9 weeks, 2 days

Already? So far, so good for the most part. We’ve been telling more and more people. We started telling people on the Friday night that I went to the doctor. We each called our best friends from high school to start off with. Then, we went to some friends house and told our closest Houston friends. It was kind of funny. We were all sitting around playing a board game and my husband and I had a mild disagreement which ended in “Shut-up, pregnant woman”. The looks on their faces as they one-by-one started to realize what he had said was priceless! So, that was a great experience. So, throughout the past week, we’ve been calling people here and there. We had some friends over for a game night this past weekend to let them in on the news. Then we made a pretty big announcement at our Sunday School class Superbowl party on Sunday evening. So, it’s definitely getting out there and has even started to spread a little bit as a rumor.

Last night I had a really hard time getting comfortable and going back to sleep after my 3am bathroom break. I literally felt like the baby was developing some organ and there was just to much business going on internally for me to calm myself to get back to sleep. Not to mention the fact that there was absolutely NO COMFORTABLE position in which to sleep for me. I ended up getting up and getting some water and chips and reading a pregnancy book for a while. This morning, I realized that my feelings last night about all of the baby development activity were not unfounded. Here is what is going on in my 10th week (according to pregnancy-guide.net):

As development of major organs and body parts continue this week, many are starting to complete their formation. You yourself may start to notice that your clothes are not fitting as well as they used to, as your body begins to change. Lets take a look at how your baby is gong to develop this week:

• Your babys brain will start to develop the rounds and fissures that are characteristic of humans
• The upper lip is now fully formed.
• Primary ossification centers will begin to appear along the bones.
• Your babys arms are now bigger and bend at the elbow, although the fingers are still small and webbed. The toes will begin to form as notches appear on the foot plate, but by the end of the week they will almost appear to be toes.
• Should your baby be a girl, the clitoris will begin to form, and this forms from the same tissue which would form the penis should your baby be a boy
• The critical development period of the heart is now complete. Your babys heart will continue to develop and grow, but not at such a fast pace.
• The retina of your babys eye will now be fully pigmented, and the eyelids will continue their development, as they will almost appear half closed.
• By the second or third day of this week the external ears should be fully formed
• The bones of the palate are beginning to fuse, and taste buds are forming on the surface of the tongue.
• By the end of this week the baby will measure apporx 25.4mm, 1 inch, in length and weigh 0.04 - 0.11 ounces, which is 1-3g
  

No wonder I couldn't sleep! :)