9 weeks

OK, so TECHNICALLY I'll be 9 weeks tomorrow, but I had a second today to update.  My mom came down this past Thursday and stayed until Sunday morning.  We did the suicide prevention walk on Saturday and the weather was great for it.  It was about 65 degrees and windy, so we didn't get too warm.  I realized that maybe I should do some more walking since I felt good after it, so Dan and I may start walking around the neighborhood weekly.  Was sad to see mom go but she brought us these super cute WMU onesies!  I can't believe how tiny they are!

My friend got me a book called "The Pregnancy Journal" and it tells me what is happening DAILY with our little one.  I already have "What to Expect When Your Expecting" which tells you monthly, and "Your Pregnancy Week by Week" that tells you weekly.  So now I have all the time slots covered, months, weeks and days!  Haha Good thing I like to read!

Symptoms aren't bad, still tired all the time.  I also feel nausous if I am really hungry or really full, so I pretty much have to work at staying satified at all times (not an easy thing to do!). 

My next appointment is next Wed, so about a week and a half away and I'm excited and nervous!  Hoping they do another ultrasound and everything looks good!  I found a neat website that shows you how big your baby is in relation to food every week, so I'll be posting that as well every week, this week it's about the size of a green olive!

Here is an update of what is going on with our little olive and myself this upcoming week:

Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape (or olive!) — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.

You still may not look pregnant even if your waist is thickening a bit. You probably feel pregnant, though. Not only are morning sickness and other physical symptoms out in full force for most women, but you may feel like an emotional pinball as well.

Mood swings are common now — it's perfectly normal to feel alternately elated and terrified about becoming a parent. Try to cut yourself some slack. Most women find that moodiness flares up at around six to ten weeks, eases up in the second trimester, and then reappears as pregnancy winds to a close.