6 weeks

Monday, 8/10/09 marked the beginning of my 6th week of pregnancy. I must say at times I don't feel pregnant at all. If it were not for tender nips and boobs, sleepiness and constant peeing I wouldn't believe it to be true. My first prenatal visit seems so far in the distance. But I know its best to wait to get a better sonogram and stronger heartbeat.

One thing is for sure. I need to sooner rather than later start back working out. When I leave work I just want to relax and sleep. My job has gotten a little more stressful and a lot more involved in the past few weeks. Probably not the best time to take on a new role, but it is what it is. Oddly enough, last night I had the weirdest dream. I was at work and my director/boss saw me with a baby book/magazine. He looks at the book/mag, then looks at me and says, "You have to tell me these things." I'm not sure if that's my consciousness telling me that I need to tell him or the Divine, but I'm not convinced I should just yet. At least not before my doctor's appt on the 27th. That's when I'll find out just how far along I am, what my due date is, etc. I'd rather be armed with more solid info before going to him than using my internet tools to calculate how far along I am. They're fine for now, but the conversation with him will be an official one.

So the internet is such a lovely place, full of information and sharing and snarking......Snarking? Yes, there is a really good pregnancy board that I'm a member of and some of those women are just unbelievable. There's a lot of good information on the 1st tri board but there are some meanies on there too. Some will pic apart every little thing you say, while other lay waiting on something they can take as an insult. For instance, this one girl posted that she was prayerful that God would see her pregnancy through, and that she's in faith for a great pregnancy. Some lady that had previously had a miscarriage totally railed on her saying that prayer and faith have nothing to do with miscarriage b/c she did all those things and still lost her child. I understand that we're all a little hormonal and probably over-sensitive a tad, but she really didn't need to go there. This girl had every right to express that she was trusting, believing and depending on God to deliver her baby healthy at the appropriate time. But I guess you just can't seem to please everyone.

Today I left work around 12 noon. I just couldn't focus or concentrate on anything. I was tired, more appropriately sleepy. I probably did stay up too late and then waking up at some ungodly hour in the morning to pee didn't help. When my alarm went off I got up and showered and then laid back in bed naked contemplating whether or not I should call out ill. I know its much too early in the game for me to be calling off from work but today I just had to and I came home, had some lunch and napped myself into oblivion!



What Baby's doing
This week starts a period of rapid cellular development for your baby-to-be, who looks like a mini tadpole, with a tiny head and tail. His or her eyes, ears and mouth have begun to form (though they're a little more Discovery Channel "creatures of the sea" documentary than Gerber Baby at this point).Other exciting milestones include:Your baby's heart is now beating to a regular beat, although it's still too faint to hear.His or her arm buds are just beginning to, well, bud. They look like teensy swollen bumps at this point. In a few days, they'll resemble itsy-bitsy flippers.Your baby has grown to ⅛ inch long—about the size of one of the chocolate sprinkles on your last cupcake (and your last ice cream cone, and your last sundae and your last giant cookie ... maybe there is something to those rumors about pregnancy cravings!).



Mama's Symptoms: lethargic, inability to focus for long periods of time, peeing, mild cramps

**I defer to post a pic of lima bean at 6 weeks b/c its just not cute....I'll just wait for my first sonogram!**