecting":
Your baby is growing up a storm, this week measuring about the length of a large raspberry. And that sweet little raspberry of yours is looking less reptilian and more human, as his/her lips, nose, eyelids, legs and back continue to take shape. And though it's still too early to hear from the outside, your baby's heart is beating twice as fast as yours. Something else new this week: Your baby is making spontaneous movements (twitches of the trunk and limb buds too tiny for you to feel).

From "The Pregnancy Book":
Baby is around 1.5 inches long, about the size of a large olive, and weighs around 1/2 ounce. The previously hunched-over head and curved body are now more erect. All the internal organs that will be present in the fully grown infant have already been formed. The heart is now divided into four chambers. Hands, feet, fingers and toes are fully formed. Major joints, shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee and ankle are evident. Mouth, nose and nostrils are more formed, earlobes show, and all the structures of the eyes are found. Body and limb movements can be seen on ultrasound. The developing baby is no longer called an embryo -- it is now a fetus (meaning "young one") and begins to look like a miniature human being.