13 weeks

Week 13: Peach. Average fetus — 7.4 cm, 23 grams. Your fetus is forming teeth and vocal cords... savor this, their non-functional phase. Baby is approaching normal proportions, with a head now only one third the size of the body. Intestines are in the process of moving from the umbilical cord to baby's tummy. (Much more convenient.)

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This week is a big week for wee bébé and I — we are flying to New York! My peach and I are going to the big apple! I get to go with work for a trade show and am very excited. It will be a nice break but super strange to travel with no family. No husband and no son. I will miss them terribly, but that just makes coming home that much nicer ;)

Nothing else new though... belly continuing to grow and I feel hungry almost all the time. I go to the doctor in a couple weeks and am very anxious to hear the heartbeat. And then we have the ultrasound to look forward to! We have the names already picked out (have had them picked for quite a while!), and once we find out what we will having, I think we will share them. I can't wait to know who is growing inside of me!

The other day I was standing in front of Ben (he was in his booster chair) and he poked my tummy. I told him that there was a baby in my tummy and he gave me the most puzzling look. He lifted my shirt, pulled the band of my pants down and poked my belly button.. of course making me laugh. We'll see what he does as it grows bigger and bigger!