2nd Trimester Begins...Woo Hoo!

This week marks the first week of my second trimester! Yeah! I feel like we've hit a big milestone...in actuality we have, the baby's most critical period of development is successfully behind us! At first I was just counting down until the first trimester was over...now what I am looking the most forward to is finding out the sex of the baby. We still have about a month before we can find out! Jay and I both have a strong feeling it's a boy, so does some of my other family...we will see! Although we think it's a boy, we don't have any preference as to what the sex is, we just want a healthy baby.

The majority of my clothes are now officially tight or not fitting! Which is kind of fun but kind of frustrating too...I am still to small for maternity clothes. I borrowed some expanders for my pants from my cousin Shelley and I am hoping those will help bridge the gap...at least in the pants department. Shirts still fit...if they are long enough, b/c of the awkward stage I am in, they have to cover my zippers. Thankfully I have some work clothes that are a size bigger than what I was wearing when I got pregnant and so my tummy fits in those, but they still look big on my legs and behind! It's interesting getting dressed these days! I am ready for the end of this month...a pregnancy book I have says by then my belly will look more pregnant and less like the leftovers of a large lunch!

So here's what's going on with us this week:

Your baby measures about 3.2 to 4.1 inches from crown to rump and weighs almost an ounce. The ears are shifting from the neck to the sides of the head, and the neck is getting longer and chin more prominent. Facial features and unique fingerprints are all there. Your baby is beginning to respond to outside stimuli. If your abdomen is poked, the fetus will try to wriggle away. You're probably wearing maternity clothes - or at least looser fitting ones -- now. Your skin and muscles are starting to stretch to accommodate your growing baby and you may be constipated since pregnancy hormones relax the bowel.