14 Weeks

I think I'm slowly starting to show for real. It's weird. I still feel like it's just fat that I've acquired with my new eating habits, but there's discomfort from my pants. I'm regularly wearing a belly band now. I picked up the BeBand from Target because I'd been at work SUPER uncomfortable to the point where I'd just unbutton my pants while I worked...I'm glad I was wearing a sweatshirt, but I figured it was about time to find a better option.

Getting bigger...

It's about time for me to look into getting one of those maternity rings...

I'm in my second trimester! That means I'm a third of the way through, my body should start stabilizing and should be used to everything that's going on and all the extra hormones. Also, since the placenta is done forming and the baby can get nutrition and whatnot from it, my body isn't working so hard all the time now. All that means....*drumroll*...I'll have ENERGY again! I'm so happy that the super tiredness is slowly fading. I still need to sit if I've been standing for too long, but I actually have the desire to walk around now! It's going to be awesome when the pools open!

The baby at 14 weeks:

• Wiggles a lot, but probably wont be felt yet
• Is about 3.5 inches, or lemon-sized
• Developing lanugo, or a downy-like covering of hair all over 
• Liver is making bile
• Spleen starts producing red blood cells
• Intestines are producing meconium, or the first stuff that comes out as waste (already trying to fill a diaper, yeesh)
• Can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his/her thumb

There's so much happening in there so quickly...this really is a miracle I'm going through!