Fetal development: Week 14

I think i'll begin to bore everyone with fetal development progress from now on since i've finally step foot in week 14, the start of second trimester of the whole pregnancy. Welcome to the second trimester!

I'm coping so far so good. According to internet findings and pregnancy books, all the nausea and morning sickness have subsided (thank good Lord i didn't experience much of those anyway). My little buckaroo should be about 8-11cm long by the end of this week, which according to pregnancy week it falls on 12/5/08 Monday. Its little body and limbs are coordinated enough for loads of complicated motions and at times, the whole body can move! And it's right that i still can't feel any of the motions cuz still tiny what..

Ohh..and guess what?! Little one develops the ability to move the eyes this week although the eyelids will still remain fused shut until third trimester. He/she will just spend most of the times entertaining him/herself making all sorts of fun facial expressions like squinting, frowning, and grimacing. Like how the little one can control the face muscles, he/she is able to grasp at things and suck their thumb with the little hands and fingers.

I guess any time from now, i'll have to get ready for some sudden odd bowel movement or the feeling that i've got gas cuz it might be my baby poking hello to me! I've been paying attention all this while but to my dismay, i haven't get to feel that so far.

Although the good-ol' symptoms of nausea and morning sickness are gone for some time before coming back again in third trimester, i have experienced dizziness, headache and little back pain now and then and they're exactly what the information told me. And the good news is the back pain is not going away but will increase as i gain more weight towards the end of the trimester. What more...i'll get ugly swollen legs and toes, ankle and/or fingers, which i've got all of them already. This is which they have a fancy name for it "water retention". Thank goodness they'll all go away after delivery.

I should just enjoy trimester two before i really turn into an overstuffed-lumbering-mammoth, which is not long to go.

Psst...I'll go for monthly ultrasound scan 2 weeks from today. Gender will be known then. =P