Week 14: Lemon

Hey everyone …….. We seem to be moving right along here … again the below info is from http://www.babycenter.com/


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.


This Week's Activity:Find a prenatal exercise class. If you haven't already, now is a good time to start a regular workout. Joining a class can help motivate you to stick with it. And many women find that prenatal exercise classes are a wonderful way to bond with and get support from other pregnant women. Some good options include water exercise, prenatal yoga or Pilates, a walking group, or a dance class designed for pregnant women.

Nausea has seemed to subside for me. Although I get glimpses of baby not liking things. I’m a bit adverse to truly sweet things right now. I made 6lbs (6 pounds people!!) of fudge. I think I only had 2 cubes of it. Most things with a high sugar content make me feel very icky very quickly and likely can’t finish it. Which is fine by me … that means I’m less likely to crave bad things. I still crave sweet but that’s easily satiated with an apple (Honey Crisp are my and Mike’s favorite right now) or a Cutie (only if the store is selling ones worth buying). I’ve been getting in lots of fruits. Need to add more veggies and I’m really not getting in all my dairy like a good mommy to be. I can finally eat my yogurt again and I’m eating cheese sticks so that helps too. (sorry Debbie and Gary … I’m sure part of the reason you had an apple pie last night is because you know I like them so much … I REALLY wanted a slice but knew if I had any it’d only be a bite) Although the nausea is subsiding, the exhaustion is not. I’m not so tired that I feel like I could pass out at any moment but I’m certainly drained. And I’m not sleeping well at all (that’s not too new to me).





As for the mention above about getting into an exercise program … I’ll start looking more in-depth into this. Kaiser offers these in a few locations near me and even another place in WC called Day One. January/February will be VERY hard to schedule since I have such a very busy game schedule. But I’ll have to figure out something. Eek I can’t believe next week is 2010!!!!!!!!!!!! Clothes are getting tighter and tighter. Even Amy said she noticed no weight gain but a bit-o-tummy yesterday when we had brunch. I did have one of the VP’s congratulate me at the game on Saturday night. I don’t think anyone told her as her response was “honey, I have 2 of my own” when I asked what she was talking about in wanting to congratulate me. And it’s official, I had to use the rubber band trick on my jeans this weekend. I’m not up for clothes shopping (or spending rather) just yet so I’ll continue to figure out my own clothes as long as I can. That about wraps it up for this week … we have our normal 4 week appointment on Wednesday. Not sure if they’ll do a sonogram or not. The normals, blood pressure, weight, set up next appointment etc I’m sure. Fortunately it’s a short week with Friday off and Thursday practically being a non-work day since all we’ll do is package up Monta Ellis jerseys to be shipped the following Thursday. I could use all the rest I can get right now. Take care everyone … feel free to ask or seek answers if you ever have any ………….