Goodbye sea creature , hello baby! it's WEEK 8 !

Fetal development in pregnancy week 8: embryo in second month Woohoo! You've got one whole inch of baby inside of you! Your little embryo has finally reached the one-inch mark (30mm). And if it were possible to take a peek, you could actually see your tiny baby without a telescope! What’s more, your baby is finally starting to take on some very distinct human features. For starters, their little tail (really just the spinal cord) has disappeared completely. It’s nice to know your baby can no longer be mistaken for a sea creature! Additionally, both their toes and fingers are prominent with very little, if any, webbing. Upper and lower limbs all show recognizable joints (elbows and knees) and the lower limb bones are starting to ossify. But don’t expect your baby to resemble either parent quite yet. Right now, your baby’s head is disproportionately larger than the rest of their body--making up almost half of your little one’s height and weight!

And how's mom doing? Your slightly-larger-than-a-cherry embryo is also starting to have a physical impact on you this week—and not just hormonally, as you may be noticing a slight bulge at your midline-- mostly from water retention. Most people won't even notice the subtle change to your belly's shape, but since you’re if you have been extra moody lately, that may start to subside this week, as the placenta is beginning to take responsibility for your baby’s hormone production tuned in to every little change in your body, it hasn’t slipped past. Good news for the hormonally tortured: if you have been extra moody lately, that may start to subside this week, as the placenta is beginning to take responsibility for your baby’s hormone production. This means your body will soon be able to relax a bit from its over-production of hormones as the placenta starts to regulate your baby’s hormones-- allowing your body to focus on producing more normal levels of hormones for yourself


April 23rd is my appt to hear the heartbeat CANT WAIT!!!.. Wish i could get a damn sonogram already! NOT FAIR!!!.

Symptoms lately: None, just gagging at smells more than normal.. AND craving salad!

WEEK 6 WHATS GOIN ON WITH BABY!?

Embryo in second month This is going to be a busy week for your amazing little embryo. Their brain is still growing remarkably fast; miniature hand plates are starting to develop and the early formations of what will be their fingers are already visible. Also, the lower limbs do not develop quite as fast, so they’re pretty much still flippers. Up until this point, your baby has been very curled up with the head and tail in close proximity, but this week their trunk and neck are beginning to grow and straighten as their tail recedes into its resting position in the back. Even though your little miracle is only 6 weeks old, they’re already capable of demonstrating reflex responses to touch!

5 Weeks 4 days Preggo

Nothing too exciting going on lately... can't sleep on my stomach b/c my boobs hurt so bad... having to pee all the time! (So tired of sleeping wonderfully, but having to get up and pee every hour) tired. tired. tired. Not much to do but be bored around here... I should be packing stuff because we are moving, but that seems like SO much more work than just sitting here like a bump on a log. Well at least my sister is coming to visit again and i will have something to do when they get here. Plus, my doctors appointment is coming up on the 19th, so that's good. Ok nap time for me .... untill next time!

o yeah .. this is the crib i'm thinkin about! I really like it!!!! What do you think?

WEEK 5 What's happenin with Baby?

The changes to your growing embryo are not quite as drastic this week as they've been in the last few weeks. Growth is now largely focused on their little head, which is starting to develop much more rapidly than the rest of their tiny body. This is because their amazing brain is undergoing some very crucial and rapid development in order to effectively regulate their heart rate, blood circulation, and other vital functions. As for the rest of their miniature body, what were simple limb buds last week are limb flippers this week and the tail is more expressed. Amazingly, within a mere five weeks your little miracle is already developing the rudimentary forms of their liver, pancreas, lungs, stomach and nasal pits while their little heart is already increasing its circulation. Your baby is now a whopping 4-6mm in length.

Is it sonogram time yet? FOR GOD SAKE!

Yup, i'm already tired of waiting. I hate waiting, this is gonna take a while. I can't even do any recreational drinking at bars while i wait.. so what am i supposed to do? Go to the movies all the time.. hang out at home.. ugh. I guess i can still go to a bar and eat bar food yummmmm. Plus, all the bars, restaurants , any place.. you can not smoke in the buildings here. I still want chicken wings! I really really want Wing Stop.. that would be THE greatest right about now.. maybe i will come to Texas sooner than i thought... maybe this month? or the beginning of April maybe! That way i can go to Lindsey ( my BFF) son's 1st birthday party And i can get Wing Stop. Delicious. Man, i'm hungry. O did i mention i'm already tired or constipation and bloating??? SO not fun. Well, i'm gonna go sort though the kitchen and find something to eat so i can take my prenatal pills. Untill next time followers!

Week 4 :What's happenin' to baby?

Pregnancy week 4:embryo in first month By the end of this week the round and pointy ends of your little pear-shaped baby will be slightly more exaggerated and their body will look more like that of a miniature manatee. Despite your baby not looking particularly human without any eyes, ears or mouth, the earliest developments of what will become the larynx, internal ear, and eye lens are already forming, although you’d have to be a trained expert to recognize them for what they’re going to be in the future. Likewise, tiny bumps are forming on your little embryo which will eventually be their cute little arms, elbows, fingers, legs, knees and toes. What’s more your little swimmer will have a teeny tiny tail by the end of this week-- but don’t worry, it’s just the end of their developing spinal cord! A microscopic photo would reveal what seems to be their vertebrae filling out the spine and tail. Although they aren’t bones yet, but rather, the “bone seeds” that will give rise to your baby's tiny vertebrae, ribs and sternum.

Cravings are my friend, not my husbands.

Although i want to eat certain things everyday like CHICKEN WINGS, my husband is getting tired of eating at the same places. So far i have mostly been craving chicken wings from this place called "The Shack", but i have also been wanting KFC alot because i love their mashed potato bowls! Chili cheese hotdogs are now on my priority list as well . I will keep everyone updated on my food frenzies .

The day the lines appeared

I was two days late for my period.. my Aunt Flo was always on time.. then came the pregnancy test. I got it from Longs Drugs store at a shopping center near my house,got home and ran inside the house because i had to pee so bad!!! I set the test on the ground, pulled up my pants, flushed the toilet and by the time i bent down to pick up the test it already had two PINK lines on it! I couldn't believe my eyes, because i didn't think it was going to be positive AT ALL. I couldn't open the bathroom door fast enough to go run into the living room and show it to Eric *my hubby* . I just kinda put it in front of his face and said "look" . He stared at it for about 3 seconds and then looked at me and said "Is it postive?!" I said yes and he immediately stood up, hugged me and said "I'm so excited!!, i can't believe it" . So we then performed the task of texting and calling everyone, and of course updating out facebooks lol. We got a lot of texts and calls back saying "OMG, i'm so happy for you, i'm so excited" I'm glad that all of our family and friends are just as happy as we are to be having our little Dennis who as of right now is only about the size of a pea. ( My little Pea Pod) . I had to wait untill Monday to call the doctor to make an appointment since i live in Hawaii and my husband is in the Army, none of the doctors for Ob/Gyn are there on the weekends. So, i called on Monday and they said the next appt is March 19th (2010) at 9:00 a.m but i'm just going to be giving them an information packet of my history etc., and that there won't be a sonogram taken or anything on that visit. WTF, i want a sonogram. So anyways, i think that i am 4 weeks 5 days pregnant right now that means i still have 2 ish weeks till my registration appointment and then i have to wait even longer for my sonogram. This isn't fair.

It's Positive!

Folks, we have implatation.

Saturday February 27th 2010.