Baby Thompson at 9-weeks

No longer an embryo, your baby has graduated to a fetus! Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a large grape or green olive — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She might now have a strong enough heartbeat to be picked up by a fetal doppler. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.

Tab and Ryan had their first ultrasound today!! Doc said the baby had a super strong heartbeat (175) and all looks great! Chance of miscarriage is less than 1% :)



Hello baby. Stay safe, grow strong and I'll hold you come May.