- This week, tiny muscles are starting to form, but it will be at least another month or two before you'll be able to feel those little punches.
- While it's too early to feel any kicks yet, it's not too early to hear something — your baby's heartbeat might be audible on a Doppler device at your doctor's appointment this week!
- The spinal cord "tail" at your baby-to-be's rump has all but disappeared! He's looking more and more like a tiny human.
Would you believe your baby is only an embryo for one more week and is already developing into a fetus? She's now about one inch long, the size of a medium green olive (but no martinis, please). The head has straightened out and is more fully developed and the ears are continuing to grow, making baby look more human. Plus, toes are visible, and all of baby's essential organs (heart, brain, kidneys, liver and lungs) have begun to develop. Your soon-to-be-fetus is also making spontaneous movements of her arms and legs now that minuscule muscles are beginning to develop, though you won't feel your tiny dancer for at least another month or two.
My symptoms thus far:
- Pretty bad morning sickness. Worse than with the girls. Im sick all day long, and it even wakes me up at night. I'm over 9 weeks along and so far have only lost weight. My OB gave me a prescription for promethazine, but I try to take those only on rare occasions.
- Extreme exhaustion. So tired. All. The. Time. I can not get enough sleep.
