7 Weeks

Baby's brain -- both hemispheres! -- is growing fast, generating about 100 new cells every minute. Arms and legs are emerging as joints start to form, and a permanent set of kidneys (baby's third!) is now in place. (www.thenest.com)

The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.If you could see inside your womb, you'd spot eyelid folds partially covering her peepers, which already have some color, as well as the tip of her nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your baby's brain are growing, and her liver is churning out red blood cells until her bone marrow forms and takes over this role. She also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in your baby's growing intestines is bulging into her umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from her tiny body.( www.babycenter.com)

I can't believe how fast time is flying. I'm almost at my two month mark and it seems like it was yesterday that I was announcing I was pregnant to everyone. I'm still loving every minute of pregnancy. Even though I'm still feeling nauseous I'm doing much better than last week. I've found that crackers, fruit, and peanut butter are my best friend for right now. Hopefully I'll be one of the lucky one's where morning sickness only lasts a little while. I guess we will see. To me though it's worth being sick everyday just to be able to hold my baby in my arms when that day comes!