Total weight gain/loss: +3
Maternity clothes? Yes, wearing maternity pants
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: 8-10 hours of sleep every night, but it's getting harder to stay comfortable. I also have to get up to go to the bathroom several times a night.
Best moment this week: Our 14-week appointment with the OB/GYN was today. We got to hear the heartbeat for the second time. It ranged between 143 and 148. The nurse couldn't hold on to the heartbeat. She would find it for a few seconds then it would disappear. The doctor found it, and by tilting the doppler and kind of moving it with the baby, we were able to hear the steady heartbeat and I got to see the reading on the doppler. At one point, we heard a popping sound and the doctor said, "Well, there's a lot of movement in there!" I can't wait to feel flutters for the first time.
Have you told family and friends: Yes
Miss Anything? I miss white wine a little bit.
Movement: No
Food cravings: I'm pretty much eating like normal now. I haven't been having specific cravings lately.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Brushing my teeth still makes me gag on occasion.
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: I'm so torn. The way I'm carrying, it might be a boy. However, based on the heartbeat, I think it might be a girl (since it was above 140).
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Fatigue and headaches
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Christmas break. I only have 8 teaching days left!
Here's some info. from babycenter.com on pregnancy at 14 weeks:
How your baby's growing:
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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