Week 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How Far Along: 6 weeks!! (I have always felt like when you get to six week you are actually counted as pregnant! Who knows why, weird prego thinking!)
 Size of Baby: The baby is the size of a Blueberry this week and measures about 1/2 inch. Even though it is still so small it has more than doubled since last week!
What You’re Doing: We have had a rougher week over here! We all have colds and are getting less sleep because of it! Lena will have a birthday get together with family this weekend and she is so Very Very excited about it. I cannot believe she is going to be 4!
Cravings: NOTHING, I would like to eat nothing all day long! I have wanted some olive garden soup yesterday but it sure isn’t worth the trip out just for my soup. Maybe we will have to plan a date night in order for me to fill my craving!
Sleep: Well, I go back and forth on this one! I have such aches and pains at night that if I take a Tylenol I sleep so well, I don’t want to start taking it all the time so I am not sure what a good answer is. I have thought about drinking some type of night time tea, so hopefully I can find something that will help. I am one tired momma…
Sex of Baby: Ok, so this time we are going to base it on a wives tale saying that if your feet are colder now than before pregnancy then you are having a BOY, If your feet stay the same then you are having a GIRL…. Drum roll please….. My feet are freezing, my whole body really. So, we must be having a BOY!
            Girl – 1            Boy - 1
Weight Gain: I have failed you all….. I did not go and get a scale. I guess it just isn’t very high on my priority list right now. I did look back on my medical records from Lena’s pregnancy (I need to get those to give to my midwife) and I actually lost weight between week 6 and week 10 so maybe I will do the same this time around!
Maternity clothes: Nothing new this week, I feel less bloated this week so have been wearing more normal cloths!
Names: This week the girl name I like is Danielle, it is my sister’s middle name and I think it sounds so feminine.
 Symptoms: ok, it all hit this past week! I am dry heaving a lot, today I have dry heaved after everything I put into my mouth, add that to the cold and pregnancy exhaustion and it takes everything I have to make it through the day and still be in a good mood at the end! I get small cramps off and on, but not as much bloating (THANK GOODNESS).
 Fetal Movement: NO… I think I will take this question out and just add it back in when it happens!!!
 What you’re looking forward to: I am excited for a lot this week. I am going to a friend’s baby shower on Saturday. I haven’t seen her in a while so it will be so nice to catch up. Lena’s party on Saturday evening and thanksgiving with my entire family next Thursday!!! We did make our next midwife appointment for December 6’th… I cannot wait to hear this baby’s heart beat!
What baby is doing this week: This week the baby’s brain is becoming more complex and is developing cavities and passages vital for circulating spinal fluid. The baby’s face is becoming more defined with the lenses of the eyes and the middle part of the ear forming. Tiny arms, legs, hands and feet are also beinging to bud!
 What your body is doing: They say because this is my second baby I may start showing earlier this time around, they say my uterus is already warmed up and will stretch out a bit faster. I am definitely not seeing this happen but we will see in a few weeks what I think, I did not show well with Ellena until around 6 months!
Thoughts from daddy: These Tam-Tams are way too expensive, need to find a cheaper food that tastes like nothing! Just want my prego wife to feel better….. Really excited to hear the baby’s heart beat on the next visit to the midwife!
Thoughts from Ellena: Lena has been asking more and more questions about the baby. Most of than have to do with why is the baby not out yet! She is also getting a bit clingier towards me. She wants me to stay with her wherever we go and she does not really want to play in a room I am not in! Maybe we will work through the jealousy before the baby gets here. “um, um, um, I want to play with him with my toys!”