Some interesting baby info for this week: The hand plates become present this week, and the baby is about 7-9 mm by the end of the week. The genital tubercle is present, but you can't distinguish girls from boys by sight at this point. Nasal pits are forming. The baby will actually go through 3 sets of kidneys, very rapidly as they develop during this period. This week the second of such sets will form.
3 sets of kidneys? Who knew?
My primary care physician scheduled an appointment with an obstetrician she recommends. I wondered if this was one of those times in life to go through an exhaustive practice of polling friends in my city to find out who is recommened and who isn't, but decided that my doctor's recommendation would do just fine. So many babies are born everyday that this isn't a risky business. If I were having a brain tumor removed, I might be more selective. If I were having a brain tumor removed, I'd have McDreamy from Gray's Anatomy do it.
Our obstetrician is part of a group. I will have 2 doctors that I meet with in rotation during my pregnancy and then either one of them will be the one to delivery my baby. It's all about who turns out to be the lucky guy on call when I go into labor. So it will be a fun surprise...surprise, it's doctor Shawn, or surprise it's doctor Mike.
While at the obstetrician, we had an ultrasound and got to see our baby for the first time. It really did not have much of a baby shape to it. I think it still had a bit of a tail. In the ultrasound photos the baby looks more like a seahorse. The best part was hearing the heartbeat! So amazing. That really made the pregnancy real for me.
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