Week 6: Day 36-42

It's the best week ever!
My hands have started to form, Mommy had her first doctors appointment, the pituitary gland (master gland) is beginning to form, my eye retina pigment is taking shape, and my windpipe(trachea), voice box (larynx), and bronchi (lung tubes) have also started to form.

I'm not sure how big I am. Somewhere between .3 and .43 inches I suppose. I'm growing so fast that if I keep it up this rate, I'll be 15 feet tall in about a month. I'm going to have to slow down soon.

I've noticed that I'm growing from the top down. My head is growing faster than my other organs. My arms grew before my legs. My upper lip grew before my bottom lip. It's called "cephalocaudal" development. Selected cell clusters grow from the head to the tail instead of like, randomly or whatever. Other clusters have to wait their turn. I think that's K-Nifty.

Caffiene is bad. Thanksfully Mommy has given up diet soda for me. She may gain back some of her weight but its healthier than diet soda. Bleh!

Apparently there's this thing called metabolism. The glucose from that may impact morning sickness. Whatever the reason, Mommy hasn't had any. Unfortunately, Mommy is starting to have some food aversions. Fries are her favorite food, but now they kinda smell icky to her. Same for lettuce. Sorry mommy! Thankfully she hasn't been too irritable or depressed as some mothers tend to get during these early pregnancy months. See! I AM a good baby! Told ya! Told Ya! Ninner, ninner, ninner!

On day 41 I'm now nearly 1/2" long. Go me!! Go Me!!