10 weeks

A pretty uneventful week as far as pregnancy goes. I've had more things pop up at work than I have with this pregnancy. This week I have been thinking more and more about the 12 weeks off that I will have. I have 3 weeks of vacation, that means I have to come up with some kind of income for the other 9 weeks I am off. Another girl at work is also pregnant and she said they have an extra paycheck every month that isn't used for anything so they were going to put it in savings. I thought what a great idea and suggested to her to save that for when she is on maternity leave. She then said, she didn't think she was going to take any time off...WHAT! She said staying at home with the baby makes them more dependent on a parent and they won't get used to being with a caretaker. So after a few weeks she already has it set up with her normal babysitter to have the new baby dropped off. Whatever. Not my plan. I am going to sit down with Jon this weekend and see if we can't cut a few things from our expenses and try to save one of my paychecks each month until the baby is born. This should help with the 9 weeks of no paychecks.

Monday Jon and I go for our first (together) doctor's appointment. I am sooo excited. I will be 11 weeks and we should be able to hear the heartbeat.

Babycenter has this to say about Chishi:
Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.