My I.V.F Journal

9 Weeks Today!

"By the tenth week of pregnancy, you may find yourself riding pregnancy's emotional roller coaster, feeling moody one day and joyful the next. Disturbing as this is to some women who pride themselves on being in control, what you're going through is normal and will probably continue throughout your pregnancy. Up-and-down emotions are partly caused by raging hormones.

At week's end, your fetus measures approximately 0.9 inches / 2.3 centimetres long. In both shape and size, it resembles a peapod and weighs less than a tenth of an ounce / 2 grams. The eyelids are fused and won't open until week 27. The wrists are more developed, ankles have formed, and the fingers and toes are clearly visible. Arms are growing longer and bend at the elbows. By week's end, the inner workings of the ears are complete. Though you can't yet identify the sex of the fetus by ultrasound, its genitals have begun to form. By now the placenta has developed enough to support most of the critical job of producing hormones.

You will soon need to make decisions about antenatal screening, and we have a complete guide to antenatal tests. If you're over 35 or have a family history of genetic illness, you may want to consider a chorionic villus sampling (CVS), an antenatal test usually carried out between ten and 12 weeks that screens for birth defects and abnormalities.

• Note: Experts say every baby develops differently -- even in utero. These fetal development pages are designed to give a general idea of how a fetus grows in the womb. "

So I'm carrying a peapod! about 1 inch long hehe.

I'm feeling pretty good despite the sickness, bloating etc. I cry easily though, at tv, books lol.

Not sleeping very well, getting up 2 - 3 times in the night for a wee and then having difficulty getting back to sleep. Also really hot at night. There's me with my covers thrown off and hubbys so well wrapped up I can't see him lol. At least I don't need to get up and can go back to sleep after he's gone to work for a couple of hours hehe.

I have my first appointment with the midwife tomorrow, will probably be bombarded with questions. Hope she doesn't moan at me about my weight. BMI is 29 eeek, I have put on about 10lbs since starting IVF.

Ooh in 3 weeks I can dye my roots yay! hehe :D