Your baby is now the size of a green olive, and has grown an inch since last week! While your wee-one isn't moving a shaking right now, muscles are starting for form and soon you will be feeling those amazing little kicks in your belly! While you won't be able to FEEL anything right now, at your next visit you might be able to HEAR your baby's heart go bump, bump bump via doppler at your next visit!
So this week is when the major exhaustion starts to kick in, your body is working overtime 24/7 to not only grow your baby but to grow the placenta which will help protect and feed your love bug. In addition to the placenta making you tired hormones levels and your metabolism skyrocket, which results in a decrease in blood sugar and blood pressure which adds to your exhaustion. But don't feel bad, embrace the urge to sleep and nap whenever and wherever you can. If this is not your first child have your partner take the new big sister or brother out for some one on one time, while you stay home and sleep. My hubby did that on one of my more tired days and it was GLORIOUS, I ended up sleeping 15 hours that day and it was the greatest gift I could have received...except for my kids of course.
Week 8
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