Saturday, November 21, 2009

Entering week 15

I have heard that the symptoms such as nausea and fatigue usually go away in the second trimester, but last week they hit me hard core. I may have eaten something bad. There was a little amount of time where I thought that I had actually gotten sick because the girl I work with was "sick" with a stomach ache. The next day I asked her if she was feeling better and she told me that it turned out she was actually hungry! haha... Well I feel sick if I eat too late so I guess I can understand how she felt. There was one day I didn't get to eat early enough and I honestly though I was going to vomit! You'd think that eating would make me really feel that way, but not eating is much worse. When I don't eat right when I need to my stomach gets very upset, I get light headed and my fingers start to tingle. Maybe I need to get a little purse and fill it with snacks so that this doesn't happen anymore!

I looked at the following website about the 15th week of pregnancy and thought I'd post it on here to show which developments are happening this week!
http://www.womenshealthcaretopics.com/pregnancy_week_15.htm

Your Baby's Growth and Development
Your baby is growing rapidly as always as you continue your pregnancy week by week journey. You would still be able to see your baby's blood vessels through his paper-thin skin if you were to peek inside your uterus during pregnancy week 15. In fact the vessels forming in your baby's body make him look rather like a map! This week your baby will start producing lanugo, which is fine hair that will cover your baby's body up until a few weeks before birth. Lanugo covers every part of your baby in utero, except for the palms, soles of the feet, lips, penis, nails and inner fingers and toes. Typically babies will shed this hair by the 8th month of pregnancy, but it can persist in some after birth for a short period of time. Pre-term babies are more likely to be born with lanugo than full term babies. Your baby might start sucking his thumb this week.

The bones in your baby's body are also starting to get harder during pregnancy at 15 weeks and will continue to do so throughout your pregnancy. Your baby is spending most of his time practicing breathing, by inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid. Believe it or not, the very act of doing so will help your baby's air sacs develop during pregnancy. Your baby continues to form taste buds at this point in time.

1 comment:

  1. I like the idea of carrying snacks with you all the time. You might also want to talk to your doctor at your next visit to rule out any diabetes that often occurs with pregnancy. I love what you are doing with this blog!

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