14 Weeks Into Pregnancy

Sep 4th, 2007

Hey… It was like just last week that I’ve posted that my wife is pregnant, and now it’s already 14 weeks into her pregnancy.
Today marks the 98th day into her pregnancy.
During this time, it is not uncommon for a pregnant mother to become iron deficient. So it is important to get a minimum of 30milligrams of iron a day to stay healthy. You can get your iron from lean meats, low-fat diary products, dried apricots, fortified breakfast cereals, kidney beans and leafy green vegetables.
Negative reactions to certain foods might be hormones or your body’s way of keeping anything that may be harmful to your baby out of your system.

So, what’s happening to her during this time? One thing for sure is that she is ’suffering’ from major food aversion. In fact, nearly 85 percent of pregnant women have at least one food aversion.

She’ll feel nauseatic just by the sight of food. Man…she doesn’t even like the food that she once liked so much before she got pregnant. And, trying to swallow them will spell disaster.

However, this may disappear as she progresses through the 2nd trimester and her hormones stabilizes. What’s happening to the baby during this time?

Your baby is now about three-and-a-half inches long and weighs about two ounces. His or her neck is complete, and your baby even has fingerprints. He or she is beginning to move around in the amniotic fluid, which, by the way, replenishes itself every three hours. Fetal movement, or “quickening,” can occur as early as this week, so be alert for fluttering sensations in your belly. If you can’t feel them, however, don’t worry, they’re more likely to occur between the 18th to 22nd week. In subsequent pregnancies, fetal movement usually is felt earlier.