14 weeks

Well we've told most of our friends and family now, but are still holding out on telling work. I'm hoping the "I can't control myself and still eat Christmas cookies daily" look won't give me away. Fortunately, I work primarily with men. So, I'm not too worried.

They say that the 2nd trimester is when you're supposed to feel more energetic. This has sort of held true for me. I feel more normal, and not fatigued ALL DAY LONG for the most part. However, last night was a prime example of you are a fool if you think you're completely back to your old self. I didn't even make it past 9:15 before I fell asleep on the couch. It was a pretty normal day, aside from my yoga class, and although it was a particularly good episode of LOST I just couldn't stay awake any longer.

This week I have definitely felt poodgier (yes, it's a technical term), but it's hard to distinguish from poodge that was there before and uterus growing underneath poodge making poodge stick out more. My regular pants are definitely feeling tighter, but fortunately not tight enough to create a lovely muffin top -yet! So, I'm glad to have those couple of pairs of maternity pants ready for me when I need them.

On the development front, my email reports the following:

This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb. Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb. In other news: Your baby's 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.

I imagine the baby frowns and/or grimaces when Bill has really smelly farts. Bill would argue the same would be true about when I do, but we all know that women don't have smelly farts.