A shrimp, a lemon, and some exciting news!

Well we got some exciting news! Elizabeth had an ultrasound Wednesday morning, and she now has a revised due date of Dec. 10, instead of Dec. 23. This means she is almost 15 weeks pregnant, instead of being almost 13 weeks pregnant, and we are only a little more than 5 and a half months away from having our baby in our home! They took two ultrasound pictures which will be sent to us, and I am so excited to see Baby S! :)

Of course you all know what this means... it means I've been off on some of the weekly updates on how Baby S is developing. I missed week 13 and week 14! So here it goes. At week 13, Baby S was the size of a medium shrimp! (How did they let something slip in here other than a fruit?) Fingertips were formed, and the baby's body started to catch up with his or her head, which made up about 1/3 of his or her body on week 13. If Baby S is a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Baby S was about 3 inches long and weighed about an ounce at week 13, too. On to Week 14, at which time Baby S became the size of a lemon, (OK back to the fruit. Why am I now finding this comforting? lol) at 3 and a half inches long and weighing about 1 and a half ounces. During this week, his or her arms grew to a length that is in proportion to the rest of the body. His or her hands are also more flexible and active. Some great news is that now Elizabeth is officially into her second trimester! This means the risk of miscarriage has decreased dramatically.

I can hardly wait for this week's newest update, which will be 15 weeks. December isn't sounding so far away anymore!