14 Weeks!

Hello second trimester!  Glad to be here!!

Today's date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011

How far along: 14 - officially in my second trimester!  yay!

Sex: Unknown.  We'll find out at the end of February - I've got the countdown going!

Maternity clothes: Everything pretty much still fits, but I've been wearing these great leggings that I got at Victoria's Secret pretty much every day for the past week.  I love them so much I ordered three pairs :)

Sleep: Still waking up to go pee but have been sleeping SO much better the past few nights, since Brad installed a 'whole-house-humidifier' that attaches directly to the furnace.  I can totally tell a difference!  I can breathe at night!

Best moment(s) of the week: Got to catch up on the phone with a long distance friend :) 

Movement: Can't feel it yet.

Food cravings/aversions: Not craving anything, really.  Does that kick in at a certain point?

Morning sickness: Have been feeling really great the past few days, although I'm still pretty tired most of the time.  I have a feelings that's how I'm going to feel indefinitely from this point on...ha!

Symptoms: I found my first stretch mark and literally gasped out loud when I saw it.  Its on my all-of-the-sudden-size-C-boobs.  Ugh.

Labor signs: Way too soon.

Belly button in or out:  Definitely still in.

What I miss: Having energy!

What I'm looking forward to: Going home-home tomorrow!  Going to be such a fun weekend!!  Home-made dinner by Mom, cross country skiing with Molly and Daddio, and some serious shopping with Molls!

Size and growth of our baby: Baby is now the size of a LEMON!

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.