8 Weeks

8 weeks... how can only one tiny little baby cause this much sickness? I have no idea, but I'm exhausted and ridiculously sick. This has been the worst week by far. Mornings are like one long trip to the restroom while I put my head into a nasty public toilet and upchuck basically nothing by this point, because I can't eat or drink anything. So all it is is yellow bile from my stomach that is absolutely disgusting. Normally by noon I am feeling a little better. I eat, and have a few hours of rest. Then the afternoon hits and although normally I don't get to the point where I am puking, I still feel absolutely awful. I'm sure my office mate Brenda is tired of hearing the words, "I feel like I'm about to throw up", but I can't help it! It's terrible!
I get home from work and lay comatose on the couch, hoping to just slip into sleep or some place that doesn't leave me feeling on the brink of despair. Dinner comes with a short break, but by the time I get back into bed, I once again want to crawl into a ball and fade away.

Good thing is I swear I can already feel my uterus, which I think is awesome. I know you're not supposed to be able to feel it till 11 or 12 weeks, but I swear I can feel it, which for some reason makes it feel SO much more real!

As horrible as I'm feeling right now, I know it will pass and soon I'll be showing and feeling this little one move. That is my favorite part about pregnancy, feeling the baby move. Even at the very end, when it's PAINFUL, I still love it.

8 Week Info:
By now your baby is approximately three-quarters of an inch (2 centimeters) long and weighs about a gram. He keeps on developing at a rapid speed: the beginnings of a skeleton are being created, with cartilage prior to the actual formation of bones. The little heart has started beating at about 60 times a minute, the stomach produces gastric juices, the liver makes blood cells and the brain starts working. Now the resemblance to a tadpole is quite clear, because webbed fingers and toes appear on the hands and feet! In the meantime, your little bean is growing pretty fast: less than two weeks ago he was the size of a grain of rice, now he's as big as your thumbnail.

Only 32 more weeks to go :)