Pregnancy at 14 Weeks

Pregnancy week 14 does not increase the baby in size, but you can say, it further adds pedigree to its shape and form. Pregnancy week by week makes your baby more and more proportional.

Developments in your baby at pregnancy week 14:

• Your baby at pregnancy week 14, can make various kind of facial expressions
  
• It has made its body more defined than before.
  
• Its thyroid glands have started producing hormones.
  
• Its bones have become stronger and harder.
  
• Its external genitals have started developing and therefore, occasionally they can be detected
  
• The size of its body is slowly getting proportional to the size of its head
  
• Its reflexes have started growing
  
• Its eyes, though they are closed, are getting closer
  
• Its chin is moving upwards
  
• It now gets its food from the placenta
  

Appearance of your baby at Pregnancy week 14:

• The baby is still like a big peach.
  
• It is about 3.4 inches long and weighs about 1.5 ounces
  
• The nose is more prominent
  
• Its eyes are closer
  
• Its ears are on each sides of the head
  
• Very mild tinges of eyebrows appear above the eyelids.
  

Changes in you at pregnancy week 14:

• You may start suffering from constipation
  
• Your body starts producing a hormone called relaxin that facilitates labor. But this hormone also makes you very vulnerable to injuries
  
• You may occasionally suffer from shortness of breathe.
  

Drink a lot of water and fibrous food to avoid constipation. However, too much fiber can also be a problem. As you baby gets more responsive from pregnancy week 14, you have to stop the use of any such external harsh materials, and that it cannot bear. Things like sprays, harsh detergents, and home cleaners will not be too good, as its components penetrate into your skin and your baby gets a part of it too. So use environmental friendly and healthy things.

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