Tomorrow Makes 12!

Tomorrow is the twelve-week mark. It's still another week and a half until we're in the second trimester, but I can't believe we've made it this far already! Here is some twelfth week info, according to babycenter.com:

The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.

Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

So, the baby is more like a baby now than a large shrimp, which is kind of what it's been resembling up to this point.

Food is sounding a *little* bit better to me these days, which makes me slightly less ill at night (since I can eat a little bit after work). Instant Breakfasts are still my night-time friend, but I think we're finally headed up! I hear that the second trimester is the fun one: more energy, renewed appetite, you can feel the baby move... I can't wait!