Ten Weeks.

Happy November! As promised, here is my ten week update!


How Baby is Growing:


"Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.


He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.

See what your baby looks like this week." From Baby Center.

Mom's thoughts: It's incredible to think that in just 10 weeks, less really, this baby has gone from a few cells to a functioning human with all their vital organs already working. And only at a size of less than 2 inches! My mom and I had a long talk last week of different genes the baby could get, the blue eyes and curly hair that both Mr. Skinny and I have. What's going to be passed down from past generations like Mr. Skinny's family "Morrow" nose. I can't wait to meet this baby and see what s/he looks like!

How I'm Changing:

Pregnancy fatigue is kicking in now. I could nap daily. But I can't sleep in as late as I used to, I'm up, but dead tired a few hours later. It takes to little for me to get tired, doing laundry seems like a huge endeavor. 

Also, I think my morning sickness, ha! morning sickness, is getting worse. I threw up Sunday night, dry heaved on Monday, and dry heaved a few times last week. It's just awesome. But, I should be almost done with this part of pregnancy, and if I only throw up a handful of times, I'll consider myself very blessed. Most of the time, I get sick because I'm hungry, but nothing sounds good for me to eat! It's a constant problem. 

I only gained 0.2 pounds last Friday, bringing my pregnancy gain up to 2.2 pounds. I know that I'm technically still overweight, but I worked hard to loose nearly 35 pounds and I feel like I was as close to a healthy weight as I could have been when I got pregnant, so I'm aiming for the normal pregnancy gain, while trying to stay on the lower end of that, but I want to trust my body.

I'm getting even more forgetful though. Mid-sentence and I loose my train of thought. I can't remember simple words, but we all get a kick of it, that's for sure. 

My belly is getting rounder, and I haven't gained
that much, so it's all baby, right? I also can't suck it in.

What I'm Eating:

It's still more like what I'm not eating. Fruits and veggies don't sound good, and neither does a lot of meat, which narrows my diet down to carbs. Mostly processed carbs, too. Not sure why they're appealing to me. Whether it's because I wouldn't allow myself to eat them before I got pregnant, or if I need the extra salt or something. I couldn't even finish the shrimp on my plate at Friday last Saturday. Weird, I love seafood. I'm not eating much sweets though, so that's a good thing, right? 

Our food budget is paying for my lack of organizing food though, I'm spending more now just picking up a few things through the week rather than going once and getting everything I need. I'm hoping in the next few weeks this will turn around and I can drink smoothies again and eat salads. 

How I'm Moving:

Ha! I thought this was a good topic to include in my weekly update, except for the simple fact that I haven't been moving it. It's cold, walks don't sound good. Honestly, I need to set up my treadmill. But I need Mr. Skinny to help with that, and we just really haven't had the time. It needs to go higher up on the priority list though. That's kind of important. 

Momma's Feelings:

Bad picture, but some maternity pants I tried
2 weeks ago, not the ones I got, but same thing.

I feel like I can breath a sigh of relief when this week is over. My mom had a miscarriage when she was 10 weeks along, and although I know she was 12 years older when she had that miscarriage then I am now, it still scares me. I keep telling myself that it's because she was older that she had the miscarriage, but I can't help but think that history will repeat itself. 


I'm also having a hard time accepting that I'm "showing" because it is so early. But, as I mentioned in the picture, I haven't gained the 30 pounds back to give me a belly like that, some of it has to be baby, right? I'm just at an in-between stage where I'm nervous I'm gaining too much weight and harming my baby, but looking forward to actually showing. I do love my maternity jeans though :)





Tell me:


Any other topics I should add to my weekly update?