According to Babycenter.com, your skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — your lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. At the 14 week ultrasound, you had the cord up and over your left should....your sister had hers up over her right shoulder! HAHA. You now weigh 5 to 6 ounces and are around 5 inches long from head to bottom or about 9 inches from head to toes!!!.You can move your joints, and your sweat glands are starting to develop. Your eyes are looking forward now, but are still fused shut.
During the ultrasoud we saw you opening and closing your mouth....you are recycling the amniotic fluid by swallowing up to a liter a day. Meconium (composed of products of cell loss, digestive secretion and swallowed amniotic fluid), is accumulating in the bowel. During the ultrasound we saw this in your bowel and stomach! We also saw your bladder and kidneys!!! Pretty cool! Fat stores begin to develop under you skin this week! The fat will provide energy and help keep you warm after birth....we noticed in the 3D/4D ultrasound that you are looking more plump and not so skeletal!!!!
Mommy can feel her uterus just below the bellybutton. If she put her fingers sideways and measures, it is about two finger-widths (1 inch) below her bellybutton. Her uterus is the size of a cantaloupe! At the OB appointment, the fundus was measuring right on track! Mommy is feeling you more consistently now!!!
Love, MiMi
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