Baby Update...

Your pregnancy: 9 weeks

How your baby's growing:Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.

Me, I may be feeling slightly icky, a little bit of sickness, and some strong cravings. The best thing that sounded good to me on Sunday was a sandwhich, a sandwhich with mayo, mustard, cheddar cheese and baby dill pickles!!! And it was DELISH!!! I am having hot chocolate in the mornings now because it eases my tummy a little, and gold fish crackers are my friend now too! Tomorrow is our first appt. I will have to blog about that when it happens!