How your baby is growing this week
Navel orange size — 3.4 inches. Kidneys producing urine (yes, baby pees in the womb). Lanugo — fine downy hair — covers the entire body for warmth. Facial muscles working: squinting, frowning.
What your partner is going through
Welcome to the "honeymoon trimester." Nausea fading, energy returning, but round ligament pain intensifying. The bump is starting to show — clothes stop fitting. Major psychological shift happening.
What to focus on this week, dad
- 01Maternity Clothes Ops: offer a specific budget and time to shop. She needs basics — pants with stretch panels, longer tops, supportive bras. $200-400 covers essentials
- 02Start a birth preferences document together. Not a rigid "birth plan" but a discussion: epidural yes/no, who is in the room, cord cutting, skin-to-skin preferences