This week an upper lip is forming, the tip of the nose is starting to protrude, and thin, tiny eyelids. And the webbed fingers and toes are starting to differentiate now! The ears are continuing to form as well as the bones and the muscles can contract. Everything that is present in an adult human is now present in the baby.
Here is a picture representation of the baby at week 7.
Reflections:
As I was browsing the web for a picture of the baby, I stumbled upon several real pictures of babies aborted at 8 weeks. You could see tiny hands and feet. At this point in the pregnancy, I would be able to hear the heart beat (though I haven't yet). I cannot fathom having the baby aborted! It's a life! It has everything you and I have, just in smaller proportions. It has life flowing through it - it has blood. I can't understand a woman's desire, need, whatever it is, to abort her unborn baby. (I refuse to call it an embryo or fetus - it's a baby.) I have already grown to love this little being inside of me. It depends on me for survival. How can I take away it's life because of my choice? It doesn't have a choice. How does my choice become more important than life? How is that fair?
thanks for the journal!! As I finish your wedding scrapbook, I plan on [printing the journal and using it for the pregnancy and baby scrapbook. If it is not too personal, add comments about your Dr. appts. I love my little raspberry and can't wait until I start to see changes. Love all three of you.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine aborting one either. I did a report in high school against it and there is a video out there of a baby screaming during one. Horrible, I cry just thinking it. That little one you got there is so very lucky to have a loving mommy and daddy waiting on them to grow and arrive. God is so good, He always knows just what to do.
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