7 weeks:)

We are at the 7 week mark today. Nothing new to report. I have morning sickness but so far, it hasn't been entirely awful. Knock on wood that it doesn't get any worse than this.

I received a book on expecting twins, triplets, and quads from a fellow successful tttcer who now has beautiful twins. I have been diving into it regarding nutrition. It recommends that I gain 10-15 pounds by the end of week 10. With 4 weeks to go, I am a long way off. I am actually down 2. So my goal for the next week is to try to follow the program regardless of how I feel.

How your baby's growing:
The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.

The baby has eyelid folds partially covering her peepers, which already have some color, as well as the tip of her nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your baby's brain are growing, and her liver is churning out red blood cells until her bone marrow forms and takes over this role. She also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in your baby's growing intestines is bulging into her umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from her tiny body.