Why did I talk too soon? Now, I'm beginning to feel pregnant. The nausea is killing me. I'm starting to throw up nothing and it's the grossiest thing on Earth. I don't know what's happening to me anymore. It seemed like my most favorite word is "gross". I say it to describe almost everything. Not a good thing. I'm starting to have a hard time looking for foods to eat. It's not because I want something I can't find, it's because nothing seemed to be appealing to me. Although this is not my favorite part of being pregnant, I am somewhat relieved and happy to know that I am finally feeling pregnant. You see with my 2 miscarriages, I never felt any nausea or anything like that. So, feeling like this gives me the assurance somehow that I have a baby inside me who's alive.
How my baby's growing:
Your baby still appears to have a small tail (actually, it's an extension of his tailbone), which will disappear in the next few weeks. But that's the only thing getting smaller. Now almost half an inch long — roughly the size of a raspberry — he has elbow joints and distinct, slightly webbed fingers and toes. In his oversized head, both hemispheres of his brain are developing. His teeth and the inside of his mouth are forming, and his ears continue to develop. Eyelid folds partially cover his tiny peepers, which already have some color, and the tip of that nose you'll be tweaking someday is emerging. His skin is paper-thin and his veins are clearly visible.
Your little one also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. His liver is busy producing red blood cells, and a loop of your baby's growing intestines is bulging into his umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from his tiny body. You can't feel his gyrations yet, but your baby is like a little jumping bean, moving in fits and starts around his watery home.
