Happenings

Two Pharyngeal Arches Appear
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SIZE: 2.5 - 3.0 mmTIME PERIOD: 23- 25 days post-ovulationn
Thirteen to twenty pairs of somites are present and the embryo is shaped in a modified S curve. The embryo has a bulb-like tail and a connecting stalk to the developing placenta.A primitive S-shaped tubal heart is beating and peristalsis, the rhythmic muscle contractions propelling fluids throughout the body, begins. However, this is not true circulation because blood vesel development is still incomplete.At this stage, the neural tube determines the form of the embryo. Although the primary blood vessels along the central nervous system are now connecting in Stage 11, the central nervous system appears to be the most developed system. If twenty somites are present in the embryo, the forebrain is completely closed.

So, that is what all is going on with peanut right now. I love the scientific aspect of the site. I also get updates from baby center, and baby ga.ga. I'm just so interested in what is going on inside of me! It is truly miraculous.

In other news, I have been afraid to have sex. I know that everyone says that it's fine and I know that for most people it IS fine, but on the flip side I have read so so many accounts of women that once they have had sex...everything goes south. Then I was afraid to or.gasm because of reading that an orgas.m is really a uterine contraction. I also know that when women have had trouble becoming pregnant their REs usually recommend no sex for the first several weeks. So, I was a little freaked. I'm sure that it was unnecessarily. Well, The OP was suffering (unjustly and horribly according to him) so we did the deed. So far so good. I really have not much of a sex drive though. Maybe that will return later on? It would be nice. Sex drive...where are you?

I also feel like a pharmacy unto myself. One prenatal vitamin per day, bp medicine three times per day, metformi.n once a day, and a prog.esterone su.ppository before bed. Quite the cocktail, huh? It's a little crazy, but like most women I am willing to do WHATEVER it takes to get this baby here safely. Let's hope and pray that my efforts are rewarded.

I'm having an ultrasound next Thursday and when I tell people this they seem shocked. Is this not normal? My OBGYN office's website says that they always do an early ultrasound to date the pregnancy. So, I'm wondering why there are so many shocked faces.

My plan is that if everything goes well with the ultrasound on Thursday we are going to go ahead and tell everyone. Most of this will have to happen over the phone which is a bummer, but oh well. There aren't too many get togethers happening in February! Basically all of The OP's family knows (because he cannot stand to keep a secret), but none of my family and most of my friends don't know. I have told my parents, my closest aunt and uncle, my best friend, my best friend from childhood, and my closest cousin. That's it. They had all better be praying for me. I specifically requested that! :)

The Big Cat and my ma will be back today from their two week vacation. Can I get an Amen?!?! Their dogs are driving us insane. Two weeks is way too long to have three dogs in my little house. I'm taking those suckers home early and then I'm going to start to de-dog smell my house. It might take a while. Plus their dogs are depressed. They are used to being outside and running around a six acre yard. They definitely don't have that here. Sorry puppies.

5 weeks 4 days or 24 DPO