6 weeks pregnant!

My baby is the size of a sweet pea. Your baby is starting to look more and more like a little organic being during pregnancy week 6. Dark spots should be forming where your baby's eyes and nostrils will eventually take shape. There should also be small pits on the sides of the head where the ears will develop, and tiny buds that will eventually form into the arms and legs. For several weeks your baby's hands and feet will be connected by a layer of webbing between the fingers and toes. Your baby will start responding to sensory input and start moving on his own in the next few weeks.

At 6 weeks of pregnancy, your baby's heart should now be beating at about 100 to 140 beats per minute and blood will start circulating throughout your baby's body. Your health care practitioner may be able to see the beating of the heartbeat using ultrasound, though it may still be a few weeks before the heartbeat is detectable via a Doppler device.

Did you know that your baby would actually be able to display reflexes in response to touch even at 6 weeks? This is because the central nervous system is already developing and linking the muscles in the body with the limbs. You'll learn even more amazing facts as you follow your pregnancy week by week.

How am I feeling? Well I am getting nausea but no morning sickness so far. Good sign? I hope. I would love to take the extra money and buy a new car that is bigger for my family. So maybe I am having a boy? I hope so. First appointment tomorrow. Yippee. I will update then.