14 Weeks

Welcome to the second trimester! This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb. Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb. In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces.
We went to the doctor yesterday and we got to hear the heartbeat. Everything looks great and doing really well! It was so nice to go in and be reassured that the baby is doing well. We go back to the doctor Jan. 16th for another checkup and then two weeks after that we will find out what the baby is!