So exciting!

Today I have my monthly visit as part of my pregnancy care. I did some test as usual. The technician was telling me that all the results from my last visit came back good which made me very happy and thankful. I am starting on my second trimester now and so far so good as far as moods swings and pregnancy effects. My baby is just so good that I don't have to suffer from nausea and all that crap. We tried to listen to the baby's heart beat today and I am so happy and emotional when I heard the heart beat at about 160 beats per minute. She was still trying to convince me that I am really pregnant by letting me feel the the uterus which can only be felt when a woman is pregnant unless you go underneath. I am just ecstatic that I have been able to hear my baby's heart beat for the first time and it made me cry, it was just an amazing feeling and I am so thankful I am able to feel it.

Week Fourteen: Hormones start up

You are 14 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 12 weeks) The fetus is 3 and half inches (9cm) long. Weight is about 1 and half ounces (45 grams). The eyes are slowly moving towards the centre of the face. The nose is more pronounced. The ears are fully developed. The cheekbones are visible. The first hair is appearing. The kidneys are producing urine. In girls, the ovaries are moving down towards the pelvis. In boys, the prostate gland is developing. For girls, the ovaries move into the pelvis. Your baby now is peeing into the amniotic fluid round itself as well as making breathing movements. With the effect of hormones, the boys now have a prostate gland. For girls, the ovaries move from the abdomen into the pelvis. During this week of pregnancy the head and eyebrow hair develops. Your child's bones are getting harder and stronger by the day. Your baby's skin is very transparent still. Lanugo (very fine hair) covers the baby's body and will continue to grow until 26 weeks gestational age - Generally this will be shed prior to birth. Its purpose is to help protect baby's skin while in all that water. As your baby grows, your uterus and placenta are also growing. Six weeks ago, your uterus weighed 5 ounces (140 g). Now, it weighs about 8.75 ounces (250g). The amount of amniotic fluid around the baby is also increasing. There is now about 7.5 ounces (250ml) of fluid. You can easily feel your uterus about 3 inches (7.6cm) below your bellybutton. Your baby is 3.42 inches (8.7cm) long and weighs about 1.52 ounces (43 grams)