I see a lot of these weekly pregnancy updates all over blog land and figured I should try and document something for this poor kid. I don't have a 14 week picture yet but will add one later (hopefully before baby is born).
I get these weekly emails to kind of keep me on track so I'm not "How far along am I again?" and as of today I'm 14 weeks (second trimester). This is what the baby is learning...
From BabyCenter.com
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.
How big is baby: The size of a lemon
Weight gain/loss: Using my scale 0lbs since my last appointment. I go Friday so I'll find out a more accurate number. I found out that I gained back the weight I had lost at 10 week appointment and so I am up .5lbs.
Stretch marks: None
Sleep: I need to be more consistent in going to bed earlier. I stay up late every night because it is quiet. Don't I know if I go to sleep it is quiet too. Luckily once I fall asleep I sleep soundly through the night.
Diet/cravings/aversions: I'm trying to be better about eating more fruits and vegetables but that doesn't always happen. The only real craving I've had so far is for pop. I never drank much pop before it just really hits the spots some evenings. No real aversions this week.
Symptoms: Still sick and throwing up randomly throughout the day. It is better than it was 2 weeks ago.
Exercise: I went for a walk the other evening with my friend, chasing my kids around:)
Gender: As of now we are going for a surprise. We found out with the other two and my husband really wants to not find out.
Movement: I thought I felt a few flutters the other evening but haven't felt it since so who knows.
The belly: Beginning to pop out more and more. My buttons are starting to get hard to button.
Worries: How I'll handle 3 kids once this one is born. Hoping my shots work this time around too. I start in a few weeks.
What I'm loving: How excited Lila is to be a big sister! She talks baby all day long. Excited to wear my maternity clothes again. It's like getting a new fall wardrobe! Not having to suck my stomach in:) Friends dropping off treats in my mailbox for the baby...oh wait me:)
14 weeks and few days: 9-1-12
LOVE :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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