baby # 2, 5 weeks!!!

whoa, still having a hard time wrapping my head around this news.  since it was so hard for us to conceive the first time around, i had no idea what to expect.  and although we have been trying for several months, it was just a whole lot easier this time.  maybe my body already knows what to do?  maybe i am less stressed?  maybe it's just time for the last piece of the "berkman master plan."  either way i have already taken quite a few pregnancy tests to double and triple confirm!

you can see the line is progressively getting darker, which is good news.  that means my HCG levels are continuing to increase.  i am feeling good, although bowie has a cold and is teething which means she is not sleeping very well at night, which means i don't sleep well at night.  so the last few days i have been overly tired.  and my mind is racing, i am thinking of all the things i want/need to do around the house to get ready for a 2nd baby.  i need to slow down.  i do have a bit of time!  i guess it never really feels real until you share the news.  since it is so new to us, we will wait a few weeks to tell family.  we will be going to california in 3 weeks and i can't wait to see my family and share the excitement!  but i won't have my first doctors appointment until we get home, so that feels like a very long time away!  i just have to trust in my body that everything is progressing on track and is healthy.

baby growth milestones...

~embryo looks like a tadpole
~starting to form major organs
~over the next week the baby is double in size
~neural tube is either completed or in the process of closing, which means the brain and spinal cord can start to develop

weight gain = 0 pounds (in fact, even lost a pound, but i look and feel super bloated!)
baby is the size of an apple seed!