An observation...

So I am 10 weeks pregnant. Not a big deal when you first look at it, really. 10 is such a low number, but it's still such a huge milestone.

10 weeks is obviously the first week where you're in the double digits. My first quarter of pregnancy is over. In these past 70 days, my baby has grown from the size of a poppyseed to the size of a prune. He/she has grown arm and leg buds, then webbed hands and feet, then viable fingers and toes, and now working joints and fingernails. The baby's heart has been beating away for more than 4 weeks. I am one week closer to moving on to 2nd trimester.

I'm not saying it's all roses. I still have that fear that I will somehow lose this pregnancy. I am not out of the woods yet. I actually had a dream the other night that I did miscarry. There's been a lot of loses on my board recently, and it's really bothered me. I've tried using my doppler to hear the heartbeat and last night I finally heard a few minutes of it. Every other time I've tried, I've either been unsuccessful or it was very, very short. So baby is ok, for now. I'm trying to keep positive, but it's extremely hard.