12 Weeks and Birth Center Tour!
Today we toured the Swedish Ballard Birth Center! We loved the facility. Its a very small hospital 10 minutes from our house. The birth facility has only 8 birthing suites, which are beautiful and thoughtfully equipped with things like a bed for dad, a fridge to pack snacks, cd player to select your own soundtrack, etc! We will have 1 to 1 nursing care during labor and delivery and we will stay in the same room during the entire visit (assuming all goes well). There is a little family room for visitors. We also got a bunch of materials on preparing for the big day. We are thrilled with our decision to deliver there.
We also bought our first piece of furniture for the baby's room - a glider from Goodwill! All in all a productive day.
Here's what is happening with Peanut this week:
This week marks a turning point for your baby. At 12 weeks pregnant, the herculean task of developing new bodily structures is nearing an end as most of your baby's systems are fully formed. Now comes the maintenance phase, during which your fetus' systems continue to mature for the next 28 weeks and the organs get to work. Your little fetus weighs as much as half an ounce now, and the crown-to-rump length is about two and a half inches (the size of a large plum — busily working his or her way through the whole produce department). It's hard to believe (especially from the outside, since you're probably barely showing at this point), but your baby has more tha
n doubled in size during the past three weeks. And that's just on the outside — there's plenty going on inside too. The fetal digestive system is beginning to flex its digestive muscle — literally — as it starts practicing contraction movements, a skill your baby will need after birth to push food through the digestive tract. The pituitary gland at the base of the brain has started producing hormones. And the bone marrow is making white blood cells, which will one day help your baby fight infection (including all those germs passed around the snot-nosed playgroup).
n doubled in size during the past three weeks. And that's just on the outside — there's plenty going on inside too. The fetal digestive system is beginning to flex its digestive muscle — literally — as it starts practicing contraction movements, a skill your baby will need after birth to push food through the digestive tract. The pituitary gland at the base of the brain has started producing hormones. And the bone marrow is making white blood cells, which will one day help your baby fight infection (including all those germs passed around the snot-nosed playgroup). 
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