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.