Movin' Right Along!

Well, had a check up yesterday and the baby has a normal heart beat and seems to be growing at a normal rate. Angela has been doing a great job. We were prepared for the worst during the first trimester but it went really smooth. I hope you enjoy this video I made with clips from our ultrasound yesterday and some other stuff I've shot recently. There will be more of these video's I promise. I talked Angela into buying a new Nikon D90 DSLR with HD movie mode! You won't be able to see anything in HD over the web, of course, because I have to condense the quality way down to be able to upload.

Baby Coopela


Fetal development in pregnancy week 15: You may begin to feel some fluttering movements as baby kicks, flails, twists and turns. She can also grasp, squint, frown, grimace and maybe suck her thumb! Your baby's legs have grown longer than the arms and the body is now longer than the head. And you'll be happy to note that he is moving those arms and legs often! His skin is very thin -- so thin blood vessel are visible. It's covered by a fine, soft layer of hair called lanugo. Lanugo comes from a Latin word meaning "down." This hair is thought to help insulate your little boy. The three tiny bones in his middle ear have begun to harden. The auditory centers in your baby's brain haven't developed yet, so she might not really understand what you say but her hearing capacity is in the process of developing. Fingernails and toenails are growing. Eyebrows are beginning to grow and even the hair on his head is sprouting. It will probably change color and texture after birth. All this and your little one is an amazing 3.98 inches long and may weigh 2.47 ounces.

14 weeks pregnant!!

We’re 14 weeks pregnant! In exactly one week we’ll have our next ultrasound! We’re really hoping Dr. Wayman will be able to tell us Coopela’s gender so we can come up with a real name!
Fetal development in pregnancy week 14: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.
He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little Coopela's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

13 Weeks Pregnant!!

We're 13 weeks and time is going by faster than I thought it would! I'm doing really good! I haven't felt sick, just a little tired. After work I've been laying on the couch reading one of my 5 pregnancy books...lol Only 2 more weeks until my next Dr. appointment and my birthday!! :)
Fetal development in pregnancy week 13: This is your final week in the first trimester and your little weed continues to grow and grow and grow. Of the three trimesters, this one has been the most important for your little one’s development. Assuming you’ve carefully adopted a healthy diet, continue to exercise and get ample rest, your little one is set up perfectly for even more growth and development in tri-two! Way to go! He or she now weighs about 1.5 ounces and is roughly 3 inches in length. Little hairs, known as lanugo, will start to cover their body this week, as their sense of taste and smell are further refined. Their cozy little amniotic sac is also increasing in size and mass as it continues to fill with more fluid. Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries.

12 Weeks Pregnant!!

Well, we're 3 months pregnant and doing great! Just counting down the days until my next Dr. appointment (November 25th, I'll be 15 weeks)! I will get another ultrasound and the appt. is on my birthday...how awesome would it be to find out the sex of the baby on my birthday!! :) It might be a little soon, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Fetal development in pregnancy week 12: This week your baby is now almost the size of a lime, weighing almost an ounce and measuring almost 2.5 inches! Her eyes are now positioned in the front of her face and her ears are in position on the sides of her head. Most notably, reflexes have begun! Your little one's mouth is making sucking movements, her eye muscles clench, her toes curl, fingers and hands open and close, and she may even begin to suck her thumb. Though she is still too little for you to feel, she can feel you. If you were to apply pressure to your abdomen, your baby would squirm in response! Her brain has been developing rapidly too. Nerve cells are multiplying, and synapses, or the small junctions across which nerve impulses pass from one nerve cell to another, are forming at an impressive speed. A little lower, her intestines are developing and will soon be moving into her stomach cavity. Vocal cords are forming, the pancreas begins to produce insulin, and the liver begins to function - Responsible for cleansing the blood, storing nutrients, and providing needed chemicals, this is an important event! It's incredible to think how far she has come in just a few short months!