5 Weeks, 1 Day: Symptoms

I am only 5 weeks and 1 day, but jeez it all happens so quick.



What's happening to the baby:

The baby hasn't grown much. It's aobut 0.05 inches long. Heart, brain, spinal cord, muscle, and bones are beginning to develop. The placenta, which will nourish the baby, and the amniotic sac, which provides a warm and safe environment where the baby can move easily, are still forming, too.



Here's the latest update on my symptoms.



Boobs

Wowsers!!! I already had to buy a new bra at a bigger cup size and my boobs feel like they're in jail again because it's already so tight! If I go buy another bra, that will be 2 cup sizes in 2 weeks!! How much bigger are they going to get?? I was a 36B and now I'm busting out of a 36C!! They are also pretty sore, so no touching!



Hair

So I just bought a new volumizing shampoo and conditioner and I was thinking, wow, I think this stuff really made my hair become twice as thick! This is the best product ever!! Then my hair started feeling like hay and I remembered Che saying that her hair changed during pregnancy. So I don't think it's the new products afterall...only the pregnancy. Thick hair is good, hay hair is not!



Energy

Sooo tired. All I want to do is sleep. Bedtime is 9:30 now! I don't know what I'm going to do when I have class until 10!



Peeing

What?!? Why do I have to pee every 2 hours all of sudden?? There is no baby yet to push on my bladder. I wake up twice in the middle of the night. This is crazy!!



Baby Brain

I am unable to multi-task. It takes so long to get things done at work because I keep forgetting things. I spend more time opening and closing files on the computer (because I forget I still need them open), and running to and from my office to get my forgotten pen, notebook, water, jacket, purse. Then I tried to make dinner the other night. Just simple breakfast. I had 3 pans, but 4 things to cook and I nearly had a breakdown. I just stood there and stared at everything and then really began to panic! I had to ask Christopher how to cook it all! Thankfully he helped, but I still couldn't cook more than one thing at a time. Half our food ended being served cold. Please tell me this doesn't get any worse.



Emotions

I got so angry watching Memoirs of a Geisha that I started crying and had to turn the TV off (I have no idea why I got mad). Then when Christopher came home from work, he started asking me how my day was and how I was feeling, and I got so overwhelmed I basically yelled at him to stop asking me so many questions. I told him I was tired and just wanted to go to bed. I was nearly in tears by then. I think this might be a roller coaster ride for both of us!!



I have my first doctor appointment on Wednesday (Aug 22). Christopher is coming with me. He is being a really good sport about everything and is super excited. He even asked me to buy him a book so he knows what to expect. I bought him "Pregnancy Sucks: For Men. When the Miracle Makes You Both Miserable." It's really funny, but gives him the info he needs.