What that means is that my little embryo is now the size of a sesame seed and looks very much like a little tadpole. My little tadpole's heart will be beginning to divide into chambers and start beating and pumping blood this week!
Isn't it simply amazing?!
I just can't believe that my body knows what to do to help this little one grow.
Amazing.
I have been by myself these last few days and it has really been a trying time for me. Brian being gone for days at a time has never bothered me to the point of tears every day; being overly emotional has been a handful! The smallest of things set me off! Someone not texting me, friends talking about enjoying their days, cheerleaders on t.v., burning the popcorn, asking me how I'm feeling, you name it! EVERYTHING makes me cry. Perhaps this time to myself is for the better because then no one has to see me crying like a blubbering fool over who knows what.
The next few weeks are supposed to be the weeks that morning sickness really starts kicking in, so I'm waiting for it to happen so I can just truck right on through and get it done and over with. I have noticed that after eating anything I get more nauseous and the scent of my plug in air fresheners are really starting to make my stomach turn. But other than that, it has been pretty tolerable.
I am going to be battling the litter box issue this week as well. I know that pregnant women should avoid changing the litter box, but I have done a little bit of research and I'm not worried about developing Toxoplasmosis. I have been around cats my entire life and have most likely already been exposed to it before and it is generally only found in outdoor cats and well, mine are strictly indoors. Also, the bacteria needs approximately 48 hours to develop, so if the box is scooped daily, there is no need to worry. But to ease everyone's minds (and my own) I will be wearing a mask and gloves while changing the messy litter. If anyone has any issues with me changing the litter box, well, then they should volunteer their time to come and change it for me when Brian is gone for days on end. He usually changes the litter, but when he is gone for almost a week, the only other person here to change it is me. Like I said, if anyone has any issues, well you may as well just keep them to yourselves because I'm not letting the litter box go longer than two days without being cleaned; the smell is just too nauseating.
I got a lovely little surprise in the mail box last night/today! A huge thank you to my cousins, Kevin and Alicia for the lovely card and to my friend, Andrea for the post card! They most definitely put a big smile on my face and made me feel incredibly special. I can't wait to put them in our little tadpole's scrap book!
On that note, I am as prepared as I can be for this week. Bring on the morning sickness and any other symptoms I haven't experienced yet! Bring on the litter box changing (with my mask and gloves, of course!)!! BRING IT!
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