Week 9

Last week brought a few more days of much stronger nausea but I'm hoping that subsides this coming week. I have been feeling much more tired and read it should continue to next week as well, so far I can't seem to make it through the day without a nap.

This week my uterus has now increased to a little bigger than the size of a grapefruit! It started out about the size of an avocado seed. Fingers and toes are continuing to get longer and the tips of the fingers are slightly enlarged where touch pads are developing. The hands are now flexed and meet over the heart area. The head is more erect this week and the neck is continuing to develop. Eyelids almost cover the eyes; previously they have been uncovered. The baby also moves around, something that may be seen during an ultrasound.

According to babycenter.com this is what changes will be happening over the next week:

How your baby's growing:

Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape —
and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.