Seven Weeks Pregnant

I still appear to have a small tail (actually, it's an extension of my tailbone), which will disappear in the next few weeks. But that's the only thing getting smaller. Now almost half an inch long — roughly the size of a raspberry — I have elbow joints and distinct, slightly webbed fingers and toes. In my oversized head, both hemispheres of my brain are developing. My teeth and the inside of my mouth are forming, and my ears continue to develop. Eyelid folds partially cover my tiny peepers, which already have some color, and the tip of that nose you'll be tweaking someday is emerging. My skin is paper-thin and my veins are clearly visible. I also have an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. My liver is busy producing red blood cells, and a loop of my growing intestines is bulging into my umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from my tiny body. Mummy can't feel my gyrations yet, but I am like a little jumping bean, moving in fits and starts around my watery home.