Nora's (State of the Development Address)

Nora's belly may soon be big enough to announce to the world that she is expecting, but our baby is still tiny. In fact, s\he is only about 3 inches long crown to rump - roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp - and weighs just about an ounce. Despite the small proportions, there's a fully formed baby inside Nora's womb now. Much more proportional than s\he was a few weeks ago, (h)er\is head is now only about a third the size of (h)er\is body. (H)er\is tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. (H)er\is kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and s\he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid s\he's been swallowing. As Nora has started her second trimester, most of our baby's critical development is being completed, and Nora's odds of a miscarriage has drop considerably.

Birth is still months (in May) away, but Nora's breasts may have already started making colostrum, the nutrient-rich fluid that will feed our baby for the first few days after birth, before Nora's milk starts to flow.