Thursday, December 29, 2011

An annotated picture of an 11-week old baby


Note: Don't roll your cursor over each underlined label. It doesn't work like that here.

So, basically, the baby is an inch-and-half long, and is almost fully formed. I find it odd that BabyCenter says that 1.5" is about the size of a fig, as if anyone actually knows how big a fig is just off the top of their head. Other things that are 1.5":

-The length from your finger tip to halfway between your middle knuckle and the knuckle you break if you get in a fight.
-About three-quarters the width of an iPhone.
-About the height of one White Castle.

Fixed.

This, from BabyCenter.com:
To minimize your exposure to methylmercury, the Food and Drug Administration advises that you completely avoid shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish (also called golden or white snapper). The agency says that pregnant women can safely eat up to 12 ounces (about two servings) a week of other cooked commercially caught fish. However, this should include no more than 6 ounces of albacore ("white") tuna or tuna steaks, which contain more mercury than canned light tuna. Some experts think this threshold is too high and recommend limiting tuna consumption to no more than 6 ounces of canned light tuna and avoiding other tuna altogether.

Also, never eat any fish caught by family or friends without first checking with local health advisories to make sure the fish isn't from waters with unsafe levels of mercury and other pollutants. Finally, avoid raw or undercooked fish (including uncooked smoked or pickled fish) when you're pregnant. It may harbor bacteria or parasites that could make you sick and possibly affect your developing baby.


Yeah, how about just saying no to fish? If any of you jerks tries to give us some sullied river-caught fish, I will destroy you. This seems like an awful lot of advisories, and how many women think, "Gah! Now I can't eat sharks!? This baby is cramping my style! HUH? No king mackerel!? This baby better be worth it!"

Refer to the picture. "Beano," as I like to refer to the little thing, has a couple of telling features. Skin, for one. A bone. One, apparently. Also, it's upside-down. That can't be terribly comfortable.

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