How your baby’s growing:
This week marks the beginning of the embryonic period. From now until ten weeks, all of your baby’s organs will begin to develop and function. As a result, this is the time when she’ll be the most vulnerable to anything that might interfere with her development.
Right now your baby is an embryo consisting of two layers: the epiblast and the hypoblast, from which all her organs and body parts will develop. The primitive placenta is also made up of two layers at this point. Its cells are tunneling into the lining of your uterus, creating spaces for your blood to flow into so that the developed placenta can provide nutrients and oxygen to your growing baby when it starts to function at the end of this week. Also present now are the amniotic sac that will house your baby, the amniotic fluid that will cushion her as she grows, and the yolk sac that produces your baby’s red blood cells and helps deliver nutrients to her until the placenta is ready to take over this duty.
How we’re doing:
On Friday, July 7th, we found out that Lori is pregnant. This came almost exactly one year after we found out the first time that Lori was pregnant with Logan. Last year, we found out on July 14th. So far, everything is going well. Lori has been pretty tired, but that’s to be expected. With this second pregnancy, we kind of know what to expect as far as the hormone changes that Lori will be (and already is) experiencing. She’s been a little nauseous, but not too bad. The tiredness is what’s getting her. She’ll come home from work and it’s all she can do to not fall asleep right away. I don’t have a problem with her taking naps though. If her body is telling her that she needs the rest, then by God, she needs to sleep for a little while. After all, she’s going through quite a bit. It’s the least I can do by being understanding of that.
