8 Weeks!!

So today I am officially 8 weeks! I am excited that I have made it this far without any major complications. However, I have to say that I am really, really sick of being sick. :( I did not experience any of this when I was pregnant with Brady. I had a few days of nausea with him and might have missed a day of work because of that and fatigue...but nothing like what I am experiencing now. Most people tell me that means this baby is going to be a GIRL! That's fine with me but either way I am ready for the illness to go. I have literally been in bed for days now because when I get up and move around too much, I start gagging. Lovely, huh? Lying perfectly still or sleeping has been the only thing that wards off the gagging. BUT even lying around is getting rough. My hubby is being as understanding as he can be and my child is certainly tired of mommy being in bed so much. Do I really have 4 more weeks of this?

I told my mom that I feel like a loser when I complain about how sick I've been for the past month. After all, I am pregnant and that is a good thing. I could be sick for some other reasons that aren't so good. So then the guilt sets in. Ugh...these hormones make me think and feel crazy things. I've had some amazing support though. Friends that have been there before and totally understand what I am going through and my two moms that listen to be whine about it most every day. It will get better soon. It just has to, right?

So my first official OB appointment is next Monday and I am ready to see and hear my baby again. I am contemplating the purchase of a doppler so I can listen to the baby's heartbeat anytime I want. Since I have been experiencing some brown spotting last Thursday, it would really set my mind at ease if I knew everything was still okay in there. I haven't had any cramping and the blood hasn't gotten pink or red, so I am trying not to worry. Things I've read say that as your uterus stretches, it sheds a bit of old blood. So I can accept that for now as long as things don't change.

Here is what babycenter.com says about the baby this week:

Your pregnancy: 8 weeks

How your baby's growing:

New this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby — about the size of a kidney bean — is constantly moving and shifting, though you still can't feel it.