My first midwife appointment is scheduled for this afternoon. This will be probable confirmation of my two at-home pregnancy tests. I'm most interested in talking to the midwife about Fifth Disease complications since I have been exposed to Fifth Disease through Julian then Max then Nik, at 2 week intervals over the last few weeks. Julian first showed the signs of Fifth Disease on April 20th, and our probable date of conception is April 17th. So Julian would have been contagious right around the time of conception. There are some risks with Fifth Disease and early pregnancy, so I think I will feel a lot better when I have more information on how it relates to me...
http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/calendar/week3
Although your belly is still the same size and shape as it was pre-pregnancy, a plethora of amazing and dynamic changes are taking place despite this fact. Right now your little zygote is already 1.5 – 2.5mm in size. This is quite a change from the microscopic pack of cells you had just two weeks ago. Your microscopic little one is already composed of three complex “germ” layers: the ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm. Although you could hardly see them at this point, these layers are the beginnings of your baby's nervous system and brain, stomach and inner organs, and skeleton and connective tissue. Your baby is also starting to take on recognizable physical dimensions somewhat comparable to a very tiny pear. The round part of the pear will eventually become the head and the pointy part will be the spine. Perhaps the best part of this week is that somewhere around the 21st day, your miraculous little pear will have a beating heart, although the heart chambers and valves will not be completely developed for another couple weeks.
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