So, today is the beginning of week 6.
The baby's nose, mouth and ears are beginning to take shape. The heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute - almost twice as fast as mine - and blood is beginning to go through it's little body. The intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will become the lungs has appeared. The pituitary gland is forming along with the rest of the brain, muscles and bones. The biggest fetal growth this week is the baby's head, with new brain cells being generated at the rate of 100 cells per minute! (No wonder I'm so tired!)
Right now, it's a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean or a blueberry! Small, yes, but 10,000 times bigger now than it was a month ago!
Reflections:
I've always marveled at the miracle that is a tiny newborn baby. But as this pregnancy continues and I experience that life growing in me, it changes my perspective. How amazing is it that life is created from two cells that we can't see with our eyes? But those two cells will eventually become a living, breathing, beautiful baby, in a process all orchestrated by a loving God.
Something else I've also experienced recently is a sense of responsibility. God has not given me this baby as my own. It is His child, His creation. He has entrusted it to me to raise and love, but ultimately it is His. What an awesome responsibility! God has entrusted me to care for one of His prized creations! I can only guess how Mary must have felt - carrying the actual flesh of God in her womb.
I can only imagine at this point what that little person will be like: what color eyes, what color hair, boy or girl, shy or outgoing. But there is One who knows exactly what this little "blueberry" will be like.
Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;"
Matthew 10:30 "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered."
I don't know what the future holds with this little one, but He knows.
He/she is nearly an inch and a half long, the size of a prune. Bones and cartilage are forming, and small indentations on the legs are developing into knees and ankles. The arms (complete with elbows) can flex already. The baby's teeth are forming under the gums. (Though they won't break through the gums until baby is close to 6 months old.) The baby's stomach is producing digestive juices, the kidneys are producing larger quantities of urine, and if it's a boy, he's already producing testosterone. (Oh, boy!) If we could take a peek inside the womb, we would be able to see tiny fingernails and toenails forming along with peach like hair all over the baby's body. 
