How your baby's growing:
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 your life's changing:
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.
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Me: Just like Dr. Smiley said, some days will be better than others, which is very true. Monday I threw up twice while getting ready to go to work, the first time in the shower. Yesterday was a fun day where we got to go to a free class at the Grand Bay NERR, and I pretty much felt fantastic most of the day. This morning was back to tossing my cookies in the shower. I'm trying to figure out the rhyme or reason behind it, being whether I had more or less protein the day before, the timing of taking my prenatal vitamins, etc. But I'm pretty sure it's just random.
And speaking of the class (which was informative, if not a tad over my head), they had a free catered lunch from Lenny's Subs and it ended up being fantastic. Being that it was free, one would expect nothing more than a cold sandwich tray and some chips. Not so here; it was a hot lunch with trays of either shredded chicken & cheese or chopped beef & cheese, freshly made bread (warm & soft), condiments (lettuce, tomato, their special hot sauce), chips, fresh cookies bigger than the size of a cd, and drinks including sweet/unsweet tea and lemonade. It wasn't a big fancy affair, it was just good. I may or may not have had thirds (they had SO MUCH food leftover) and was painfully full the rest of the afternoon. This may just be the preggo hormones talking. I may also be counting down the minutes till I can go get a meatball sub from Subway.
Our quick trip up to Birmingham last weekend was pretty nice (despite the diesel tanker flipping and causing the interstate to be closed for several hours, forcing travelers to devise their own detours in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Thank yew, Google Maps). We hit up three different shopping areas and even went to see the movie Bridesmaids. I even got to fuss at a girl sitting in front of me, for checking her facebook for approximately the 6th time during the movie. This is why we rarely go to movies anymore. And the exorbitant cost as well.
Also made my first pilgrimage into Motherhood Maternity and bought a belly band, preggie pops and chewable prenatal vitamins. Was not really impressed with their clothing selection. I'll probably start wearing the band when I can figure out how to wear it without it looking obvious that I'm wearing a belly band. Isn't inconspicuous the key here?
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