The Gift of Life

How your baby’s growing:
Your baby’s hit the 2-inch mark (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce. Her face is beginning to look more human. Her eyes, which started out on the sides of her head, have moved closer together on her face, and her ears are near their final positions on the sides of her head. Your baby’s intestines, which have grown so rapidly that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into her abdominal cavity about now. Her kidneys are secreting urine into her bladder. Her nerve cells have been multiplying rapidly, and synapses (neurological pathways in the brain) are forming. Your baby may have acquired more reflexes by now, including sucking, and she’ll even squirm if you prod your abdomen, though you still won’t be able to feel her movement for several weeks.

How your life’s changing:
Your uterus is rising above your pelvic bones, and your practitioner can now feel the top of it (the fundus) low in your abdomen. Though you probably won’t need maternity clothes for several more weeks yet, you’ve no doubt noticed that your waist is thickening and that you’re more comfortable in looser, less restrictive clothing.

You may also start getting heartburn (also called acid indigestion), a burning sensation that often extends from the bottom of your breastbone to your lower throat. It’s caused by both hormonal and physical changes in your body — and can take the pleasure out of eating a meal or sleeping. Eating small meals and avoiding foods that make the problem worse, such as fried, spicy, or fatty foods, can help.

Source: BabyCenter

Yay! This marks my third month already. I have survived all those terrible digestive symptoms. I say this because I am able to eat more and finish my meals in a shorter time. I still have episodes of gas in my stomach but they are not as bad as before. Here’s hoping to a more enjoyable pregnancy in the days to come.

I think I may be starting to crave now for specific food items. Recently, I find myself daydreaming of Filipino desserts like kutsinta and suman (budbod kabog especially from our town of Bogo in Cebu). I wish somebody here can whip me up a batch of those freshly cooked treats. *sigh*