Oops, a day late!

Hello Everyone!

Well, I've hit 9 weeks. Supposedly. We went to the doctor on Monday for the first time. She was nice, and I liked her nurse. She scheduled us for an ultrasound on January 2nd, since twins run in both families, and she wants to confirm the due date. Since I had been on Birth Control, dating from my LMP isn't always accurate. So that will be fun! She used a doppler for about 30 seconds to try to find a heartbeat, but she thought it was still a bit early so she didn't try very hard to find it. It just means we have to wait until the 2nd! Time goes by very slowly while waiting for milestones like that.

Oh well, it will be fine. Christmas will distract us! We'll be pretty busy over the holidays, so that will help. Here's what's happening in my uterus:

Your baby is now about three-quarters of an inch long. As the embryo enters its fiftieth day of existence, it becomes known as a fetus. A membrane lid covers your baby's eyes. Your baby's muscles are beginning to develop, and she can make tiny movements. Your child's limbs are growing, but her arms and hands are forming more quickly than her legs and feet. The hands are actually still known as "hand paddles" and look just like they sound. Ridges have formed on the paddles, which will soon become well-defined fingers. Your baby is developing little dimples where her knees and ankles will go, and her elbows are becoming visible. This week is when sex characteristics begin to assert themselves, and ovaries or testes will soon appear (though an ultrasound won't be able to detect specific sex organs for another two months or so). Your baby's brain waves can now be detected.

Oh the Joys!

Week 8 has arrived. It seems so odd that we've known for almost a month! Not much has changed around here. We're just finishing up school, and want to get a lot done around the house. This will be our last major "break" before baby! Still no morning sickness for me, just nauseous if I don't eat quickly enough. But I have found that if I stand in one place for too long, my back starts to hurt. But so far I've been blessed with an easy pregnancy!

Here's what's happening this week:
Your baby is now about the size of your thumbprint: one-half to three-quarters of an inch. Six weeks is barely enough time to start a magazine subscription, but it's enough time for your fetus to develop limbs, tiny fingers and toes, the beginnings of external ear structures, eyelids, an upper lip, the tip of a nose, and intestines! The outer cells of the embryo have grown links to your blood supply.

Week 7

Well, I've hit 7 weeks. Time seems to go by so slow, but so fast too! I had to buy new pants this week. Not that I outgrew my normal ones, but my belly is sensitive, and it doesn't like where the waistband fits.

My sense of smell suddenly got super sharp, and garlic completely turns my stomach now. That's sad, I love garlic! And the Doctor appointment scheduled for friday got pushed back a week. I found out it's more of a get information on us meeting, and then they schedule the real first appointment.

In Jason and Merrilee news, we're in "dead" week now, the week before finals. Classes are winding down, and there's a lot due coming up! I'm not looking forward to the coming school, but it will work out just fine. I also got invited to be an honoree at the CBE (College of Business and Economics) Leadership lunch. They only choose 6 students a quarter to be invited! That's happening in January, and it's a real honor to be a part of.

I would write more, but I have no time! Maybe next week, and definately the week after.

Here's what's happening in the coming week:

Your baby enters its second month of development, weighing no more than a chocolate chip or a berry. It's about five to thirteen millimeters long (less than half an inch), and weighs less than a gram (0.8g), or less than one-twentieth of an ounce. The human blueprints are already visible. Your child still has a tail but is also beginning to form a digestive tract, lungs, nostrils, hands and feet, and a bump of a mouth. The liver, tongue, and lenses of your baby's eyes are forming. There are beds for your baby's fingernails, and the buds of teeth are forming in the gums. If you could take a picture, your baby would look more like a baby and less like a reptile. The baby's nerve channels and muscles are connecting, and the body can wiggle when the cells communicate. In just two days, from days thirty-one to thirty-three, the brain becomes one-quarter larger. If you were to have an ultrasound, it would be able to detect the beating heart, which shows up looking like a tiny flashing light.