Friday, February 19, 2010

14 weeks

Can't believe I am in the second trimester. Jon thinks my stomach is starting to show. I'm not sure if him telling me that is a good thing or bad since I don't think I should be showing yet. I told myself on Monday that this was the start of the second tri and I should be having my energy back, so it's time to go to the gym again. I went once this week. Ya, not sure about that. Working out was not fun before prego, not anymore fun during.

I'm still thirsty a lot. Can't seem to get enough water. Doing better on the bathroom breaks at night though since I have cut down on how much I drink at night. Heartburn comes and goes. I have learned to not eat anything at least an hour before bed, and do not lay down after eating. Not even to lay and watch TV. I have to sit up. Heartburn city.

Next week I have a doc appointment on Wednesday. Thursday through Sunday I will be in UP, MI for BOW (Becoming an Outdoor Woman). Week 15 should go by quick.

Babycenter update:
This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

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