9 weeks!

Baby's now the size of a green olive!

Your little embryo has now graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitment a doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is starting to look like...well...a baby!

Symptoms: How can I still be feeling great!? I guess I shouldn't question it. Especially since we're flying to Florida tomorrow.

Weight: +.5 lbs

Milestones: 1st u/s last week!

Looking forward to: 12 week appointment on March 5. I'll be 11 1/2 weeks and we're hoping to hear the heartbeat on the doppler. If everything goes well we'll be telling my family on March 7th at my Grandma's birthday party. Her birthday present will be a picture of DS in his big brother shirt. She LOVES being a Great-Grandma and I can't wait to see her reaction that she's going to have another great-grandchild to love.

On Monday I went in for a nurse appointment. They are using the u/s due date of Sept 20 - which is 2 days ahead of my date. DS's u/s date was also 2 days ahead of my date. I'm still going to go with the ovulation date though since I believe that is more accurate. Even the u/s tech said that u/s dating isn't 100% accurate. I was asked a whole bunch of family history information and then given packets and more packets of stuff I'll have to go through.

It's amazing how many early appointment my office gives. I've heard that many women don't even get a first appointment until close to 12 weeks. I've already had a comfirmation appointment, u/s appointment & a nurse appointment. I feel so lucky!

First ultrasound!

I just want to start off by saying everything is perfect and we saw the heartbeat :)

I can't even explain how nervous and excited I was last night and this morning to see the little bean. I had trouble falling asleep and it didn't help it was snowing and my husband had to leave early to go plowing. I woke up around 5:30 to truck noises in the driveway. One of the guys that plows for DH had come back to drop the truck off. Luckily DS slept through all of it. My appointment was at 8:10 am - which is perfect because we wake up at 6. Drank all my water around 7:30 and then off to the appointment. Didn't give me much time to wonder and wait.

We started off with a normal u/s. Saw the little one right away - so tiny! The first thing the u/s tech said was, "well there's definately a human growing in there". I wasn't able to see that heartbeat right away but the tech said it was there. Since I was bf'ing when I got pg and don't have a LMP she switched to a vaginal u/s to get an accurate date. I was charting and had my own set of dates but doc's like to see the u/s date. We got to see so much more - the little arm and leg buds. So cute! She also measured the heartbeat for us and it was 163. Nice and strong!

8 weeks

I'm so excited to be 8 weeks - especially since that means my u/s is TOMORROW!

Baby's now the size of a raspberry

Baby is growing like mad, putting on about a millimeter every day and continuing to straighten out in the trunk. Though you can't feel it yet, baby is moving those little arms, lets and (now only slightly) webbed fingers and toes like crazy.

Symptoms - Still a little nauseous at time, but nothing really bad. I am so lucky to still be feeling good.

Weight - -.5

Milestone - made it to 8 weeks and still not sick!

Looking forward to - tomorrow is my u/s!!!!!

ETA - I'm really craving raspberries now. Yummm. Too bad it's snowing and I can't go to the store.

7 weeks

Baby's now the size of a blueberry

Baby's brain - both hemispheres! - is growing fast, generating about one hundred new cells every minute. Arms and legs are emerging as joints start to form and a permanent set of kidneys (baby's third!) is now in place.

Symptoms - I started feeling a little nauseous yesterday - but nothing too bad. I found my sea bands from when I was pg with DS and have been wearing them. I could not imagine being as sick as I was with DS and having a LO to take care of. ::knocking on wood:: hopefully this pregnancy continues to be pretty easy.

Weight - -1.5 lbs Still haven't gotten a work out video. I'm such a slacker!

Milestones - I feel like making it to 7 weeks is a milestone! That much closer to 2nd tri

Looking forward to - 1st u/s in 8 days!!