Pregnancy Week by Week - A Week by Week Guide of Pregnancy

Week 14 - How About A Chitchat With The Baby?

There is a real life developing inside you with every passing day at 14 weeks pregnant. The baby is growing and is now about three and a half inches long. The child weighs approximately three and a half ounces in the 14th week of pregnancy. The body is growing, arms and legs too are getting in place, fingerprints are also formed, liver starts secreting bile and the child now has a grip. The baby can also start breathing fluid in and out of the lungs. Baby's hair is sprouting all over forming the hair mask known as Lanugo, with even the eyebrows getting their share of the hair.

And if so much is happening inside, then why not connect with the life living inside you. Start sparing a few minutes everyday, just to be with you baby. Even the experts feel that being with the child for a little while during pregnancy helps create a special parent-child bond. Just resting your hands on the belly and thinking about your child can make a difference. So grab some time from the over occupied schedule and be with the life you would shortly give birth to.

Changes In You

Week 14th marks another step ahead and brings along with it a host of changes. Technically, reproductive developments would take place inside you. Depending upon the sex of the child, the prostrate gland would develop or the ovaries would descend down. Pregnancy constipation is an issue that few mothers experience during this stage of pregnancy. Few tips to deal with pregnancy constipation include, taking in ample quantities of water (just remember that even too much is not enough) and eating high fiber food (though make sure not to overdo it, as could lead to excess gas). As for the rest just enjoy and maintain high spirits while you wait for D-Day during the rest of the weeks of the week by week pregnancy.