10 weeks

Here's what's happening to Baby Cook this week: (from www.babycenter.com)

Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.

Here's what is happening to me:

At your next prenatal visit, you may be able to hear your baby's rapid heartbeat with the help of a Doppler stethoscope, a handheld ultrasound device that your practitioner places on your belly.

Before you got pregnant, your uterus was the size of a small pear. By this week, it's as big as a grapefruit. Though you're probably not ready for maternity wear, you may find that your regular clothes are becoming uncomfortably tight and your blossoming breasts are straining the seams of your bra. The thickening in your midsection is most likely due to slight weight gain and bloating at this point. In these transitional weeks between regular and maternity clothes, pants and skirts with forgiving elastic waistbands (or low-rise waistlines that sit below your belly) will provide some much-needed comfort.

Our next doctor's appointment is the 29th and we will get to hear the baby's heartbeat. We can't wait to find out what it is! Hopefully we will be able to tell at our March appointment.

I have been feeling okay but this weekend I was sick. I get migraines sometimes and I started with a headache Friday that did not go away until Monday. My doctor said it was okay to take Tylenol but it didn't help too much. Then Saturday night I got really sick. I dodn't know if I caught something, ate something or if it was pregnancy related. So I rested up on Sunday and Monday and feel much better today. Brian didn't feel too well yesterday either and poor Maddie girl has a yeast infection in her ears. She needs to get 5 drops in each ear twice a day. For any of you that know high energy Maddie you can imagine how hard that is! She hates it. We have to put her collar on to try and capture her and hold her. I wish I had a video camera because we would win America's Funniest Home Videos with her running away from us and thinking we're playing a game.