You know you are overly emotional when the scene where the Grinch's heart suddenly grows three sizes too big makes you sob uncontrollably. Yep, that was me tonight ... Jaida was looking at me like I was insane. :) Oh, and any program talking about doctor's without borders is strictly off-limits until further notice. I really haven't been feeling overly emotional at all until just the last couple of days .... which is surprising considering the extra progesterone and all. Joe might disagree though. ;)
The heartburn has also started. I don't have the raging heartburn I had with Jaida but there is this whole low level chest tightness thing going on. And the burping ... omg ... the burping. Tums are my new best friend. Jaida is convinced I am eating candy all the time.
Yesterday and today I have also been feeling a little crampy ... not bad crampy just stretching crampy. Again, not bad just noticeable. Also, first thing in the mornign and most of the early part of the day the belly is pretty darn flat and normal looking but by the evening my abdominal muscles are just plain old worn out and tired. I sort of look like someone just released me from a girdle. :)
My pregnancy journal says the sac continues to fill with amniotic fluid.
From Visembryo:
(6 to 8 weeks)
Lens Vesicle, Nasal Pit, Hand Plate; Trunk Widens, Future Cerebral Hemispheres Distinct
Head and Neck
As the brain has increased in size by one-third since the last stage, it is still larger than the trunk.
Rostral neuropore is closed and four pairs of pharyngeal arches are visible now, though the fourth one is still quite small. The maxillary and mandibular prominence of the first arch are clearly delineated. The stomodeum, the depression in the ectoderm which will develop into the mouth and oral cavity, appears between the prominent forebrain and the fused mandibular prominence.Swellings of the external ear begin to appear on both sides of the head, formed by the mandibular arch.
Lens pit has closed, retinal pigment may appear in the external layer of the optic cup and lens fibers form the lens body.
Two symmetrical and separate nasal pits may appear as depressions in the nasal disc.
Thorax
Esophagus lengthens.
Blood flow through the atrioventricular canal is divided into left and right streams, which continue through the outflow tract and aortic sac. The left ventricle is larger than the right and has a thicker wall.
Lobar buds appear in the bronchial tree.
Abdomen and Pelvic Regions
The intestine lengthens.
Ureteric bud lengthens and its tip expands, thus beginning the formation of the final and permanent set of kidneys.
Limbs
Distinct regions of the handplate, forearm, arm and shoulder may be discerned in the upper limb bud.
Lower limb bud begins to round at top and tip of its tapering end will eventually form the foot.
Innervation, the distribution of nerves, begins in the lower limb buds.
Spine
The relative width of the trunk increases from the growth of the spinal ganglia, the muscular plate and the corresponding mesenchymal tissues.
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