9 weeks

This should clue you in. I can't remember what my cell phone charger looks like. There's several plugged in all over the house and none of them seem to fit and when I try to picture what I'm even looking for...I can't remember!!! Gray? Black??

And now my phone is near-dead. Grrrr. Good ol' pregger brain.

As for morning sickness? All day, every day. I have moments of feeling normal but about 90% of the time, I'm queasy, exhausted or both. Various combinations, of course, but always there. I'm not getting out much--just muscling Andrew in and out of the car is a chore. And I just don't feel like doing anything. But sleep.

Today I went to a lab to get blood drawn for my pre-natal work-up. My next appointment is still almost two weeks away but I'm glad it's done. My arm still hurts
where she took the blood--there was a lot of needle wiggling. Ugh.

So week 9! Three weeks to the end of the first trimester!! Woo-hoo!!

Hooooeeee, that's one funny-looking baby!!



Here's another version:



Here ya go:

Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months.

Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks.

Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct.

The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.