6 Weeks

Pregnancy Update April 2, 2012

**You'll have to excuse the sweats and lack of make up - this is at night after having a migraine all day

How Far Along: 6 weeks

Size of baby: .25 inches, less than .04 oz - a "small pea"

What developed this past week: The baby is rapidly growing and will triple in size this week (and s/he's already 10,000 times bigger than s/he was a month ago!). Also taking shape are facial features, kidneys, liver & lungs. His/her tiny heart is also pumping about 80bpm now!  Major growing going on!
 Weight gain: 0 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Nope


Gender: Should know around the beginning of July! 


Movement: Nothing can be felt yet.
Sleep: Stil in shock that I am not exhausted yet! I sleep well at night, for the most part - though I've had to get up more than a few nights to use the bathroom - and I wake up refreshed. I actually wake up better than I did pre-pregnancy! I used to press snooze as many times as my alarm would let me. Now I'm out of bed within 5-10 minutes of hearing my alarm.


What I miss: Nothing.
Cravings: No cravings, but I've REALLY wanted candy/chocolate! I don't think that's actually a pregnancy thing, but a result of the fact that I haven't had any candy in 40 days and it ALWAYS sounds good now! One more week until my Lenten sacrifice is over! :)


Best Moment this week: Getting announcement gifts that I ordered in the mail and planning how/when to tell friends/family that we're expecting!

Random Thing to Remember: Still don't "feel" pregnant, but for a pain here or there, or a random moment of lightheadedness. Crazy to me - almost makes me worry that something IS wrong because I feel so right! :) Trying not to borrow trouble and enjoy this time while it lasts! Another thing is that I've been having a lot of weird dreams! One was completely AWFUL and involved miscarriage, but most are just bizarre. I've had a baby announcement themed dream twice, and they both are stressful and hectic because I'm trying to tell all my family and friends that we're pregnant, but the people we tell keep telling others, even though we asked them not to! It is so frustrating when I'm in it! Makes me so mad that people are telling our news, when we're JUST about to tell that next person!  I wake up glad that all these dreams aren't true!!

What I am looking forward to: The baby having arms and legs and look more human than tadpole! :) And knowing that many of the major organs are formed after this week and that everything is still going well and I'm still pregnant.

5 Weeks

Pregnancy Update March 26, 2012

How Far Along: 5 weeks

Size of baby: Less than .13 inches, less than .04 oz - an "appleseed"


What developed this past week: The embryo divided into 3 layers to form the central nervous system, the circulatory system and the major organs.


Weight gain: 0 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Nope
Gender:  Can't wait to know. Caleb told me he wished there was a TINY little microscope that could detect the gender now - We're impatient :)


Movement: No movement - just a little bit of cramping, as I read is normal as the baby implants in the uterine lining. I'm drinking tons of water (75-100oz a day) to try to keep the cramping at bay.


Sleep: I'm surprised that I still don't feel any more tired yet. I've heard a lot of symptoms like that kick in closer to 6 weeks though, so we'll see how I feel in a week! I'm enjoying having energy still for sure! It's going to be hard for me to give up my activities and stay home more to get more rest than I do now.

What I miss: Using the bathroom less frequently! I hate going to the bathroom - so inconvenient. This week I've started getting up at 5:30 am when Caleb's alarm goes off to go to the bathroom (and then I go back to bed until 7). Though I used to just hold it if I woke up and had to go, now I can't stand to do that. All I can think about is the toxins I'm holding in... Gross. I'm not one to worry about a lot of crazy pregnancy things, but that's one thing that grosses me out.


Cravings: No cravings, but I have found that I'm hungry more often. Even if I eat something before I go to bed, my stomach is already growling at 7 when I wake up. Fortunately, it hasn't made me nauseous at all yet, and I can still wait until 8:30 when I get to work to eat my yogurt (though by 9:30 I'm hungry again!). I'm actually amazed at how much I can eat at one time now. I usually eat small meals, but I'm finding that I can fit more in there somehow - not every meal, but a few times I've surprised myself. Also, I'm hungrier between meals and end up snacking every couple hours.
On Saturday (4w6d), I got out of bed a couple hours later than usual, and while in the shower I started blacking out. I had to ask Caleb to run and grab me a cheese stick so I didn't pass out! Otherwise, I've felt light headed a few times, but usually I can eat something/drink something with a little bit of sugar to help amend that.

Best Moment this week: Getting through the week and therefore having more assurance that this baby is here to stay! :)

Random Thing to Remember: I've heard that you'll "feel" different and just "know" you're pregnant when it happens. But folks, I am here to say that that is not always the case. Except for a few pains/cramps/hunger things, I've felt no different whatsoever. In fact, if it weren't for all the positive pregnancy tests (and the lack of a menstrual cycle), I would not know I am pregnant. I'm hoping I don't get nauseous at all, but I wouldn't mind some other symptoms that let me "know/feel" more pregnant! So weird to know it in my head, but not in my body!


What I am looking forward to: Knowing that the baby's heart has developed after this week and that the spinal cord is well on it's way, too.