I'm still feeling good. I've got a lemon!!! Another book that I read this morning said it was the size of my fist. My stomach is doing okay. I do have to wear the belly band a little bit more and the top button of my pants undone. I'm definitely showing a little bit more this week too. When I stand and look in the mirror, I don't feel like it's gotten that big, but I definitely have more of a belly than before. After I eat my belly sticks out a lot more. The people at work have started to point to my belly and I've had a few rub it. It's pretty funny! My appetite has tuned down a little. Although I do need to eat my solid three meals a day, I don't necessarily need the in between snacks. I do get hungry around 11:15 at school every day. I eat stuff in front of the kids and they're always like "no fair"... but I tell them too bad. Anyway, here's my weekly quiz.
How far along: 14 weeks today
Weight gain: I'm up 5 1/2 pounds according to my home scale this morning.
Maternity clothes: Most of my clothes still fit although I do need to wear the belly band a little bit more with some of my pants.
Stretch marks: Still using cocoa butter, so none yet!
Sleep: Sleeping is okay. I do wake up every morning around 3 a.m. just to pee, but it's at least good knowing that I can still get three more hours of sleep.
Best moment of the week: Getting to see my cousin and hang out with Artie. It's really great to be able to spend time with him.
Movement: Not yet... but I've heard it should be coming within the next few weeks.
Food cravings: I don't think so. I haven't HAD to have something, but certain foods still taste really good.
Gender: I'm saying boy.
Labor signs: No!
Belly button in or out: Still in.
What I miss: I miss not needing to go to bed at or before 9 p.m.
What I'm looking forward to: I'm really looking forward to this Friday. I have a half day at work because I've been working late for conferences. I am going up to Boulder to the Cycling Center to watch the kids race. I get to see Anita cycle in a race. Then we also have Monday off from work, so I'm excited for the long weekend too.
Weekly wisdom: Enjoy all your time with your family!
Milestones: 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 — about the size of a lemon — 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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