11 weeks (:

Whew! We are slowly making it out of the first trimester! I swear its the longest, most trouble filled trimester. One more week, we can do it!

Well this week in baby news, our little sweetie has become a yummy looking medium sized LIME! Okay, maybe not yummy to many on its own, but limes and lemons are two of my many weird food cravings! Little Lime is currently a 1:1 ratio of head and body [haha] and the fingers and toes are offically unwebbed. Yay for real digits! Baby Limes skin is so thin you can see all the blood vessels inside the body! Holy smokes! But dont worry, s/he is safe inside my womb aka the oven. The beginnings of tooth buds, hair follicles and nail beds are forming this week! Our sweet lime is about 1.6-2.2inches long and weighs about a quarter of an ounce! This week baby's ears will begin their final stage of development [babies ears start from the inside out!] and will move into their rightful place on the side of little limes head.   IF baby is a girl, her ovaries are now starting to form as well.

So our little darling is looking more and more human and less like a creature from the deep! (: The nasal passages are open, the tiny tot has a tongue and palate in the mouth, and even nipples!

Doctor appointment Thursday for BP check and my "real" appointment the following Tuesday!

The REAL 10 week belly shot & Facts!

Yay for baby belly! Its growing (:

We are offically 10 weeks now (: Which means little Olive is now a Walnut/Prune. I like walnut much better, it sounds better than a wrickled little fruit that makes you poo. haha. Our sweet little Walnut is between 1.2 and 1.5 inches long and weights a whopping .14oz!!  The bones and cartilage are now forming, and the vital organs are now working! The baby can now move, wiggle and flop around which I have felt already!! :D The arms are now able to move with working arm joints and the tiny legs are soon to follow! The fingers and little tootsies continue to de-web and become individual digits! Yay!

Fun fact: Our baby will double to triple in size over the next 2-3 weeks! Mind Blowing if you ask me!

On the down side: I have high blood pressure, spilling protein [protein in the urine], swelling and constant headaches. All signs of Preclampsia! UGH! I had pre-e with Kaylee from 20 weeks on, but this is REALLY early to have it. I am on modified bedrest, I am still working while I can, which I am not supposed to do, but I am a Nanny so really its like being at home anyway. (:

First Appointment and Ultrasound!

Appointment went wonderfully! Due date was changed to February 6th, which puts me at 9weeks 3days (: Got to hear the heartbeat which is now the current soundtrack of my life! I am so in love with this sweet little OLIVE. Yes I said Olive again haha. The baby is about an inch long and well you remember all the 9 week facts right? Well if not do some back tracking because I am not typing all that out again for those who dont pay attention. Haha.

My blood pressure is already high UGH but they gave me meds and new prenatals. I had my blood drawn again today for more tests. I have to pee in a jug for 24 hours starting tomorrow and turn it back in Friday. Gross right? Right! It has to be kept cold so we are getting a small cooler because I am not a fan on the idea that a jug of my PEE in sitting next to my yummy kiwi's!

Pap next time around and another u/s at 18 weeks. They are all for my giving birth naturally and already set me up wth the lady who runs the birth center they have at the hospital!

Hubby, Monster one and my sister were there as well. Hubby was blown away being able to see the little olive move around and hear that sweet woosh of the heart beat. BP was 157 which is just peachy! (:

My next appointment is July 26th. I can't wait! I will be able to hear the heartbeat again, maybe see the baby and well I am just excited!