14 Week Update

We have made our way into the 2nd trimester. It is so hard to believe that this journey of pregnancy is 1/3 of the way through. Three months pregnant!!! Unbelievable! It is now November which is also unbelievable. It is crazy that this year is almost over and very soon we will be welcoming our two children to this world. We have been looking at everything babies! I think we have finally picked the furniture and colors for the nursery. Just is going to work on moving his office and Bailey out of the nursery this weekend. I am excited to get started on nursery for our two wonderful babies!

Week 14:
Growing by leaps and bounds, by week 14 of pregnancy, your baby is leaping and bounding. He or she is on the move almost constantly - and those movements are a far cry from those jerky twitches of last trimester (though you won't feel any of them for weeks to come). They are now ballet-like, smooth and fluid.

Speaking of ballet, it'll be years before you'll start nagging your offspring to stand up straight - but unbelievably, he or she is doing it right now, without any prodding! No slouch anymore, your baby's neck is getting longer, helping his or her head stand more erect. This gives your 14-week-old baby a more straightened-out appearance.

Growth is happening on top of the head as well - your baby could be sprouting some hair (though the final color may not be determined until birth) and the eyebrows are filling in, too.

Hair growth isn't limited to the baby's head, though. He or she is also covered with a downy coating of hair called lanugo, largely there for warmth. As fat accumulates later on in your pregnancy (the baby's fat, not yours - though that will accumulate, too), most of the lanugo will shed - though some babies, especially those born early, still have a fuzzy coating at delivery (it sheds soon afterward).