Chestnut Week 13

Happy New Year!!  For NYE, our whole family went out and got haircuts.  This was Camille's 2nd haircut.  It took longer than the first because we didn't go to a kids' barber.  But it turned out pretty decent for $8. :)

I think I was mistaken before (with the MacNut journals) in saying that the second trimester started in week 13.  Well, it depends how you look at it, I think.  For instance, as of the time I am posting this blog, I have completed 13 weeks of pregnancy plus 6 days.  Argh, all this calculation of gestational dates is giving me a hernia...  But all that is to say that the second trimester really starts at week 14.

Technically, this is what's going on this week:

• Chestnut is the size of a medium shrimp - ~2.91 inches and 0.81 ounces.
• The baby's unique fingerprints are already in place.
• Baby flexes & kicks; movements can be measured.
• The child will begin to learn to suck his/her thumb.
• The nose is more pronounced. The ears are fully developed.
• The external genitalia are almost defined, it may be possible to tell if baby is a boy or girl.

Physical:

• Weight: 117 lb (+3)
• Belly circumference: 32.25 in (+3.75)
• No vomiting this week!  But did gag a couple of times.
• Foods that suck: anything with a lot of garlic
• Foods that are awesome: buttered cut corn, mac 'n cheese, black beans, anything with a light broth.
• School started up again this week and, boy, I am tired!  I had to ask to sit down several times at my clinical rotation site (which is the King County Juvenile Detention Ctr this quarter) because I was starting to faint.
• I feel like I should be taking better care of my physical health.  I should be eating breakfast.  I should be eating more regularly.  I should be exercising.  But I haven't been doing that very faithfully.  I'm sorry, Chestnut!

Spiritual & emotional:

• This is going to be a busy quarter.  I am liking my clinical site and classes so far, though!  I was really hoping that I would be basking in the beauty of the second trimester by now.  So, I'm still a bit disappointed.  Trying to get over it.
• I get a sense from Chin that I have been complaining a lot about my pregnancy symptoms.  I have.  But they are not untrue!  I just want for him to sympathize with my frustration that I am feeling like pulling out my hair because of feeling gross!

Click here to see the comparison to my pregnancy with Camille (MacNut) at the same gestational age.