Baby Belknap Report Week 12/13

I am happy to report again that I was able to work out last week and this week. I believe four times both weeks. This is great since I have not had the energy in weeks to workout. I have found that I am so energized after working out which helps me so much. Guess what I tell my clients about exercise is true; it does do a body good! One of my client’s gave us a treadmill last week. So I am hopeful to use that as well. I better after I made Jason, Enrique and Valasco move it down so many flights of stairs!
I am sorry to report that I still don’t look any different. Sometimes at night we feel like there is a small bump in the stomach. I am however waiting patiently as I know it is right around the corner!

Julie and Jason

Below is the report from www.babycenter.com from week 12/13

Week 12
How your baby's growing: Your baby's hit the 2-inch mark (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce. Her face is beginning to look more human. Her eyes, which started out on the sides of her head, have moved closer together on her face, and her ears are near their final positions on the sides of her head. Your baby's intestines, which have grown so rapidly that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into her abdominal cavity about now. Her kidneys are secreting urine into her bladder. Her nerve cells have been multiplying rapidly, and synapses (neurological pathways in the brain) are forming. Your baby may have acquired more reflexes by now, including sucking, and she'll even squirm if you prod your abdomen, though you still won't be able to feel her movement for several weeks

Week 13
How your baby's growing: Your belly may soon be big enough to announce to the world that you're expecting, but your baby is still tiny. In fact, he's only about 3 inches long crown to rump — roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp — and weighs just about an ounce. Despite the small proportions, there's a fully formed baby inside your womb now. Much more proportional than it was a few weeks ago, his head is now only about a third the size of his body. His tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. His kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid he's been swallowing. As you start your second trimester, most of your baby's critical development will be completed, and your odds of miscarriage will drop considerably.