9 Weeks

Pregnancy Update April 23, 2012

How far along: 9 weeks.

Size of baby: .9 inches,  .07 oz. - a "Green Olive". 

What developed this past week: All of baby's organs are now present! Fingers toes, eyelids, and ears as well! AND no more embryonic tail! My baby is a human! :)

Weight Gain: Zero pounds still! But this belly is starting to grow - so we'll see how long that lasts...

Maternity clothes: I wore a few loose/maternity shirts this week and also ordered a few more online (on clearance AND with 20% off of course! :)) to get me through this awkward stage between flat belly and round baby belly.

Gender:  9 weeks till we find out.

Movement: Nothing I can feel, but this week the baby developed muscles and is actually able to move around in there now! I read that this coming week, the baby will actually start having reactions. So if I push on my belly, s/he can actually push back! So awesome to think about!

Sleep: Good and bad. I sleep well, but getting in a comfortable position is a little harder than it used to be. I think it may be about time to break out the pregnancy pillow. The problem is that it's definitely uncomfortable to sleep on my stomach, as it feels I'm laying ON something (the baby). But sleeping on my side is causing my shoulder to squish into my body and then ache for hours because my down pillow is so flat. So last night I tried to use a thicker, but still comfy, throw pillow. It didn't go so well. Maybe I need to fine-tune my technique, but halfway through the night, I decided to get rid of the pillow and just lay on my back with my flat pillow. Problem was that I didn't know that I was close to the edge of the bed and when I pulled the pillow out from under my head to put it down by my knees, I hit all the junk on my nightstand and it made a big crashing noise! Caleb woke up and asked if I was ok, and then quickly fell back asleep when I told him what I did. lol Oops!

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach.

Cravings: No cravings, per se, but I definitely have a weird thing with wanting what other people are eating - it always sounds good when it's not offered to me! lol As an example, on Saturday (4/21), I saw a commercial for McD's and they had a softserve cone in it... I couldn't stop thinking about it until Caleb got me one :) Again, he was a good husband and didn't make me leave the house for it (as I was determined to stay in my pjs all day!)! When he brought it to me (in bed - during my NCIS marathon day!), I pointed to my bare belly and said, "I know it may not look like I'm getting anything done today, but I'm actually working really hard!" hahaha He just laughed at me and let me take the day off, guilt-free!

As a sidenote, this doesn't happen just for junk food. In fact, I usually don't want junk food at all. Plenty of times when someone tells me what they are having for dinner that night, I want it! So strange that I feel that way. I'm sure it's in my head... but I don't know why! :)

Best moment this week: Getting to take a day off from everything and sit home ALL day on Saturday. I don't remember the last time I got to do that. Though this isn't really pregnancy-related, it was WONDERFUL to just chill and not have to worry about anything (other than eating on commercial breaks! lol).

Random thing to remember: This week (really from Friday, April 13 - Sunday, April 22) was my hardest so far. Every day I felt sick on and off, especially from when I woke up until lunch time. I was surmising that it was probably worse at that time because I needed to get food in my stomach (after not eating since before bed), and balance out/raise my blood sugar and iron. I had a really hard time showering or standing at all while getting ready for work/church - it made me feel light headed and sick to my stomach. Luckily, only one time I got nauseous and felt as though I may actually throw up. Tuesday night I didn't feel good, but I forced myself to eat a pbj because I knew I'd feel worse if I didn't eat anything. Then I tried to lay down on the couch to watch tv and pass the time distracted from my misery. But that didn't work. It was so strong that I couldn't ignore it. I ended up falling asleep at 7:30pm and, amazingly, slept through Caleb watching tv and playing a game. At 10:30 I woke up and went straight to bed, hoping I'd be able to fall back asleep if I didn't stay awake too long. I assumed I'd wake up around 4am and be raring to go, but, amazingly again, I slept till 7:30am! 12 hours of sleep! Apparently this hard-working body needed it's rest! So far, I'm still not exhausted at all, but that 12 hours sure felt good! :)

What I am looking forward to: Hearing the heartbeat on Wednesday! And seeing Lindsay and Joscelin for the first time in 3 months this weekend!