My Little Lintel Bean: Week 6

So things have been going well. Still some mild nausea and a few headaches but for the most part feeling well. The cramps have also pretty much gone away so I am feeling less scared than before, which is nice. I am just so super excited!!

It's crazy that I am only 6 weeks along. Seems like longer. But interestingly I found out that doctors count how far along you are from the first day of your last period so when really I would only be 4 weeks along they say I am 6.

I also finished my first baby blanket for our little Lintel Bean. I will take photos tomorrow and post them. I like it. Still working on the knitted blanket, I took a break though because I needed a project change to spice things up :) I am probably about a little under 2/3 done with it. So hopefully soonish that one will be done and pictures can be posted (I know I have plenty of time and all but I just love to make things for this little one).

This Wed. is my first doc appointment!! That will also be when we set up the sonogram!! That is super exciting!!

So here is what they say about the baby this week...



This week's major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean.