BITTY BABY BLOG ... WEEK 7

Little Human update comin' at ya' !!!

SO, it is week 7 here for me. FUN !

Adam has begun his over protective rituals once again. Wouldn't let me walk from house to car unattended the other day when ice coated everything. Gets very protective of my feelings. ODD.  But I can still blame him for feeling yucky if I have to ! Dang men !

No, I am kidding, it could be worse. I haven't experienced any morning sickness yet.. but I know by now (hello - this IS number 6) that at the first onslought of the feeling I MUST shove crackers or something into my face. I know - weird. But it works ! I am serious. It is like my belly says there is no nourishment here, you must add something.

I have had a few boughts of lightheaded-ness (is that a word?) and then I get all hot flashy feeling and have to like rip my sweater off, but then I am freezing again. Again, a norm for me. NOT pretty.

I am WAYYYY tired all  the time, get headaches easily, my back has been killing me and I have had (shhhh!) some constipation. UGH. Embarrassing and I hate talking about it. ACK !

Only very trivial amounts of "Craving" going on ... with each of my kids I can remember cravings being moderate to severe . yes - with Gracie it was Drippy, ooooey, gooey cheese or Baked Potatoes EVERY DAY !!... So thus far, I have had a pickle wrapped in a slice of Kraft cheese, but that is not the norm .. I am sure it will soon follow. I have been eating more and I have gained one pound. I am a hog - what can I say. I like foooood !!! :O) Especially when I can smell it ! AAHHHH !

My sence of smell hasn't perked up all too well yet, but it always does. With Cameron I was a smell-a-freak ! I usually have BADDD sinus problems and very rarely smell anything well, but when preg, watch out ! I can smell AND I WILL !!!!! I tend to notice things others don't !

Now, mood swings - yeeeeeeeeeea. that is what gets me. They get badddd sometimes the first 1-2 months then stop all together. Hormones - I know. and since I have the AICCP, they are crazy the first few. Few ... VERY few - folks understand, but I really don't mean anything by it. I just can't control it.

~~~~~~ Mood swing story. On one of my already many in the middle of the night trips to the bathroom - at about 4 am, I found a laundry basket in the hallway lying on its side. THE SAME laundry basket I have asked a certain  17 year old to pick up 90 times all day  yesterday. So I picked it up and threw it at him .... in his bed. What does the little freak say to me ... AT 4 am ??!?!? "THANKS MOM.. I NEEDED TO GET UP". ~~~~~~~

IDIOT.

So anyway --- that is the story about ME and what is going on in my 7th week so far !

 

 

Now here is some info that might interest you about the baby:

This week your baby's brain is growing at a mind-boggling 100 cells per minute within a see-through skull. If you could peer inside, you'd see those tiny brain cells growing and growing and growing (about as quickly as you feel like yours are shrinking and shrinking and shrinking with your "pregnancy brain"!). More high points include:

Your baby's face is becoming more defined this week. A tiny mouth hole (which will be ready to wail before you know it!), tongue, nostrils and ear indentations are visible. His or her eyes are wide open, but he doesn't have irises (the colored part) yet.

Baby's arm buds are growing. At this point they look more like microscopic ping-pong paddles than arms. Baby's leg buds are also forming and will look like tiny paddles by the end of the week.

The umbilical cord—the connection between your baby and the placenta—is now visible.

Your baby is now between 1/3 and 1/4 inch long—about the length of a Tic Tac and about as heavy as an eyelash. While that sounds tiny, he or she is approximately 10,000 times bigger than at conception. Crazy, huh?