DIVINE DESIGN

I love Candice Olson from the TV show Divine Design on HGTV but today, that phrase means so much more to me. I receive a newsletter each week telling me what is happening with this tiny little person in my tummy. I am in awe every time I open one. There are so many amazing things going on that it could only happen by DIVINE DESIGN! God is so amazing! I just had to share this.

Pregnancy Calendar: Week 8

The cerebellum, the area of the brain that coordinates muscle movement, is beginning to develop.

Your baby’s hand plates will appear by today if they aren’t already present. The elbow and wrist regions of the arm are becoming identifiable. The spleen (the organ that produces antibodies and removes worn-out red blood cells and bacteria from the bloodstream) is beginning to develop. The liver is now large enough to produce a bulge in your baby’s abdomen.

The palate continues to develop. The baby’s eyes look pigmented (eye color won’t be established until after birth). The jaw and facial muscles are beginning to form, but the eye muscles complete their development tomorrow. The baby teeth (or first teeth) are developing beneath your baby’s gums.

The hand plates will develop ridges indicating where your baby’s fingers and thumbs will be. As the process of forming the digital ridges continues, the baby’s hands will look like the shell of a scallop.

[By the end of this week], your baby will measure nearly 1⁄2-inch long (11-14 mm). It is so small it would fit into a peanut shell, and it weighs less than the whole peanut in that shell.

Pretty cool, huh?