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.
FYI, just tracked my weight gain for this point in the pregnancy and I am on track to gain WAY more than I want, or need. So, if you have any good recipe or food ideas send them my way. I am making good food choices but I am eating every two to three hours. I feel like I can't get enough. Maybe I should just let it all go and let my body lead the way. It is weird how my body has just taken over, like it or not, not used to feeling out of control. The changes are daily and I am starting to think it is one of God's many ways of telling me to just let go.New and improved Destini is on the way too.
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