So this week marks the 14th week. No big changes or developments.....though my belly is starting to show. So we might start doing belly pictures....maybe starting at 15 weeks? Sound good? I've had some major heartburn this week - which has made me both cranky and uncomfortable. But it seems to have slowed down a little bit, so maybe my body will give me a break! I've felt little flutters here and there - I went back and checked my blog from when I was pregnant with Carter, and I didn't really feel any movement with him until a little bit later. So I'm not sure if the flutters are the baby....or something else in my body, like gas. ;) And with that said, here's what babycenter.com says about the baby at 14 weeks!
This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck her thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, her facial muscles are getting a workout as her tiny features form one expression after another. Her kidneys are producing urine, which she releases into the amniotic fluid around her — a process she'll keep up until birth. She can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch her sucking his thumb.
In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, she measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and she weighs 1 1/2 ounces. Her body's growing faster than her 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. (Her legs still have some lengthening to do.) She's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over her body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and her spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel her 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.
