9 Weeks - Olive R. Twist

A day early, as we are heading down to Melbourne tomorrow for a wedding, but tomorrow I'm 9 weeks! Baby Aff is now the size of an olive and according to the books the foetus is out of the tadpole/alienesque stage and is now a full fledged (adorable) unborn vertebrate. 

I read on the Woolworths baby page that at 9 weeks babies have nipples. Cool right? However, I then saw that on a different page that nipples are visible from 19 weeks. Wait a minute...did I just miss a 1? Or what what if my baby has an extra 10 weeks of nipple growth? Now I'm visualising giving birth to a cat or a baby with silver dollar pancake nips and panic is creeping in. 

So, as any sane person would do, I Googled "When do fetuses develop nipples?". After spending about 10 minutes reading from the Mammary Development Resource Library (from the University of Illinois... clue one) and scanning over a section discussing the udder shape variations (clue two)... I got it... *DUH forehead slap moment!*.... "bovine" is referring to cattle,  not just a derogatory name for pregnant women. Pffew! 

Unfortunately, I did not get the answer to my pending nipple question but nonetheless panic has receded and you will be happy to know that I have decided I will be content with my offspring's teats, regardless of quantity and size. 

How far along: 9 weeks
Total weight gain: 1 lb
Maternity clothes? No, but new sports bra
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Freaky inception-like dreams
Best moment this week: Getting the carpets steamed. Yes the actual carpets in our apartment.. dirty minded people you!
Miss Anything? Acne cream
Movement: Nope
Food cravings: Popcorn and cheese (together and separate)
Anything making you queasy or sick: Entire batches of cookies... Andy reminded  me that the Dr said I couldn't eat left overs so what was one to do?
Gender: Don't know yet... Confucius say (Chinese calendar test) girl but Andy did get 2 Pearl Jam posters this week and we are running out of wall space in the living room so a boy would be handy
Labor Signs: Not even close
Symptoms: Barfed twice
Belly Button: In
Wedding rings: On
Mood: :)
Looking forward to: Picking up our new non-minivan (5 star baby safety rated) car!