something wonderful
Categories: uncategorized
Tags: ultrasounds
Date: 07 March 2006 22:43:00
Twelve-week scan
Here it is then. The baby wriggled and jumped and pushed and - apparently - waved while being scanned. The Queen Mother's hospital don't tell you the sex of the baby even if you ask reeeaaally nicely. I guess people might sue if they get wrong information.
Nonetheless, there he/she lies. A tenth of a pound. Fully formed, just extremely small.
From askbaby.com
"Your baby is now fully formed but needs the next six months to fully mature. Your baby is roughly the size of a plum and is starting to move his or her fingers. You still cannot feel your baby moving because she is so tiny. Your baby's eyes are completely formed and now move round to the front of the face. The bones are growing, although they are still soft cartilage at this stage. The placenta now takes over as your baby's life-support system. It will filter oxygen and nutrients into the foetus from the mother's bloodstream via the umbilical cord."