9 weeks

What say ye, babycenter?

How your baby's growing:

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.
 

http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-9-weeks_1098.bc

So how are these three little grapes treating me?

Not too bad, all considered.  My morning sickness is not terrible for the most part.  Sometimes at night I have some long stretches of misery, but I've thankfully had a decent time of it during the workday.  I had a tougher morning than usual today because I gagged on my toothpaste and once you've gone down that road, it's hard to turn back.  But I'm feeling ok now.  Need to think about eating something soon.

The babies' family is in Austin this weekend, to fete Uncle J, who is biking the MS 150.  So at some point, we're sure to go hang out with them, which will be fun.

Oh-- and my weight this week was 159.6.  We'll round up and call that 160 and a pound gained, shall we?  Babies are definitely growing-- I can feel the top of my uterus about an inch under my belly button.  I think 20 weeks is when it's supposed to get to belly-button level, but I'm guessing we'll be there next week.

Not a lot going on otherwise.  No appointments this week or next week-- next medical event on the radar is MFM first trimester ultrasound and OB appointment, both on May 2.