10 Weeks...

Today, I am 10 weeks along this little journey.

Clothes continue to get tighter. I've been wearing my maternity work pants all week and they are not falling down. And they are comfortable.

I don't know if I'll ever go back to normal pants again.

Here's what the baby updater is telling me for this week:
Your baby (now the size of a prune) has small indentations on his legs (soon to be knees and ankles!), and tiny buds of baby teeth are forming under the gums. His stomach and kidneys are kicking into gear, producing digestive juices and urine, and if it's a boy, his testes are making testosterone (how manly!).

When I read things like that and then look in the mirror and know that from the outside, you can't tell that any of that is going on, I stand in awe at our Creator. I know that the miracle of pregnancy and birth and all that jazz has been going on since the beginning of time, but it really still is a miracle, isn't it? Just amazing. And now, to think that it is actually happening to me leaves me speechless. I know...hard to believe.

Even though billions of women have given birth, many women have gone through extreme turmoil and distress and heartache because of birth. It can happen too early, the baby can get sick, infections, stress, defects...the list goes on. As a first-time pregnant woman, these are scary things, but I just have to Believe that He will protect me and my baby and everything that happens is His will.

If you think of it, please send up a big P for one of the teachers I work with. His name is Eugene. His wife lives back in his old country and was seven months pregnant and she had a stillbirth on Monday. He has gone back to be with her and I cannot imagine the pain they are experiencing.

Anyway, I hope you all have a great weekend. In just 2 short weeks, I will be through my first trimester already!