15 Weeks

Only 25 more weeks to go. This week was a little more eventful. We found out that Erika is a carrier for cystic fibrosis, which means that I need to be tested. I stopped by the office today and had some blood drawn for that test. If I were to be a carrier as well, our baby would have a 1/4 of contracting the disease. Nothing to be alarmed about yet, but we are praying that would not be the case.

This week's update from "Baby Center":

Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam.

Interesting, the baby can see light and is apparently sensitive to it too.

14 Weeks

I am a little late on this week's post, but the picture is still from the 14-week mark. Erika is showing a little more  and the nausea is getting a little better too. She still has some bad bouts with it, though. Hopefully it will go away soon since she just entered the second trimester.

This is this week's info from that "Baby Center":

This week's big developments: 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.
In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces.

Another odd thing I did not know: apparently the baby pees in the amniotic fluid. I suppose it is not unhealthy since babies have been doing it since the beginning, but it is kind of gross sounding.