Week 10:

Whoo Hoo.What happens to me?By the tenth week of pregnancy, you may also find yourself riding pregnancy's emotional roller coaster, feeling moody one day and joyful the next. Disturbing as this is to some women who pride themselves on being in control, what you're going through is normal and will probably continue throughout your pregnancy. Up-and-down emotions are partly caused by fluctuating and (in many cases) very high levels of hormones. You are still tired and probably nauseated. You may be urinating more frequently. Your uterus has not become big enough to press on your bladder yet, but you may find yourself going to the bathroom much more often. This is just another symptom of the increased hormones in your body and can be one of the first symptoms you notice. Frequent urination will last through your whole pregnancy, with a marked increase during your last month or two when the baby will probably be pressing on your bladder most of the time. If you should have any burning or pain during urination, contact your doctor immediately. You could have a bladder infection and will need to take a prescription medication to clear it up. If you are over 35 or have a family history of genetic illness, you may want to consider a chorionic villus sampling (CVS), a prenatal test usually given between 10 and 12 weeks that screens for birth defects and abnormalities.How much will I be showing?Your abdomen may begin to pooch out, but it will be more from bowel distension than from an enlarged uterus. You may also notice that your waistline is slowly disappearing.What happens to baby?The baby is now called a fetus and resembles a peapod. Tiny toes have formed now. The eyes are largely open, but soon the eyelids will fuse and stay that way until 25-27 weeks. The wrists are more developed, ankles have formed, and the fingers and toes are clearly visible. Arms are growing longer and bend at the elbows. By week's end, the inner workings of the ears are complete. Though you cannot yet identify the sex of the fetus by ultrasound, external genitals are beginning to form. By now the placenta has developed enough to support most of the critical job of producing hormones.How big is the baby?The average length is approximately 1 ½ inches long and it weighs four grams, or about the weight of four paper clips.------------------------------------
I am so glad to reach this milestone of double digits! I feel sick still, and very tired. I don't have a huge appetite, and I miss drinking water. I cannot stand to drink much of anything these days. Hopefully morning sickness will go away in the next 4-5 weeks at the maximum. I am getting so close to the next trimester which is so exciting.