9 weeks!

Week 9: Green olive. Average fetus — 2.3 cm, 2 grams. Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like... well... a baby!

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I can't believe that I have known I am pregnant for already 4 weeks! Time has just flown by, faster than I expected for the second time around. I am looking forward to the first trimester being over, and hopefully feeling less nauseous and have some more energy. Maybe?!?

At the doctor's yesterday, they gave me a big folder full of information, samples and papers. Kind of a care package! There was a brochure all about the stages of your pregnancy with pictures of the embryo/fetus. I have seen these before of course, but when I came to the nine week one, I was shocked! It is really amazing how in like a week or so, it suddenly looks like a BABY and not, say, tadpole like! And how fast they change in a weeks time. 217 days to go!