7th Week

We went to Nashville Tennessee this weekend for a friend's wedding and had a great time. I got a lot of congratulations, we have only told close family about the twins, I would like to wait until around 3 months to share with more friends and family.

This is what's going on this week. Your Baby:

This week your baby's brain is growing at a mind-boggling 100 cells per minute within a see-through skull. If you could peer inside, you'd see those tiny brain cells growing and growing and growing (about as quickly as you feel like yours are shrinking and shrinking and shrinking with your "pregnancy brain"!). More high points include: Your baby's face is becoming more defined this week. A tiny mouth hole (which will be ready to wail before you know it!), tongue, nostrils and ear indentations are visible. His or her eyes are wide open, but he doesn't have irises (the colored part) yet. Baby's arm buds are growing. At this point they look more like microscopic ping-pong paddles than arms. Baby's leg buds are also forming and will look like tiny paddles by the end of the week.The umbilical cord—the connection between your baby and the placenta—is now visible. Your baby is now between 1/3 and 1/4 inch long—about the length of a Tic Tac and about as heavy as an eyelash. While that sounds tiny, he or she is approximately 10,000 times bigger than at conception. Crazy, huh?

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One thing I am a little PO'd about. I love my MIL, but she has a BIG MOUTH. To all her sisters, my husbands brother whom we had told nothing about our IF and who knows who else. She told them all we were pregnant and we are expecting twins. My SIL asked do they run in my family (which by the way they do). Her exact words were: "They did INVITRO". Thanks a lot for telling the whole world. You know we really wanted to keep this private and not tell the whole world we did fertility treatments!!!!!!!!!!!

Eddie was pretty mad (as was I) and of course it made her feel bad. She apologized and I asked her to please call them all back and tell them to keep this information to themselves. She said she would and I hope she does.

Then today I was checking my e-mail and a cousin of mine was congratulating us. I thanked her and probably sounded rude but told her that we weren't going to tell other family and friends until after 3 months. Who told you? Oh well, the babies are here and not going anywhere. We got assistance and what is important is that we are pregnant and they are on there way!!

PS

Thank you Mrs Reed for your well wishes!!!