8 Weeks

What is the baby doing...

Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from the baby's hands and feet. The eyelids practically cover its eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. The baby is about the size of a kidney bean and is constantly moving and shifting.

How is the Mommy doing...

How am I feeling at eight weeks...pretty gross. I have given up on eating anything besides pretzels and water for breakfast and even that makes me feel sick to my stomach but I can keep it down. Then after I make it to work, I am normally able to eat some break and yogurt. Most other meals are fine but I need to make sure to snack every two hours or else I feel sick again. Now that I have the food thing figured out, I am just trying to rest and conserve energy as I am pretty tired every day and can barely make it through a simple day of work. It has been great that work is pretty slow which allows me to come home early and go to sleep earlier.

I have a two month doctor appointment on Friday, February 15 so please pray that the baby is fine and healthy and that my blood work from a couple of weeks ago came back normal. I also have a first trimester screening ultrasound scheduled for Monday, March 10. This is where they will do an ulatrsound to check the thickness of the baby's neck to monitor for Down Syndrome as well as do more blood work to monitor for any genetic disorders. So, please pray for a healthy baby and that everything is normal and that if it isn't normal that God prepares us for that news and the journey ahead.