BITTY BABY BLOG ~ WEEK 8

I really wasn't going to do this update this week, but then I didn't want to get behind. This "Bitty Baby Blog" is more or less for my looking "backedness" in the future.

This week, it was actually hard for me to tell what was going on as far as the pregnancy goes. Being sick made it hard to tell if being queezy was any type of morning sickness or remnant of the stomach flu. Dizziness came and went and vertigo was a norm from the major head infection. Headaches a usual.

I didn't crave much or eat much ... I wasn't too moody, but my mouth got away from me a few times and sometimes I was a bit tempermental. ha.  Much like having some form of PMS.

I still am having the cramping and bleeding. A stabbing pain in my right side occasionally occurs. I am GOING to make another doc appointment, because it just don't seem 'right' to me and feels weird, not to mention ANNOYING. Whatever the case may be with it, I just want it to stop. I am NOT a "pad" kinda gal and this is not making me happy ! :O(

So that is all that I feel going on with me this week .... if you want to read, this is what is most likely going on with the baby.

 

 

Week 8
Your growing baby is six weeks old, thanks to the fuzzy math of pregnancy. This fuzzy math is also responsible for the widely believed notion that pregnancy is only nine months long, when in actuality it's closer to 10. Who comes up with this stuff? Obviously a man.

"If I have to smell my coworker's tuna salad sandwich for one more second, I am going to lose my cookies. Wait, did someone say cookies?"


You know you need to take your prenatal vitamins in order to assure proper growth and nutrition for your little one, yet every time you swallow the thing, it comes right back up thanks to your woozy stomach. Don't panic:

First, try popping prenatal vitamins at night or with food. Having something in your stomach to help absorb those horse pills can sometimes help.

Iron is important, but it's also a common cause of nausea. Ask your doc about a vitamin with less iron, or try a liquid or chewable form that might help with the queasiness.

If you're still barfing after that, check and see if your obstetrician can prescribe you a vitamin that is specifically formulated for women with severe nausea.

The Baby
This week, your little tadpole is starting to look a little bit more human. Other exciting developments include:

Your baby's eyelids, ears, upper lip and the tip of his soon-to-be adorable button nose are forming.

Junior will also sprout webbed fingers and toes this week—which you'll be well aware of in a few months, as baby starts early gymnastics classes inside you.

Baby's tiny heart has separated into four distinct chambers and is really ticking now—at a rate of 150 beats per minute. That's more than twice your resting heart rate.

Your baby is now a little more than ½ inch long, about the size of the rock in a big engagement ring.