9 weeks 2 days

Prawn (I now dub thee "Bean") is now a fetus :-) 1.5 grams and an impressive (not) 3cm long, Bean is deciding whether to be male or female (at least externally). Eyelids are on their way (tho they don't open for awhile yet). All organs, muscles and nerves are starting to function. More and more like a little person every day.

You start worrying about all sorts of things when your wife is pregnant.

Dads Ride the Hormone Roller Coaster Too says:

Researchers also had fathers listen to a recording of a newborn baby's cries, testing blood hormone levels before and after. Like the moms, new dads' cortisol levels plummeted in response to the baby's cries.

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