Happy birthday, Emma and Ethan!
Thanks, Miami, for following us on our journey last year! We can't wait to enjoy life.
Love,
Emma and Ethan
Friday, October 15, 2010
Week 35: Fingernails!
I'm almost here! At this point I'm around twenty inches long, and I weigh more than five pounds; I am running out of room in Mom's uterus and will soon be ready for life outside the womb! My lungs are still growing, but all other major physical development is complete. Even my fingernails, which began forming at twelve weeks, have now grown to reach the ends of my fingertips
--Ethan
I'm almost here! At this point I'm around twenty inches long, and I weigh more than five pounds; I am running out of room in Mom's uterus and will soon be ready for life outside the womb! My lungs are still growing, but all other major physical development is complete. Even my fingernails, which began forming at twelve weeks, have now grown to reach the ends of my fingertips
--Ethan
Week 30: Blink
Ethan here!
By this time, I can open and close my eyelids, and my eyes have developed enough so that I can sense light through my mom's womb. My vision will be about 20/400 at the time of my birth and will keep sharpening in the weeks after. My weight is up to around 3 pounds, and for the next month, as I fill out and add layers of fat, I'll gain half a pound per week!
Ethan here!
By this time, I can open and close my eyelids, and my eyes have developed enough so that I can sense light through my mom's womb. My vision will be about 20/400 at the time of my birth and will keep sharpening in the weeks after. My weight is up to around 3 pounds, and for the next month, as I fill out and add layers of fat, I'll gain half a pound per week!
Week 24: Viability
Hi! Amilia Sonia Taylor, "the world's youngest premature baby," survived birth at just 21 weeks and 6 days, but the given age for viability is usually considered to be 24 weeks. At this point, my chance for survival outside the womb is between 40-70%. The development of my lungs is crucial to this survival. Right now they're beginning to make surfactant, a substance that will help me breathe outside my mom's womb.
--Emma
Hi! Amilia Sonia Taylor, "the world's youngest premature baby," survived birth at just 21 weeks and 6 days, but the given age for viability is usually considered to be 24 weeks. At this point, my chance for survival outside the womb is between 40-70%. The development of my lungs is crucial to this survival. Right now they're beginning to make surfactant, a substance that will help me breathe outside my mom's womb.
--Emma
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Week 22: Balance
I'm back!
This week my inner ear finishes its development, giving me my senses of balance and hearing. I'm also growing tooth buds beneath my gums and taste buds on my tongue. My weight is almost up to a pound, and I'm a whole eleven inches long! Amilia Sonia Taylor, "the world's youngest premature baby," survived birth at just 21 weeks and 6 days!
--Ethan
I'm back!
This week my inner ear finishes its development, giving me my senses of balance and hearing. I'm also growing tooth buds beneath my gums and taste buds on my tongue. My weight is almost up to a pound, and I'm a whole eleven inches long! Amilia Sonia Taylor, "the world's youngest premature baby," survived birth at just 21 weeks and 6 days!
--Ethan
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| With 4D ultrasound technology, my mom can already watch me move around! |
Week 16: Hi Mom!
Emma here--
Mom may start to feel me moving for the first time! If she goes in for an ultrasound and I cooperate, she might also learn that I'm a little girl. I'm experiencing new sensations as well: my taste buds are developing, and I can sense light. Though my body is only four-and-a-half inches, my heart is pumping twenty-five quarts of blood a day.
Emma here--
Mom may start to feel me moving for the first time! If she goes in for an ultrasound and I cooperate, she might also learn that I'm a little girl. I'm experiencing new sensations as well: my taste buds are developing, and I can sense light. Though my body is only four-and-a-half inches, my heart is pumping twenty-five quarts of blood a day.
Week 14: Smiles
It's Ethan!
By now, I've grown to about the size of a lemon, and I weigh over one ounce. My liver, kidneys, and spleen are all functioning, and impulses from my brain are causing a number of facial movements. I can smile, frown, and even suck my thumb! I can also respond to pokes to Mom's tummy and swim away.
It's Ethan!
By now, I've grown to about the size of a lemon, and I weigh over one ounce. My liver, kidneys, and spleen are all functioning, and impulses from my brain are causing a number of facial movements. I can smile, frown, and even suck my thumb! I can also respond to pokes to Mom's tummy and swim away.
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