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Your Pregnancy: Week 10
The roller coaster of nausea may almost be over, but the roller coaster of emotions (happy, sad, crying, mad; and that's all in the last 30 seconds) is just revving up. No one will understand why Friends reruns are making you cry, so don't bother trying to explain it.
What You're Thinking:
"Only 30 more weeks until I can eat raw fish and drink sake again."
Your Baby
By the end of Week 10, your baby graduates from embryo to fetus, which literally means "little one." It also translates to "I'm just going to keep getting bigger and bigger and so are you!" Other highlights this week:
- Your baby has finally morphed from a little tadpole into, well, a baby. Not only is the face more human-like, but that unflattering "tail" (really just the developing spinal cord) has disappeared, fusing into the spinal column.
- Your baby now has discernible fingers and toes, which will explain the steady stream of kicks and punches you'll feel down the line.
- Junior's skeleton is starting to grow and harden. The ears are beginning to take shape and the eyelids are no longer transparent. Tooth buds are forming, although your baby won't get any teeth until six or seven (or eight or nine or 10) months after birth.
- Baby's brain will make an incredible 25,000 new neurons every minute this week. While you may feel like you're losing as many as he's gaining, we can assure you it's not permanent. "Pregnancy brain," like nausea and bloating, is a temporary symptom that soon shall pass. (And then you'll get "Mommy brain," but we won't go there now.)
- If your baby is a boy, he's started producing that macho hormone testosterone. And whether your baby is a boy or a girl, the kidneys are creating copious amounts of urine. Lucky for you, you won't have to change a diaper for another 30 weeks.
- Baby weighs only 4 grams and measures 1 1/2 inches, about the size of a mondo Brazil nut.
Your Body
- The hormones raging through your body can wreak havoc on your emotional sanity, so be prepared to spend the next few months swinging from one end of the emotional pendulum to the other. If you're feeling especially sad or depressed, talk to your doctor because prenatal depression is actually quite common.
- Simple changes in exercise and diet have been proven to help women control depressive feelings. But if little things like sad songs and sappy commercials make you cry, don't worry, you're not alone. Wacky emotions can be chalked up to pregnancy hormones. So go ahead and blubber your way through Celine's greatest hits. It's OK.
Your Life
- Ok, blah blah blah about the health stuff, let's talk about decorating the nursery! Thirty more weeks may seem like eons, but it might take that long to clean out the soon-to-be baby's room.
- Start by painting—you'll want enough time pre-baby for the fumes to have dissipated. If you can afford it, try using low-volatile organic compounds (VOC) paints, which are much safer for pregnant women and children.
- Also make sure to check for the presence of any existing toxic lead paint in your home, since safe removal methods are essential for you and your baby's health.
- Don't want to spend time painting or wallpapering the joint or worried that you'll be sick of those little yellow duckies you painted on the wall in about two months? Try Blik's awesome wall decals. Totally easy to apply and remove.
- Start a search for the most comfortable chair you can find for the nursery. And make sure you love it ... you'll be spending almost as much time there as you do in your own bed once the baby comes.
Buy It: Dry Soda
Just because you can't have a glass of vino with your meal doesn't mean you have to settle for water in a wineglass. Add a little sophistication to your sip.
Eat It: Roasted Potatoes With Oregano and Rosemary
Want to keep those maternity clothes in the closet just a little bit longer? This healthy alternative to potato skins from TGI Friday's will help you savor the flavor—without the sin!
Know It: Morning Sickness Remedy
Discuss It: Chat with other expecting parents on our Pregnancy Board.
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Sooo excited about being pregnant with my husband and my first little angel. I'm 10 weeks and 4 days and everything has been quite good, no morning sickness apart from sore breast and nausea that lasts about 30 minutes everything was normal. I cant wait to get into my second trimester to find out what the sex of the baby is.
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im 10 weeks 4 days today! feeling good soo far, other then sore boobs, and crying once in a while feeling great, not much morning sickness! This is our first little blessing, after trying for 2 1/2 years! looking forward to the next 29 weeks of being pregnant!
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After waiting for 3 years to get pregnant, I am now just a 2 days to my week 10. I am anxious to get to my 2nd trimester so I can worry less. Nausea has subsided and the fatigue is minimizing although I still need my naps in the afternoon
. I had spotting for a couple of days w/c had me worried for awhile but I had ultra sound last week and saw the heart beat and it has put my mind to ease that everything is okay. I can't wait for the bump so i can look pregnant and not like I had too much burgers 
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I think am putting on weight. 10weeks and a few days but putting on weight??? Am scared. I have one meal a day, throw up etc. hmmm. My last preggies(2) at this stage i was a Naome Campbell.
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My boobs are still really sore and have got very big with this pregnancy, this is my 2nd and im really hopin its a girl :) already have a boy and would love a pair .
So glad i found this website, everyone is so nice here and i love reading all your stories and gettin to know everyone :) Will keep u all informed when i feel junior move lol Xx
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10 weeks and 2 days! :) I have been very lucky cause I really haven't been sick, just exhausted all the time. We got the see our little bean yesterday and hear the heartbeat .. I think that was the best moment of my life so far!
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I have been VERY sick so far. The last few days the nausea and throwing up has gone away, so hopefully it stays gone. I honestly can't wait till the first trimester is over.
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I have been VERY sick so far. The last few days the nausea and throwing up has gone away, so hopefully it stays gone. I honestly can't wait till the first trimester is over.
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my first baby im 1 day away from 10 weeks
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goodmorning everyone!!!! i hope everyone is having a great 10th week.... i love being pregnant..=]
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10 weeks and I am soooo nausous! Any bit of hunger becomes intantly gaging with a red face and watery eyes... I can't open the fridge because the smell of everything makes me vomit, so I haven't been cooking at all. Thankfully my husband cooks sometimes. Please tell me this will pass?
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10 weeks, 2 days today. Soo excited - had my first doctor's appointment this week and it went great. I feel pretty good - feeling very hormonal and tired, like normal. Nauseousness has been worse the past couple of days, but it's not bad. Can't wait for my ultrasound! :)
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I have a very healthy crazy fun 1.5 yr old daughter and am 10 weeks with #2. I am having so much fear of miscarriage for some reason. I have a heart shaped uterus so the liklihood of miscarriage is higher than average. I am praying for a healthy baby and pregnancy...and honestly...am praying for a boy so I never have to do this pregnancy thing again! Feeling awful. Hoping the next 30 weeks go by quickly!
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I am ten weeks and three days today ! Im expecting my first baby after two misscarriages
so i am a little nervous i am praying i have my baby this time ! So far i have had some morning sickness but not too bad i would be able to eat something but this morning i woke up with the worst morning sickness i have not been able to eat anything today !! I am starving !
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yay still not showing but yay!!!!! =]
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I just turned 10 weeks today and it feels like it isn't getting any easier. Don't get me wrong i have two children already but, this baby is taking me thru the ringer. I can't sleep, I can't eat, and i'm always tired and sick. I'm just ready already to have this child so I can get back to my regular schedule.
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I am 10 weeks today, I've been feeling pretty crummy for the last 2 months. this will be my 5 pregancy. I have 4 beautiful girls ages ranging from; 9,7,4,3 hoping that this one is a little boy..... :-)
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