1. Week By Week Pregnancy Prep & To-Do List

2. Docter Appointments & Tests

3. Sympton Tracking

Week By Week Logs & Baby Milestones

Week 1-4 (Oct 9 - Nov 5) - Am I sick?

Did everyone know this is how you count the weeks? Weeks 1 and 2 are the "preparation period" according to a few websites we looked at. 🧐Obviously didn't have any sort of clue that we were gonna be embarking on this journey! Buuuut, I think we'll have a better idea next time. Normally our body temperatures generally match (probably +- 1 F), we set our terrible thermostat to 82F and good for the night. In hindsight, Sinae was having all these "symptoms", like feeling much much colder than usual and generally tired all the time! I thought it was because she was trying to exercise all while trying to lose weight (therefore eating less), and I assumed she was over-doing it. After week 5 when we found out, it all made sense..😅 Sorry for doubting you honey! 😘😘 next time we'll get it right right away...

What happened during this phase? Well, first two weeks were just preparation period as I mentioned. Week 3 is when we picked which egg we were gonna fertilize 🫣(unknowingly). Week 4, probably more important week (but what do I know), the tiny bundle of cells turns into a blastocyst and get settled. A water-tight sac forms around it, which provides cushioning to a fetus. 😶‍🌫️ 

Week 5 (Nov 6 - Nov 12) - Confirmation week

This is the week we found out! Just on one day, we found a lot of things that the other parents probably all knew but never talk about. For example, possible signs that could tell you that you may be pregnant, the same sign that would make the first-time parents (like us!) that they have to try for yet another month!

Again, looking back, this is when most people find out, and "at-home pregnancy test will show as positive". Pregnancy hormones go into overdrive (makes sense🧐) and many people begin to feel symptoms of pregnancy (makes sense again!🧐🧐). 

11/10: There I was, getting my super cool new camera set up at the dining table with my laptop on, after 12 hours of shift at work on a command holiday.🥵 Bae goes "honey come take a look at this" as she comes out of the main bathroom, and I really couldn't quite decipher what her look was. I remember briskly walking in, following her, thinking "is there a ba-sun-seng 👾 that she wants me to kill?" But then the look didn't quite match. It was one of those looks where, if she were a dude, s/he was about to show me the big dump 💩 that s/he took (that s/he is very proud of), looking for my approval 🙃. To my surprise, it's like the scene from a movie (don't ask me what movie, it's probably the one that didn't make it to the theaters). Pregnancy tester? two lines? one of them barely readable? First, why are you testing (I thought you started your monthly magic) and secondly, why does it say pregnant?🥹 But the second line was so faint, we just had to go get the real test kit. Even though it said the faint line indicates pregnancy. My head is just running at 100 miles per hour: how do I pretend like I'm okay if this comes out to be false? how do I not think too much into this cheap test kit? Well, expensive test kit will do it- quick stop to Walgreens and I let her do her thing. I figured she would come grab me but she just started waiting for the result on her own 😂 her head was probably all over the place too. Test kit is thinking. It's thinking real hard. And all I can think is we're gonna record📹this moment. Probably saw too many clips on instagram and youtube.. these fakers. Let's just say I did it for your videos honey 😜. We got the digital kit, and it said.. in the most undoubtable sense, clearest possible way, the words that we (maybe just I?) were waiting for...... "pregnant". 

Research begins babe! We're gonna test again on 11/12, the last day of week 5 to confirm. 

What happened this week? Well, a shit ton! But this little bundle (blastocyst? embryo?) is forming the CNS. The central nervous system, you dummy.🙂‍↔️ The tiny heart tube is said to pulse 110 times per minute by 11/12! 🫢🫢

11/12: Confirmed, we're doing this thing!

Week 6 (Nov 13 - Nov 19)

11/17: This week was quite quiet. She's still tired (but not as much as last week), still craving sweets (maybe not as much as last week?), and still excited! Little buds form that ultimately turn into arms and legs, and you can detect heartbeats! Surprisingly Tricare people have been in constant communications with us, so thinking about sticking with it for the moment. 

Week 7 (Nov 20 - Nov 26)

11/22: She didn't feel great this week either, but this is supposedly normal. The baby is the size of a blueberry! Unfortunately we still haven't been able to make an appointment, so we'll see how that goes.

Week 8 (Nov 27 - Dec 3)

11/28: Her energy level is still pretty low, but she's been trying her best. Usually early afternoon naps are in order. It's actually absolutely adorable after lunch when she dozes off and ultimately knocks out on the couch with the tv on. She feels bad falling asleep after eating, but I'm a little worried that she's losing some weight too. I want the baby nice and FAT.

Today was Black Friday, we went out for a little shopping, to the Ala Moana mall, Navy Exchange, and the we diverted and got some cake and desserts. Still craving sweets. For some reason, she's not abusing the "I can do anything and I'm never be wrong" even though I treat her like that. Hopefully she doesn't catch on.

After this week, the embryo can be called a fetus. This week she/he is devoping his/her eyes, umbilical cords are fully formed, and got a web-like hands and feet. She downloaded some app and the depiction of what the fetus looks like is, well, kinda gross. Some places say it's the size of the raspberry, and some call it a black bean. Unless black beans are much bigger than I think, those have some gaps.. Since our kid will take after his/her mother, she/he will be neither of those sizes (a real chung-geh-goo-ri). Another photo session coming up on 11/30! We'll see how that goes. 

What am I doing this week? Just bought bunch of pregnancy gear (that she doesn't know of), planning some babymoon (that she's unaware of), bought some stuff to surprise our parents (that she does know of).

Week 9 (Dec 4 - Dec 10)

We skipped week 8 and had another photo session this week (olive this week). I finally bought a book and started reading it - good reference, but felt like nothing was really new. It's just a good place to go for any information.

Week 10 (Dec 11 - Dec 17)

Week 11 (Dec 18 - Dec 24)

Kind of an excuse, but forgot to buy her a present. I was lost in the sauce of buying all the baby stuff, oils/creams/lotions for her soon-to-expand belly, and really thought I was gonna buy more stuff, then kinda dropped the ball. Her friend sent her the belly lotion that she used which arrived earlier this week, and that prompted me to just open all the presents I had wrapped and placed near the tiny tree we had. 

12/21: Did the 3rd photo session. I really need to start editing them and figuring out what I want to keep taking. She looks gorg though. This week- big strawberry (or golf ball)!

12/24: So we tried to go shopping, some of the stuff she wanted, imo, is too expensive for the quality. Yes, yes... someday I will buy those, but I don't think I'm just financially there to buy an 8k jewelry, that's like 2/3 of my year's worth of roth IRA. Someday.. we'll get there. I just ended up buying some jewelry that she said she wanted. They'll never get here in time, but she's happy about it so I think I'm safe?

Week 12 (Dec 25 - Dec 31)

12/25: Merry Christmas! Just kinda hit that this will be our last Christmas with just her and me. Kinda exciting! Next year we'll have an energetic 5-month old (probably) and tired parents (definitely) trying to get our best Christmas pictures together?

Week 13 (Jan 1 - Jan 7)

Week 14 (Jan 8 - Jan 14)

Week 15 (Jan 15 - Jan 21)

Week 16 (Jan 22 - Jan 28)

Week 17 (Jan 29 - Feb 4)

Week 18 (Feb 5 - Feb 11)

Week 19 (Feb 12 - Feb 18)

Week 20 (Feb 19 - Feb 25)

Week 21 (Feb 26 - Mar 4)

Week 22 (Mar 5 - Mar 11)

Week 23 (Mar 12 - Mar 18)

Week 24 (Mar 19 - Mar 25)

Week 25 (Mar 26 - Apr 1)

Week 26 (Apr 2 - Apr 8)

Week 27 (Apr 9 - Apr 15)

Week 28 (Apr 16 - Apr 22)

Week 29 (Apr 23 - Apr 29)

Week 30 (Apr 30 - May 6)

Week 31 (May 7 - May 13)

Week 32 (May 14 - May 20)

Week 33 (May 21 - May 27)

Week 34 (May 28 - Jun 3)

Week 35 (Jun 4 - Jun 10)

Week 36 (Jun 11 - Jun 17)

Week 37 ( Jun 18 - Jun 24)

Week 38 (Jun 25 - Jul 1)

Week 39 (Jul 2 - Jul 8)

Week 40 (Jul 9 - Jul 15)

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found out about the new journey on 11/10/2025

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/7247-fetal-development-stages-of-growth