14 Week Developmental Progress

Here is what BabyCenter.com says about where we're at. We are now in the second trimester! This week's big developments: Our babies can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck their thumbs. Thanks to brain impulses, their facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. Their kidneys are producing urine, which they releases into the amniotic fluid around them a process they'll keep up until birth. They can grasp, too, and when we have our next ultrasound, we may even catch them sucking their thumbs. In other news: Our babies are stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches about the size of a lemon and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces.