8 Weeks

It is Christmas Eve! Yay! We will be telling the rest of my family on Christmas that we are pregnant...so excited!!! :) I can't wait to see their expressions! This week I am starting to see a little "bump" which makes me happy...it is not just bloating...I can actually feel my uterus getting hard and tight. Once my family knows the big news, I will go ahead and tell the public...I just can't hold it in any longer...it has been SO hard.

Things I've Been Experiencing This Week:

• I can see a slight "bump" :)
• My OB had me increase my thyroid medication...baby must be taking my energy ;)
• Continuing to take my Zofran once a day to ease nausea
• Already up two bra sizes...not used to having a larger chest!!!
• Less heartburn

Facts About Baby This Week:

• Your baby is growing like mad, putting on about a millimeter every day and continuing to straighten out in the trunk. Though you can't feel it yet, baby is moving those little arms, legs and (now only slightly) webbed fingers and toes like crazy

7 Weeks

Although I do not have a picture this week (due to busyness), I am definitely one to say I'm started to feel a change in my body. I can't even fit in my bra anymore and it is becoming more and more difficult to button my pants...again, this is probably just water retention, but I definitely feel "bigger". :) My baby is the size of a blueberry :)

Things I've Been Experiencing This Week:

• Needing to take Zofran at least once a day for nausea
• Needing a new bra
• Heartburn at night
• Tighter pants (feels like water retention)

Facts About Baby This Week:

• Baby's brain -- both hemispheres! -- is growing fast, generating about 100 new cells every minute. Arms and legs are emerging as joints start to form, and a permanent set of kidneys (baby's third!) is now in place.

6 Weeks

So...if you can tell I had to re-label my pictures with the correct weeks. I must have ovulated later in my cycle because for WEEKS I thought the baby was 2 weeks older due to my LMP. Well, after our ultrasound today on December 14 :) they told us our little baby Wade was just around 6 weeks 5 days. When I saw the baby for the first time, tears just started flowing. There it was.......so tiny......but WE SAW A HEARTBEAT. For only 6 1/2 weeks, it was a little active thing: 135 beats per minute. Michael said "She's dancing" (Have I mentioned he thinks it's a girl already?) haha. Tears were just rolling down my cheeks as soon as the lady said "And there is the baby, and oh look...a definite heartbeat". A heartbeat....those were the words I had been WAITING to hear. It doesn't bother me that my cycle had my due date WAY off. Now instead of a July baby, we are having an AUGUST BABY. Due date officially August 4, 2012. We just need more and more prayers that the first trimester goes smoothly. I know the Lord has so much in store for us...we are trusting in HIM! :) Here is the baby's first PICTURE...ladies and gentlemen...meet BABY WADE. Just the size of a sweet pea...already, my little angel.

What I've Been Experiencing This Week:

• Nauseous throughout the day (Threw up twice this week...bummer)
• Heartburn, especially at night
• Tingling in my feet (I read it's due to swelling?)
• Sore Chest (worse than last week)

Facts About Baby This Week:

• Growing like crazy, baby is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose, cheeks and chin. Those little hands and feet- still webbed like paddles- might wiggle by week's end, the heart is beating (almost twice as fast as yours!), and blood is starting to circulate.

5 Weeks

Well, I finally started feeling sick. Bummer...but our ultrasound is in a week and a half, so that is something to look forward to! Yeah, "morning sickness" is so not MORNING ONLY sickness. Last night at work I had to continuously eat every 1-2 hours in order to keep my stomach from churning. I haven't thrown up yet, so that's a plus! That is my only new symptom. I don't feel as tired this week, which is a blessing. Work has been SO stressful lately. However, I just accepted an offer from a company in Franklin that is a day-shift position :) What a blessing that it came at this time. Starting January, I won't be on my feet all day, and I will be able to have more time with my husband. I am very excited! Although, I am very sad to leave my girls at Baptist. The Lord really has given me peace about the decision to leave, though. I just know this new schedule will be better for me and my baby! Still...hardly a difference in my tummy. Just very bloated! Baby Wade is the size of an appleseed!

What I'm Been Experiencing This Week:

• Bloating
• Sore Chest (Hard to sleep on tummy)
• Nausea
• Heartburn

Facts About Baby This Week:

• Your embryo (looking kind of like a tadpole) is starting to form major organs (heart, kidney, liver, stomach) and systems (nervous, circulatory, digestive). Baby's presence in your uterus triggers production of hCG (the hormone detected by pregnancy tests)... which triggers production of other hormones like estrogen and progesterone... which trigger all those great symptoms you've probably been noticing!