Week 10: Our Little Kumquat

When my girlfriend Meg was pregnant, she used to blog about what size the baby was and what part of them was developing each week. I loved reading about how Miss Allison was growing. So, I now log on every Tuesday morning to read about our little one and what he/she is doing each week.

This week I am 10 weeks and the baby is the size of a kumquat. I had to look it up as kumquat is not in my fruit salad mix. It is the smallest of the citrus fruit and grows in warmer regions- China and California.

Here is the developmental scoop:

Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

Note: Baby Center provides the he or she each week. It is not any sort of mother's intuition. Although, wishful thinking in effect, I do often call the baby she. :)