WooHoo! Hellooooo week 10, good riddance week 9! This last week, although a blessing, was a difficult one. My first encounter with "morning sickness", the desire to sleep all day long and a serious case of bloating. These things are not the easiest for me to deal with and I know that I have not been easy for Mitch to deal with but we just keep reminding ourselves that this is just God's way of letting us know that our baby is still growing strong!
Today is a new day though & I am feeling terrific! Got up this morning & went for a 3 1/2 mile walk/jog with Liesel, haven't had a single urge to nap & I've actually been able to be productive around this house for the first time in weeks! Hopefully this feeling good keeps up. I know our puppies certainly appreciate being able to get out of the house & walk in the mornings. :)
So this week our baby is the size of a prune. Here's the progress Special K will be making this week:
With bones and cartilage starting to form and vital organs beginning to function, baby is making major progress. Body length will almost double in the next three weeks, and arm joints are now working. (Soon, legs will start working too.) Baby is swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy. If you could take a peek inside the womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.
So exciting!! Hard to believe that a baby that hardly measures an inch long & only weighs about .5 oz. has functioning vital organs, is growing peach fuzz & fingernails and is kicking around inside my belly! Any time I am not having a good day, I just reflect on what an absolute miracle the creation of life is & I thank God every day for blessing us with this gift. I just know that this week will be a great one. Only a couple of more weeks before we are out of the first trimester & over into the safe zone of the 2nd trimester.
Funny little things:
- My sense of smell is really starting to be elevated. When I was walking Liesel this morning we passed by a house & I could smell the bacon that they were cooking inside & almost stopped for breakfast. ;)
- I keep getting the urge to put dill pickles on my pizza but I'm fighting the strange cravings for now. Who knows...next weeks post you might get a picture of a veggie pizza covered in dills. hehe :)
We are getting more & more excited every day about this little one & are steadily looking forward to the day we get to meet our little Special K!!
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