9 weeks

And BAM.... there it is! Haha for some reason at night my belly is showing more than during the day. This was last night at about 9:30 and as you can see there is a little "bulge" as I like to call it :) I am feeling a lot better this week as apposed to the constant nausea that I have felt the past 3 weeks. My energy seems to be back as well, so I am feeling like a new woman! Of course there are still bad days, but overall I cant complain. Once I started feeling better last weekend, I began asking my other friends who had been or are pregnant if I should be worried since I was not feeling sick anymore (almost as if the sickness assured me that everything was okay).... and ALL of them said, "NO girl, you enjoy your easy pregnancy while it lasts!"

I will have to admit that this waiting between each appointment has been hard. My next appointment isnt until week 13 so I have 4 more weeks before then and it is so nerve racking! I am anxious to get past this first trimester to say the least and I know that God does not want me to be fearful, but instead trusting in Him that He is in control. From the little that I have already learned about what my life is now like as a mom, I can definitely say it is easier to not be fearful of things for my own sake, but a lot harder when it comes to my little one... and yes I know there is so much more of that to come :)

This was week 7

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.