Tiny Bump @ 9 Weeks

What's baby doing?
Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — 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.

How Far Along? My best guess is 9 weeks. We don't have our first appointment for two more weeks, and hopefully we'll find out then. I may end up having to re-number these posts.

Total Weight Gained/Loss? So far I'm holding steady.

Maternity Clothes? I'm definitely in maternity pants. Around 7 weeks I stopped being able to comfortably wear my regular jeans zipped. At 8 weeks I gave up on the whole hair-tie/belly band thing and just made the switch to maternity. It actually lessened my nausea and made me a whole lot more comfortable!


Sleep?  I've been trying to go to bed with the kids, sometimes even talking them into laying down in my bed with me a little early to watch a movie. I usually wake up a little before my alarm and lay there until it's time to get up. I haven't had to start napping on my lunch breaks yet, though I do get pretty tired towards the end of the day.

Food Cravings?  apple juice, pizza, pasta

Food aversions?  bbq - my stomach turns and I get a nasty taste in my mouth just thinking about it

Belly Button?   A-ok

Gender?  For a while my gutt was telling me boy and I got pretty excited about the idea, but I'd still really love another girl. I think we'll be thrilled either way, but another girl would simplify things.

Morning sickness?  Mine has been more concentrated in the evening, though it's starting to ease up.

Best Moment of the Week?  Logan and I have been having some nice moments. He seems to understand that pretty soon the attention is going to be split 3 ways so he's been trying to soak up as much as possible while he can. I love it!

What I miss: Pooping. There. I said it.

What I'm looking forward to: Pooping?

Milestones? Apparently I'm growing a tiny set of genitals this week. Huzzah!