Little Mama Week 12

Things are changing fast. You’re reaching the home stretch of the first trimester (we know, finally!) at 12 weeks which means your hormones are likely to tone things down a bit -- which might make you feel a little less emotional! And it will probably help the symptoms subside a bit, too. One warning though: your morning sickness and fatigue might get replaced by headaches and dizziness. But we think that’s a reasonable trade-off. The other big change? Baby’s almost done developing her body’s important systems and parts, which means, it’s mostly about getting bigger and more mature from here on out. Around week 12, you might want to know more about baby, so you’re probably having genetic testing done to determine her risk of birth defects or other problems. This can be a little scary -- and confusing -- so be sure to ask your OB plenty of questions, and know that it’s much more likely baby’s A-OK than anything else.

Baby A is about 2.1 inches long and .49 ounces. Now that she's got pretty much all her parts, her main job is to keep on growing. Most of her critical systems are fully formed! She's about to enter the growth and maturation stage, in which her organs and tissues will grow and develop rapidly. She's now developing her reflexes -- if you poke her body, she'll likely move. She's opening and closing her fingers and curling her toes, too. Her brain is developing fast!

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The hunger is still about the same. Just trying to eat bigger meals to keep the hunger down some. Then eat small snacks at other times.

My neck has started to breakout more and the bumps stay longer. Some people have thought I have a rash. Chris asked me Sunday what was wrong with my neck. I told him it was my hormones.

Clothes are about the same. If I had maternity clothes, I would wear them. But right now I can get by with what I have with a few small fixes. I will be glad when the weather warms up and I can wear my dresses more. I feel much more comfortable in them than I do in pants.

I have been trying to sleep on my left side for the most part. I do wake up sometimes on my back and quickly change positions. I am just paranoid that I will hurt Baby A.

Still doing a lot of resting in the evenings. I did get out and help Chris in the yard Saturday. 

Two nights last week I woke up with a pain in my right side. It kinda scared me, but then they would go away.
Friday night as I was grocery shopping, I started getting them again. I let Chris know and he came home. We came to the conclusion that I might need to stay away from spicy food for a little bit to see if that is the cause. If not, I will be calling my doctor to let her know.