8 Weeks

The big news this week:

Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from our baby's hands and feet, eyelids practically cover the eyes, breathing tubes extend from the throat to the branches of its developing lungs, and its "tail" is just about gone. In the brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. We've been wondering about our baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether we're having a boy or a girl. Either way, our baby — about the size of a kidney bean — is constantly moving and shifting, though I still can't feel it.

Source: babycenter.com

How my life's changing:

I've noticed that my bra is getting more snug! EEK! Soon I'll likely need a larger size with better support. Rising levels of hormones cause breast growth and other tissue changes, all in preparation for lactation. Feeling fatigued...still. Hormonal changes — in particular, a dramatic rise in progesterone — may be contributing to my sluggishness (and not to mention some acne ~ awesome). Nausea and vomiting hasn't really been too much of an issue. Although, very early this morning I was feeling way more on the nausea side then I ever have before! And I still continue to have trouble getting a good night's sleep. Feeling uncomfortable and the need to get up to pee has definitely not subsided, and probably won't anytime soon.

Ahhhhhh.... the joys of pregnancy! I just LOVE IT!!

Hopefully I'll have news soon on my progesterone level testing I had done last Thursday, and they are rising like they should. My guess is with all the signs listed above... they're rising just fine. ;-)