You are 9 weeks pregnant.
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Dates and numbers:
There are 216 days until your due date on December 19, 2008.
You are 64 days pregnant.
You are 2.1 months pregnant.
You are in your 3rd month of pregnancy.
Your 1st trimester: March 14, 2008 to June 12, 2008. (0 - 12 weeks)
Your 2nd trimester: June 13, 2008 to September 25, 2008. (13 - 27 weeks)
Your 3rd trimester: September 26, 2008 to December 19, 2008. (28 - 40 weeks)
Your baby now is about the size of a medium green olive. The crow-to-rump length is 22 to 30 mm and the baby weighs 0.12 ounces. Although your body shape will not yet reveal that you are pregnant, your doctor would be able to notice an enlarged uterus. The hCG hormone is at its peak and you might notice more changes. Your skin may become smoother and a bit plumper, but you might also get an outbreak of pimples. Your hair may become less oily, or more. You might also notice some vaginal discharge, which is usually not a cause for concern.
Although the baby is still very small, it is beginning to look more like a human being. Your baby's back is straightening out and the tail is shrinking. In proportion to the rest of his body, the head is large and remains curved forwards onto the chest. The head is erect and the neck is developing well. Even though your baby's eyes are well developed, they are covered by a membrane lid. The eyes will not begin to open and close for quite some time still. Your baby will begin to make tiny movements as the muscles start to develop. You will not be able to feel any of these early movements, but you might be able to see them during an ultrasound. The arms and hands are progressing faster than the legs and feet at this point. By this time of your baby's development, the hands have defined finger ridges and the tissue between them will die off to leave separate fingers. It is impossible to distinguish a male from a female at this time because external genitalia look very similar at this point.
Your blood system will change during pregnancy and blood volume will increase by 50%. The increase in blood is important to meet the demands of your growing uterus. Blood volumes will begin to increase during the first trimester and will continue to rise throughout the entire pregnancy. The increase in plasma can cause anemia, which will cause you to feel tired or weak.
In week 9 (7 weeks after conception) the fingers are clearly visible.
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2.4 hours ago
I have listed several pairs of maternity jeans if anyone is interested. Here are the item #'s. I also have a fetal doppler for sale I hadn't listed on e-bay yet. Message me for details.
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misslynnz -
5.1 hours ago
I went to the Dr's Monday. Everything looks good. Healthy heart with 4 chambers. He is sending me to a specialist, Maternal-Fetal Medicine or Perinatology. It's a specialist for 'old' pregnant women for my advanced maternal age. I'm only 36! (I guess I could be a grandmother) Are there any preggos that are over 35 years of age? Did your Dr send you to any specialists?
lindylu -
7.4 hours ago
I feel little flutters too! its not gas I know that and I do know after the more children you have you tend to notice signs alot faster! Iam starting to show a little! not much thoughlittledebbie99 -
7.7 hours ago
I have a question for all of you...please reply on my profile. Thank you...Are any of you having problems drinking water??? I feel as if I have to choke it down! My tummy feels really bad after I drink...but I am thirsty! I know that we ALL have to keep hydrated too!907 -
8.4 hours ago
We had our ultrasound yesterday! Yeah!!!! 9 weeks and 1 day, due date still 12/16. Check out my profile I posted a picture of the little bean! Congrats to all of you too, cheers to a wonderful pregnancy for all of us. (toasting with apple cider)Britney8328 -
8.6 hours ago
So im 9 weeks pregnant! YAY!!And im showing alittle already, my pants fit but around the waits they are TIGHT! Has any one else started showing this soon ??soonmomoftwo -
9.9 hours ago
After reading some of the comments, I am feeling a lot better. I thought that I was going crazy. I swear that I feel occasional flutters even though Im not supposed to feel anything yet. So, anyway, glad to hear Im not the only one. lindylu -
10.3 hours ago
hey beebeefox Iam disinterested in sex as well right now! my husband poor guy! If iam not sleepy then I just dont feel up to it. I keep telling him this too shall pass lolbeebeefox -
14.7 hours ago
i have been so super tired and completely disinterested in sex for the longest time. i have a 20 mth old and a 7 mth old and am 9 weeks pregnant. that is a definite reason for my sleepiness. but, yesterday my libido took a turn. my husband is so happy. now to find the time..hahaha!davitta -
18 hours ago
white light> your right about the gestational age. Since pregnancy is considered to start from the first day of your last period to maintain a standard (since the conception date cannot be determined), it includes the 2 weeks before you would usually be able to actually concieve, hence the 2 week difference. so a 6 week pregnancy is 4 weeks gestation. Glad you had a great scan!!! lucky you know the actually heart rate. My doctor didn't mention it to me and I didn't realize it until I left *sigh*lilmissfloss -
18.2 hours ago
Finally got my first midwife appoint for next wed - Actually feel like things are starting to happen now. Next should be a scan fingers crossed. I too have found that my tummy is starting to itch, i put it down to the skin starting to stretch!!! My jeans are starting to get a little too tight. Hope all is going well for you all. xxtink21 -
22.6 hours ago
borderchick
I hav had the same feeling in my tummy. And the crmping too but the feel different. Is anyone else's tummy starting to get itchy? last 2 days have been itchyand my belly button looks like its streching to the sides.borderchick -
23.4 hours ago
Hi everybody...I just signed up to this site I'm 9weeks with an IVF pregnancy from a frozen Embryo transfer, I have a daughter also IVF she is 2...this pregnancy is so different I'm more tired and sick 24/7 totally gone off sex much to my husbands dissapointment, and I too have the weirdest dreams...some wake me up crying and I remember them too usually when I dream I don't. i have more pain this time too and keep goint to the toilet convinced I'm bleeding stupid aye. I have thought I have felt the tiniest flutter in my tummy over the last few days..anyone else this early? I had a scan at week 6 and was so happy to see a very strong heartbeat!white light -
1 days ago
So this week 9 actually means that out babys are 7 weeks (gestationl)
Im a little confused. Cos on week 6 it says you have actualy been pregnant for a month. I had a dating ultrasound yesterday and i was 7 weeks 1 day! Saw the heart beat (150bpm) was fantasitc! but painful on the poor bladderGojeda23 -
1 days ago
Thanks ladies for the comments. I really do appreciate them all and the support. Thanks again.redmama -
1 days ago
lol. You all are killing me with these dreams, since i have been reading your posts for 2 days, of coarse last night i had the most bizarre dream of all. My house caught fire but got put out with snow, then i saw a orange baby laughing at me? wtf...lol.. If our husbands/byfriends/fiance/spouse even knew how crazy our hormones are, even in our sleep. lollindylu -
2 days ago
Dreams since were on that subject lol I have been hving the oddest of dreams first of all I didnt tell my hubby about these he would freak just like i did I woke up like um okay not even possiable! I dreamed I was having the baby and my best friend which happends to be a guy was in the chair my husband should have been in and he was telling me its okay our baby will be here in no time I woke up and was like naugh, never going to happend! I was like what why did I dream that? lol! Then last night I dreamed that I lost a tooth as with all my pregnancies I have this dream except this time it was different intead of it falling out and it being gone like the other two pregnancies.. it fell out and a beautiful new tooth was behind it so I was okay in the dream was just like okay whatever and went on in the dream. Although the last two pregnancies I had the tooth falling out dream and they stayed gone and I was crying in my dream how bad it looked and all lol pregnancy and dreams man really off the wall dreams agree?babebec -
2 days ago
armywf11b
I feel the exact all i wanna do is sleep my fiance' is so like lets get up and do somthing im like ok then im tried i sleep all night and day til i have to work then while im 2 hours in work i start falling alsleep feelin like imma faint if i dont go lay right away. my 1st doc appt i 2mrw im excited i jus wanna kno if everything is ok.armywf11b -
2 days ago
Oh man!!!! I am sooooo tired!! I don't remember being so drained with my other 2!! Well, it could be that I'm single mom 'ing' it up while hubby is in Iraq. I had a doctors apt last week and he told me that I had to move in with my parents or have someone move in with me to help relieve my 'stress'. I can't work and all I want to do is sleep and be lazy!! Anyone else feel me?? Brandi T -
2 days ago
Awww the miscarriage deal is really scary I feel for you.:( I had the worse cramps today almost like a stomach attack right in the middle of working on a patient. I ran to the bathroom and stayed there forever. Finally after forever I guess it was just a bad case of gas really embarassing but better than the worse I was worried. I tried to push my daughter's bed and thought maybe I did something. So no more of that. Well ladies its late for me and I must rest to do my best tomorrow goodnight Sweet dreams only :) xxoo BGojeda23 -
2 days ago
Well ladies,
The brown spotting was a miscarriage for me. I was in the hospital all day. So good luck ladies.sarahgrace -
2 days ago
I am glad to hear that I am not alone in the spotting stuff...though I do not wish the scariness that it has brought me to anyone else. Today is the 3rd day, and yesterday things at the doctor looked fine. I wonder if perhaps the transvaginal ultrasound and internal exam could have exacerbated the spotting...probably. Anyway, it made me feel so much better to see the baby and that the doctor was so accomodating to have me in. SarDean -
2 days ago
so glad i'm not alone.MicheleF -
2 days ago
I've had scary dreams - like a few days ago I had a dream that this stranger forced me to let her take my baby out of me with these two long needles. I think it's my fear of losing the baby... I wish I was having sex dreams!HaileyC -
2 days ago
LOL to the comment below!!!!!!! I love it :)tink21 -
2 days ago
Well Im so glad its not just me losing my mind. The dreams Im having are very strange. Im not even going to get into the one this morning but it was very sensual and it involved a hermaphrodite.HaileyC -
2 days ago
I'm having really wacky dreams too. And they're all very different. And sometimes I was dreaming something romantic with people that I NEVER EVER would have even thought about that. It's just so weird LOLKelliG -
2 days ago
SarDean...I've met many people who believe that dreaming of a certain sex of baby, is your intuitions way of speaking to you. I have to doubt that, as with my first SON, I dreamt all the time of having a girl!!! I now have 4 boys.....and am currently pregger's with #5. We can hope it's a girl, but at this point, I've given in to the fact I'm going to be the only female in this house!!! I do however have very vivid and colorful dreams, as well as very emotional dreams when I'm pregnant and this time is no exception. Good luck to everyone!!!SarDean -
2 days ago
Does anyone have weird dreams? Either just sort of out there in general or even sex dreams you don't usally have. I think my psychy is playing tricks on me. I had a dream I was sitting on the floor of what will be the nursery and I was changing my baby to be. I looked down and it was a girl. I'm sort of wondering if that's just me telling myself I want a girl.mkb148 -
2 days ago
Gojeda, I wouldn't worry too much about the spotting. Spotting in the first trimester is incredibly normal. But, if you're worried, just call your doctor and make an appointment. HaileyC -
2 days ago
YAY!!! week 9!!!! :) Gojeda23 -
3 days ago
hello ladies!
well I have a ? I started some brown spotting, should I worry?drgoresgirl -
3 days ago
i was startin to think that it could be the strechin but i am not sure i dont even know if i am pregnant but i sure do feel like i am oh wellbeebeefox -
3 days ago
you know...i thought i was crazy. i feel little flutters from time to time. i'm guessing it's the muscles stretching. i just had two babies 2006 and 2007 so my muscles are probably pretty lax.drgoresgirl -
3 days ago
i have a question for u ladies in wk 9 or who has other children ok my question...did any of u feel like small flutters in ur stomach while layin down on ur back or sides during this week i do not know if i am pregnant or not i have taken 3 test all bfn went to hospital for one of those they would not to blood and i am waitin on gettin into my doc for blood right now but i do have a cousin and know others who had to have blood to see if they are pregnant but i have not had a period since march 12 and i have estimated if i was pregnant i would be due dec 13 so that makes me 9 weeks and 3 days so just wonder if anyone has felt little flutters in their bellies like it is barely noticeable but u can still feel it i know for a fact it is not gas please respond to this and thanksnannersmama -
3 days ago
candida- I've experienced this problem with my husband both times now. Even though he knows baby will be fine, he is protective. Every now and again I have to remind him how protected the baby is. Hang in there! His hormones will probably get the better of him in a little while!!! lolcandida grenier -
3 days ago
is anybody else having problems woith their boyfriend/husband not wanting to have sex with them because their pregnant and cause they dont want to hurt the baby cause i sure as heck am..........almost a month :( makes me feel like he doesnt want me anymore and all i do is cry because of the stupid hormones. i dont know what to do
tink21 -
3 days ago
Ok I have no problems eating. Discomforts are moderate but I feel like Im losing my mind! I cant stand my partner, I pick a fight over everything. At first I thought it was hormones but Its just him I cant stand, anyone else having the same problem?mommabug -
3 days ago
This is my very first pregnancy, I am going to be starting week #10 in 2 days. I look forward to Wednesdays now more than ever. I was reading some of the comments and I can totally relate. I can't take my prenatal vitamins in the morning anymore, they totally make me gag, so I have to take them at night before I go to bed (with a huge mouthful of water). I too had some brown-spotting a few days ago. I think it has to do with the increased vasculature. But my biggest issue is sciatic pain! I have been experiencing it since week #6 and it keeps me from bending over, from exercising, etc. I have thought about yoga...any input? aliv1886 -
3 days ago
hello everyone am new to this, so am 9wks 3 days !. does anyone have any advice i dont really get m/s but i get it really bad at night, i dont want to eat anything but if i dont get really sick.. is there anything i can do?sarahgrace -
3 days ago
Curious- I had some brown spotting yesterday and today and went to the doctor today. He performed an ultrasound so we got to see our little 'LePetite' again, and my how it had grown from the one we had at 7 weeks. Anyway, the baby's heart rate was at 203bpm, which seemed high to me, and the doctor said that it was a bit higher than what is classified as 'normal', that it was no problem because the heart rate does fluctuate. I have looked a little online and found that during weeks 8-10, it can even get up to 200, so I feel a bit better about that. Any of you ladies had anything like that on an ultrasound? MixxedEmotions -
3 days ago
im one of the lucky ones who doesn't throw up or get much M/S. but i dont have an appetite i think i need to have to keep me and the baby healthy i'm usually fine with one or 2 meals a day. anyone else experiencing this lack of appetite?MixxedEmotions -
3 days ago
happy belated mama's day!SarDean -
3 days ago
babebec: I'm having issues keeping my pill down now too. It used to be fine. Now it comes up a little after I take it with food. I'm gonna try taking it earlier. We'll see what happens. Good luck to you.bo -
4 days ago
Top ten things no one told me about pregnancy:
1. Morning sickness lasts all day and all night.
2. You will stare at her ultrasound pictures for hours, trying to recognize anything familiar. You will compare them to ultrasound pictures of other babies and secretly think 'Mine is cuter'.
3. All the down syndrome testing is a stressful pain in the ass that confuses you even further.
4. You never forget her first kick and you never get tired of them.
5. You will freak out at least once when she is not moving, you bumped into something or had an especially good sex (if you know what I mean).
6. Your husband sleeps even more peaceful while you get up to pee for 28236th time.
8. Putting your shoes on and shaving your legs will become a hadworking task.
8. Your butt will always look small next to your stomach.
9. The first time you hear her hickup, it will bring tears of amazement to your face.
10. You will fall in love with your husband all over again while he is reading children's book to your tummy.babebec -
4 days ago
ALSO... THIS IS MY 1ST PREGNANCY.. AM I SUPPOSED TO FEEL SUMIN IN MY LOWER AB? OR NOT YET? IM CONFUSED MY 1ST DOC APPT IS WEDNESDAYbabebec -
4 days ago
hAPPY MOMMYS DAY TO ALL! HEY I HAVE A QUESTION?
AT 1ST WHEN I TOOK MY PRENATAL PILL ROUND 6-7 WEEKS WITH WATER I DIDNT GET SICK I WAS FINE NOW IM IN WEEK 9 I EAT A MEAL AND TAKE THE PILL AND IN LIKE 5 MINS DURING MY MEAL I FEEL AS IF I CAN'T FINISH EATING AND 5 MINS AFTER THAT IT COMES ALL BACK UP...IS THAT NORMAL?LilMaMa5 -
4 days ago
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4 days ago
lindylu -
5 days ago
Happy mothers dy ladies! Hope you all have a wonderful day! 1-3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
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