Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Where did this belly come from?

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.

Wow, all of a sudden my belly is sticking out. Last week, as you can see in the 12 week picture, I just look a little bloated. Well, this week that has changed considerably! All of a sudden, I have a small pooch. Even a coworker noticed it on Tuesday. I told her it was getting harder to hide it now. :)
I had a marathon shopping day on Saturday. I was on the hunt for summer dresses that would have room for me to expand. I don't think Ricky knew what he was in for. But he shopped with me the whole day. He is such a sweetie. I finally found the jackpot at JCPenney. I bought 6 dresses and they all have room a for a growing belly! I'm down to only 2 pair of pants so thank goodness I found dresses!
I will post a new pic of my belly so you can see what I'm talking about. Everyone at work thinks the pooch is cute. But I'm sure people out in public just think I've been eating too many donuts!

1 comment:

Cheryl said...

Looking forward to seeing the belly on Sunday....oops, I meant to say seeing "you" on Sunday!

Cheryl