A whole new baby - 9wks 4days

9wks 4 days
Originally uploaded by Toasted Salmon.

I got to see the baby again today, and he looks so big! At this point you can finally see more than just an oval in a sac. You can see a baby! He (or she) has, even on this old sono machine, a distinguishable head and body, with arms waving around, and legs bent up at the knees. And then!! Then he moved around! He was bouncing around like a Mexican jumping bean! He opened and closed his fists, and waved them around in front of his face and jumped and bounced, and then he curled back up in a little ball and laid down! How sweet!!! I feel so incredibly blessed to be able to see all this--it's truly amazing to see this miracle unfolding inside me, and I can't even really tell anything is going on.

Except, that is, for the nausea. The unending sea-sick feeling, where nothing is appetizing, everything smells, and puking occurs at random. It's been quite miserable, and I only seem to get significant relief when I'm busy at work. We get busy enough that I just don't have time to think about it, so I'm not as miserable. I still have to run to a trash can every so often, but at least I'm not feeling so enormously nauseated between those trips.

I keep telling myself that it's a good thing. My baby is growing and healthy, or else I wouldn't be feeling like this, and so, in a way, I can be thankful for it. And amazed that my body is really doing this thing. Just so amazed.