Chestnut Week 8*

We've told everyone in our immediate families this week.  Surprisingly, Chin's mom was the most excited about Chestnut...while other grandparents show no reaction.  Aunts and uncles all excited (if not a bit concerned that we don't know how to use contraception).


Technically, this is what's going on this week:

• Chestnut is the size of a kidney bean - ~0.63 inches and 0.04 ounces.
• Arms and legs are growing and location of the elbows and toes are visible.
• The feet and hand buds have appeared.
• Starts to practice moving.
• The stomach is being made from part of the gut (waddup?!).
• The face is beginning to take shape.
• Your baby's mouth and nostrils are starting to develop.
• Teeth begin to develop under the gums.
• The eyes can now be seen as small hollows on each side of the head.

Physical:

• Weight: 114 lb (+1)
• Belly circumference: 30.0 in (+1.5)
• Really nauseous this week but managed to keep food down!  Nothing sounds good, though.
• I discovered that I would crave for french fries a lot; but once I start eating one, I realize what a bad, bad idea fries are.  (This pretty much goes for all fried foods.)
• I am only craving bad foods.  Nothing that's actually healthy!
• Foods that I can't stand: garlic, onion, tomato sauce, pork.  Pretty consistent with my two previous pregnancies.  (Since I'm having very similar pregnancy symptoms to my previous pregnancies, I tend to think that I'm carrying a girl.  But my mom had the exact same symptoms for all 7 of us kids - 3 girls and 4 boys.  So, who knows!)
• I did have a distinct craving for a strawberry milkshake at 1:30 in the morning and Chin had to go get ice cream to make it for me.  This is seriously like it's out of a movie!
• I'm not sure if I have communicated this clearly enough through my pregnancy with Camille, but the first trimester is the absolute worst!!!  I hate it so much.  
• I'm tired.  SO tired.
• A little moody (although I would never admit to it...so don't ask if I'm "hormonal" because I will straight up rip you a new one)
• I don't feel like eating anything.  Nothing sounds especially appetizing.  And if something sounds good, when I smell it, it's immediately gag-inducing.
• I'm constantly nauseous.  No joke.  Always.
• Something that's different in this pregnancy is that I'm peeing all the time.  Maybe baby is really low.  I don't know.  But I'm getting up to go to the bathroom ~3x a night (vs. 0x a night while pregnant with Penelope and Camille).
• Did I mention that I'm always tired?

Chin captured a picture of me puking.
Awesome.

Spiritual & emotional:

• We are telling a few more close friends.  It's starting to feel more real.
• Chin & I want 3 kids.  I'm seriously considering adoption for the 3rd kid because, seriously?!  I cannot in my sane mind think about going through the first trimester ever again.  It is the worst!
• School is also kind of driving me a little nuts.  I never like to put academia first in my life, but honestly, if I don't study people die.  This thought scares me. 

Click here to see the comparison to my pregnancy with Camille (MacNut) at the same gestational age.

*This blog entry was written in stealth mode...before the news went public.