9 Weeks

Your new resident is nearly an inch long — barely the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce, but he's poised for rapid weight gain now that his basic physical structure is in place. He's also starting to look more and more human. His embryonic "tail" is now completely gone and his body parts — including organs, muscles, and nerves — are kicking into gear.His eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. He has earlobes, and by week's end, the inner workings of his ears will be complete. His upper lip is fully formed, too, and his mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The tips of his fingers are slightly enlarged where his touch pads are developing. All major joints — his shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles — are working, enabling your baby to move his limbs. As for his heart, it has divided into four chambers now, and the valves have started to develop. External sex organs are there, but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks.

As for my body, I am very tired lately, can't seem to get enough sleep. I have had a little nausea but nothing severe, I have not vomited at all, although I have felt like I could a few times. I have had some lower back pain and some left abdominal pain from time to time, but this is pretty normal, my uterus getting ready. We are pretty excited, everyone keeps telling us to find out if it is boy or girl, but we are old fashioned in that we like to wait until delivery to find that out. I bought a girl crib set yesterday, it was only 9.50 marked down from 39.99, I figured if I did not have a girl it would make a nice gift for someone that will be having a girl. The kids are still pretty excited, but they have a long time to wait to see their little sibling. Well time for some crackers, I feel some nausea coming on. LOL :)