6 Weeks

March 16, 2010

Well, I am now 6 weeks pregnant and have been feeling pretty well. I have been feeling a little nauseous now and then, sort of like a car sick feeling. I have been trying to drink a lot of water and eat better. The eating better things are harder than you would think. I have been trying to eat a little more fruit and veggies with my meals and snacks and I have cut caffeine out of my diet completely. Cutting out the caffeine was not as hard as I thought it would be. I am still working full time and taking 16 hours online working towards my elementary education degree. A lot is going on with me and I am looking forward to May for more than one reason. According to the online websites, here is what is going on with the growing baby:
The nose, mouth, and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute -- almost twice as fast as yours -- and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean.