For everyone who has been waiting for another post: sorry it has taken so long! Since spring break I have been experiencing some pretty yucky cases of morning sickness. I'm not sure who came up with that name since, for me, it lasts pretty much all day, every day! Yesterday and today have been better, as long as I go outside frequently and have interaction with other people and keep myself busy. Distraction helps. But with school I have unfortunately had to spend quite a bit of time quietly sitting alone, studying, mostly inside...it hasn't been fun at all!
An update on the baby's development:
The baby is now about 1/2" long! It's beginning to straighten out of its "C" shape. The arms and legs have lengthened out and both have plates on the ends where the fingers and toes will develop. The eyes are pigmented (so they would look black on an ultrasound) and there are little growths were the external ears will soon be. The windpipe and voicebox are developing and the teeth are already starting to grow beneath the baby's gums. He or she is beginning to develop an upper lip, too! The intestines are forming and the liver has grown to fill most of its body right now, leaving little room for anything else. Did you know that you develop 3 kidneys?! The first one the fetus develops is basically worthless...I plan on doing a little research into why you develop 3 if, in the end, only 2 remain. I did find out the other day that my great-grandma and one of my great-aunts both have 3 kidneys! I'm not sure if they all 3 function normally but, it was interesting to find that out. I'd never heard of that before.
David and I have finally figured out our insurance. It's brand new with his new job at the fire dept. so we've had to wait for everything to get entered into their system. But it looks like our hospital is covered and we will be scheduling our first appointment within the next week or so! I've read that the first sonogram can be done around 8 weeks (I'll be 8 weeks tomorrow...) to determine the number of babies in the womb. (Not that I'm expecting more than one! ;-P But wouldn't that be a blessing?!?!)
Everyone keeps asking me about cravings... No, I have not had any weird food cravings and NO, I haven't kicked David out of bed at 3 in the morning, sending him to go get me pickles and ice cream! haha. I'm pretty sure the all-day sickness will have to pass completely before I have any cravings. Nothing sounds good right now!
"I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
-Psalm 139:14
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Day 28
Finding out you're going to be a Mommy is so exciting! Terrifying....but exciting! I'm due November 3, 2010. I'm just praying for a whole, healthy baby! As the oldest of 4 girls I always wished I'd had a big brother, so it would be fun to have a boy first...but I really couldn't care less either way.
I know so very little about having a baby! I'll be reading TONS of books all the time, I'm sure. I bought this "Pregnancy Journal" the day after I found out we were expecting. It gives a day-by-day update on what the baby's doing and what the mommy's body is doing, good things to eat/avoid eating, good things to do/not do.
We've told most of our family already. Everyone seems just about as excited as we are. :) One of the more exciting aspects of this pregnancy is, along with this baby being our first child, it will be the first grandchild to our parents, the first great-grandchild to our grandparents, and the first great-great-grandchild to our great-grandparents! (Can we say "SPOILED"?!?! haha) I'm just so happy that this child is going to be blessed with so many people who love him/her!!
Today is approximately day 28 of my baby's development. It's between 3 and 5 mm long (could sit on the eraser end of a pencil). The neural tube (eventually the spinal cord) has been growing rapidly. The liver has already formed; the pancreas, gall bladder, lungs, stomach, aorta (largest artery in the body) and intestines are all beginning to form as well. The baby has tiny little buds for arms and legs. It has little divits on the sides of its head where the ears and eyes will start developing soon. Development of the baby's facial features has begun as well! Can you believe my baby's heart has already begun to beat?!
It's strange knowing there is a whole new life growing inside of you, depending on you for survival! Makes you really want to do everything right: eat right, exercise appropriately, sleep well, etc, etc.
We have names picked out already. If it's a boy we're going to name him Frank Benjamin. "Frank" is the first name of the baby's daddy, grandpa, great-grandpa, and great-great-grandpa! So naturally we have to keep that going! If it's a little girl we're going to name her Chloe Elaine. Such a beautiful name! :)
"For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb"
-Psalm 139:13
I know so very little about having a baby! I'll be reading TONS of books all the time, I'm sure. I bought this "Pregnancy Journal" the day after I found out we were expecting. It gives a day-by-day update on what the baby's doing and what the mommy's body is doing, good things to eat/avoid eating, good things to do/not do.
We've told most of our family already. Everyone seems just about as excited as we are. :) One of the more exciting aspects of this pregnancy is, along with this baby being our first child, it will be the first grandchild to our parents, the first great-grandchild to our grandparents, and the first great-great-grandchild to our great-grandparents! (Can we say "SPOILED"?!?! haha) I'm just so happy that this child is going to be blessed with so many people who love him/her!!
Today is approximately day 28 of my baby's development. It's between 3 and 5 mm long (could sit on the eraser end of a pencil). The neural tube (eventually the spinal cord) has been growing rapidly. The liver has already formed; the pancreas, gall bladder, lungs, stomach, aorta (largest artery in the body) and intestines are all beginning to form as well. The baby has tiny little buds for arms and legs. It has little divits on the sides of its head where the ears and eyes will start developing soon. Development of the baby's facial features has begun as well! Can you believe my baby's heart has already begun to beat?!
It's strange knowing there is a whole new life growing inside of you, depending on you for survival! Makes you really want to do everything right: eat right, exercise appropriately, sleep well, etc, etc.
We have names picked out already. If it's a boy we're going to name him Frank Benjamin. "Frank" is the first name of the baby's daddy, grandpa, great-grandpa, and great-great-grandpa! So naturally we have to keep that going! If it's a little girl we're going to name her Chloe Elaine. Such a beautiful name! :)
"For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb"
-Psalm 139:13
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