14 Weeks

I am currently in my 14th week of pregnancy :) This coming Sunday is the official beginning of my second trimester! Whohoo! With it, it bring relief... from the threat of miscarriage, as it is much rarer from this point on, as well as, hopefully, from some of the nausea and sickness of the first trimester. That is all good news to me!

This week my uterus is starting to head upwards, out of the confines of the pelvic bones so that it can accommodate all the growth that is yet to come. I have already been experiencing a side effect of this movement in the form of round ligament pain. Basically, growing pains that can be achy or sharp feelings on one or both sides of my abdomen. Usually when I make big side to side or up and down movements. Though not always comfy, I definitely prefer this to the sickness!

As for baby, they say that he or she, shmidt, as we're calling it ;) is growing leaps and bounds this week and is almost constantly moving! I won't be able to feel these movements for at least another few weeks, but apparently it is pretty busy in there :) This is also the week when the baby's hair is growing in! On top of their head, eyebrows and also that soft fuzzy hair all over the body that serves as a sort of protection in the amniotic fluid until just before birth.

So, a lot going on this week with the both of us! Here is my 13 week picture that was taken earlier this week: