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. 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.How far along? 14 weeks tomorrow
Total weight gain/loss: 2 lbs
Maternity clothes? .....yes & not thrilled about it
Sleep: tired some days and others can't sleep
Best moment this week: it's only Monday...
Movement: nothing
Food cravings: smoothies!
Gender: maybe in about a month!
Labor Signs: None
Belly Button in or out? In
What I miss: my social life
What I am looking forward to: dinner/movie plans with some friends this week
Weekly Wisdom: Get as much sleep as possible now...
Milestones: wearing maternity pants to work today
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