{"id":29759,"date":"2019-02-14T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avawomen.com\/?p=29759"},"modified":"2019-05-02T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T18:17:00","slug":"13-weeks-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.avawomen.com\/avaworld\/13-weeks-pregnant\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Weeks Pregnant\u2014Welcome to the Honeymoon of Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the second trimester, often referred to as the \u201choneymoon phase\u201d of pregnancy. You\u2019re feeling fewer pregnancy symptoms and may notice an increase in sex drive. Now about the size of a lemon, your baby continues to rapidly grow and develop.<\/span>
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How big is my baby?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Baby\u2019s Length: 2.91 inches.<\/span><\/p>\n

Baby\u2019s Weight: 0.81 ounces.<\/span><\/p>\n

How is my baby developing?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n


\n<\/span>Your baby\u2019s intestines have been growing for the last few weeks inside the umbilical cord. This week, they will return to his belly, where they\u2019ll continue to develop. He\u2019s also creating urine and releasing it into the amniotic fluid. His eyes are moving closer together, his ankles and wrists have formed, and he has vocal cords, teeth, and fingerprints. \u00a0<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Though some of your baby\u2019s bones have already hardened, tissue around his head and within his arms and legs is still forming and will eventually become bone. His head is still quite big but the rest of his body is beginning to catch up. Though his legs need more time to grow, this week his arms will lengthen proportionally. He\u2019ll even be able to suck his thumb. If your baby is a girl, she already has over two million eggs in her ovaries! <\/span><\/p>\n

Though development has been relatively uniform up to this point, starting next week, fetuses will begin growing at different paces. <\/span>
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What’s happening in my body?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n


\n<\/span>As you move past the first trimester and nausea subsides, you may find yourself hungry again\u2014and actually able to eat. Especially if you were hit hard with morning sickness, you may begin to reliably gain weight during the second trimester. Before you go all in at the eating-for-two buffet, it\u2019s important to remember that, while gaining weight is an important part of pregnancy, that weight should be accomplished as healthily as possible. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) <\/span>suggest the following guidelines<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re underweight (a BMI* under 18.5):<\/span><\/p>\n