14 weeks 5 days
I had every intention of posting my latest belly picture for you but it seems it his wonderful effort to tidy our home my husband has placed our camera cord somewhere I can't find it.
I started feeling the baby moving a little bit last week. For the most part it is just a little flutter here and there but a couple times it has been a much stronger kick or shove. My morning sickness has changed but not really let up just yet. Now, at least sometimes, I am able to prevent my visits to the porcelain throne if I eat before I get overly hungry. This, of course, is easier said than done as I still have a fairly small repertoire of things I can eat without making the morning sickness worse and that can change suddenly as well. One days it seems that I live for orange juice and the next anything citrus causes the morning sickness!
I'm still feeling pretty tired and sometimes it can be hard to have enough energy o make it through a 3hr shift at work. I have also had a lot of trouble with lower back/hip pain, I seem to have pinched a nerve or something and sometimes I can't even force myself out of the position that cased the pain in the first place.
Outside of all this and despite having had two ultrasounds so far, it is still difficult for me to feel pregnant. I think I still haven't actually gained any weight, although I'm not complaining about that (the doctor did scold me some on this point, but I'm not purposely maintaining weight, I have a hard time doing that when I'm NOT pregnant.)
Yesterday, for he first time, someone looked at me and asked if I was pregnant. This made me happy although it was slightly perplexing as I wasn't rubbing my belly (something I often catch myself doing without meaning to) and I was wearing my work apron which does a great job of hiding my little bump that I'm so proud of.
Tomorrow I will go to the doctor to get my 18wk ultrasound requisition and hopefully then I will finally HEAR the baby's heart beat!
Crown
to rump, your baby is around 3 and a half inches / 9 centimetres long
and weighs one and a half ounces / 43 grams. The body is now growing
faster than the head. This week, its parchment-thin skin covers itself
with
lanugo
(ultra-fine, downy hair that usually disappears before birth). Though
eyebrows are beginning to grow and the hair on top of the head is
sprouting, this hair may change in both texture and colour after birth.
About now, the fetus can grasp, squint, frown, and grimace. It may
even be able to suck its thumb. Researchers believe these and other
movements probably correspond to the development of impulses in the
brain.
Inside pregnancy video: a 3D animated look at a baby in this week of pregnancy.
Take a look!
If you haven't yet made an appointment for
maternal serum screening
(also known as the triple test), you may want to do so now. The test
provides more information about your baby, and screens for Down's
syndrome and other birth defects.
Read more: http://www.babycenter.ca/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/14weeks/#ixzz2CyoUmySw
Crown
to rump, your baby is around 3 and a half inches / 9 centimetres long
and weighs one and a half ounces / 43 grams. The body is now growing
faster than the head. This week, its parchment-thin skin covers itself
with
lanugo
(ultra-fine, downy hair that usually disappears before birth). Though
eyebrows are beginning to grow and the hair on top of the head is
sprouting, this hair may change in both texture and colour after birth.
About now, the fetus can grasp, squint, frown, and grimace. It may
even be able to suck its thumb. Researchers believe these and other
movements probably correspond to the development of impulses in the
brain.
Inside pregnancy video: a 3D animated look at a baby in this week of pregnancy.
Take a look!
If you haven't yet made an appointment for
maternal serum screening
(also known as the triple test), you may want to do so now. The test
provides more information about your baby, and screens for Down's
syndrome and other birth defects.
Read more: http://www.babycenter.ca/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/14weeks/#ixzz2CyoUmySw
So I had an ultrasound today to make sure that baby was okay as the Doctor still couldn't find a heart beat on the doppler. No good pictures of baby's profile but the little one sure was moving around and definitely alive! My big surprise/almost scare today was when I first saw my full self in the mirror and whamo there is this huge baby belly! Where did that come from? I kind of feel like there isn't enough room for me to put food in my stomach or even take a full breath, which could be slightly problematic as I still haven't actually gained any weight this pregnancy.
