Wow so many changes this week!! Baby Mastropolo is about 5.5 inches long. Baby Mastropolo is becoming very mobile (not like me, lately LOL!) and is busy passing time by yawning, hiccupping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking, and swallowing. I should be feeling some of that movement too!
But, with all this is coming some serious hip and lower back pain. I am sleeping on my left side which is recommended and it is really hurting my hip and I even have a special pregnancy body pillow! This is occurring due to my uterus shifting my center of gravity and hormones are causing my ligaments to relax and joints to loosen. Totally normal part of this process besides waking up every 3 hours to pee LOL!!
Also, our baby's nerves are now covered with a substance called myelin (which speeds messages from nerve cell to nerve cell), and the nerves are forming more complex connections. The nerves in Baby Mastropolo's brain are further specializing into the ones that serve the senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. So, exciting!
1 week from today is my 2nd ultrasound AND we should be able to find out the gender!! The countdown begins!!! Weekly belly shot to come on Friday!
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