tiny toothbuds

Week Eleven

• Nearly all structures and organs are formed and beginning to function.
• Fingers and toes have separated (this is freaking precious in case you are dead inside and didn't realize it)
• Hair and nails begin to grow
• Tiny toothbuds are beginnning to appear under the gums
  
• The genitals begin to take on the proper gender characteristics
• Amniotic fluid begins to accumulate as the kidneys begin to function
• The muscles in the intestinal walls begin to practice contractions that digest food.
• Some of the bones are beginning to harden
  
• Your baby is about 1.61 inches (4.1 cm) long and weighs 0.25 ounce (7gm).

if one were so inclined, they could compare wee baby to the width of an ipod shuffle but at half the weight....

on a side note:
apparently most women gain between 2-5 pounds during the first trimester -- don't know where i am as of yet but i guess i will find out monday at my next doc visit. maybe i will put a scale on the blog if it doesn't hurt my feelings too much. anyway, in a couple of weeks i can expect to start gaining about a pound a week. holy crap.