14 weeks pregnant

I found this site that had a bit more humor to the description of the 14th week of pregnancy than most other ones I found LOL.


Here ya go!!

Your Pregnancy: Week 14

You're officially in your glory days: the second trimester.
Energy levels come back up, nausea levels go down and you may have a cute little bump that's beginning to show.
It's a great time to celebrate the happy news ... if people haven't guessed already. And you'll be surprised at how oblivious some folks are. Here you are walking around at 28 weeks with a big belly and all along they've been thinking you ate too many hot wings for lunch.
Wondering what's up with your body, your baby and your life this week? Read on ...What You're Thinking:

You have reached the light at the end of the tunnel. Well, the light at the end of the first tunnel (there will be more). Chances are good that you're feeling as good as you've felt in weeks. If you're not feeling it yet, don't worry, it'll come soon. Enjoy this reprieve.

If you haven't been milking the fact that you're pregnant, make up for lost time this week. Stockpile on sleep, have your partner cater to your every need (craving Ben & Jerry's at midnight? Go get it, lover!), let your mom baby you, have your friends come over to your house, take a personal day off of work, insert whatever you normally would feel pushy doing here.

If your back is starting to hurt, you can thank yet another hormone, relaxin, for the aches and pains. Just like it sounds, relaxin relaxes the joints and muscles in your body to help your pelvis expand and loosens the joints in your hips to make room for baby to come out. It'll also help you do a wicked downward facing dog, so join a yoga class and relish your new flexibility. Relaxin production peeks at 14 weeks and remains in your system until after baby is born.

If you're feeling little contractions or pulling and stretching sensations this week, don't panic. It's just your ligaments stretching and your organs moving to accommodate your growing baby. (Don't worry, your organs will all plop back into place shortly after Junior is born.)
Think of it this way: You're a third of the way through and baby's a third of the way cooked. Now that the "big stuff" (like skeletal and organ development) is taken care of, your baby starts a period of rapid brain growth, fat buildup and detail work.

Highlights this week include:Your baby now has fingerprints! Book 'em, Danno! Believe it or not, he actually created them himself while swimming around in the amniotic fluid. (not according the Genesis LOL)As he moved his hands, the skin on the tips of his fingers formed unique ridges and folds. That's why no one on earth has the same fingerprints, not even identical twins! Cool, right? Baby's arms are now in proportion to his tiny body, but his legs are still on the short size in comparison.Meconium, that tar-like, sticky first baby poop, is now loading up your baby's intestines, which means you might want to set aside a bottle of olive oil, one of the few things that will get the gooey poop off of baby's bottom. Your baby continues to gain new and impressive skills such as practicing and controlling voluntary muscle movements (this will help him fling food across the room later in life). Your tiny dancer's movements are no longer the jerky, uncontrollable twitches of yore—he now moves with graceful control. Your baby is now weighs about an ounce and is the length of a flip phone, or roughly 3.5 inches—he's tripled in size from a mere three weeks ago! Luckily, you haven't done the same.
--- Nikki here....enjoy that?
My 14 week mark isn't really here until tomorrow or Wednesday but by then I might forget to post this LOL>
Its those pregnancy hormones that make me forget even the simple things in life right now. (its always good to blame it on something OTHER than yourself)

I've been feeling good...even went walking at Oglebay this weekend...had a nice time and felt good.
Walking up hills isn't as easy as it used to be. Someone please tell me how this can happen? Here is the scenerio...Before I was pregnant, I could run , walk, or whatever without being so out of breath...then I get pregnant and can't do anything ...even putting away laundry without my lungs wanting to find another home? I can understand when I'm further along...but geez...14 weeks? I feel like I've lost my body....I know its only temperary...yes everyone keeps telling me this....but I sure feel old!

Ok everyone...well the whole TWO people who might read this....I will write more when I can.
Cya