I’m so sorry about not blogging. Facebook has taken presidence over wordpress in our lives, but it’s time to begin again with blogging . . . because there is a new baby on the way!! Yay!! And with a new child on way, as well, we begin again with the baby center bulletin updates.
With this baby, I was aware of Baby Center earlier on, so I am learning new exciting things that I hadn’t read about with Eian. And it’s so exciting. I hope that you don’t find my blogging too dull, but as I read about the development of this child I am already amazed at how quickly life begins to spring into action inside of us pregnant women. God is a magnificent Creator! Ugh! That adjective just simply falls too short of the speechless thrill ringing inside of me as I contemplate what He has done and what he continues to do in creating life! He is beyond incredible, beyond amazing! He is holy and awesome! And I fall so short of being worthy to call Him my Father, but still he says, “Come unto me!! Be my child! I love you with an everlasting love!! You are mine! I called you, I placed my seal upon you and I will never leave, nor forsake nor reject you! You are loved!!” What a wonderful God we serve, for those of us that do and for those of you that don’t, may you be drawn to know more of Him and his passionate, jealous, holy love for you . . . as you read about the development of our new child (my 5 week old baby already has a heart beat! LIFE RESIDE WITHIN ME!!).
How your baby’s growing:
Deep in your uterus your embryo is growing at a furious pace. At this point, he’s about the size of a sesame seed, and he looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. He’s now made up of three layers — the ectoderm, the mesoderm, and the endoderm — which will later form all of his organs and tissues.
The neural tube — from which your baby’s brain, spinal cord, nerves, and backbone will sprout — is starting to develop in the top layer, called the ectoderm. This layer will also give rise to his skin, hair, nails, mammary and sweat glands, and tooth enamel.
His heart and circulatory system begin to form in the middle layer, or mesoderm. (This week, in fact, his tiny heart begins to divide into chambers and beat and pump blood.) The mesoderm will also form your baby’s muscles, cartilage, bone, and subcutaneous (under skin) tissue.
The third layer, or endoderm, will house his lungs, intestines, and rudimentary urinary system, as well as his thyroid, liver, and pancreas. In the meantime, the primitive placenta and umbilical cord, which deliver nourishment and oxygen to your baby, are already on the job.
1 Comment
May 29, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Wow – congratulations! I hope you have a happy and healthy pregnancy. How lovely it will be to have two children so close in age! I imagine that they will be all the closer as they grow up because of it.
Take care of yourself!
xx