Week 12-14 Pregnancy VLOG, baby 5 by Teresa Palmer

Weeks
12, 13, 14

What’s baby up to?
Week 12
Size: About 5.4 cm long (crown to rump)
Weight: Around 14 grams
Comparable to: A plum
Development: Baby’s organs are fully formed and starting to function. They’re practicing reflexes like sucking and stretching, and fingernails are beginning to grow.

Week 13
Size: About 7.4 cm
Weight: Around 23 grams
Comparable to: A peach
Development: Vocal cords are forming, and baby’s head is more proportional to the body. Second trimester now babaaay!

Week 14
Size: About 8.7 cm
Weight: Around 43 grams
Comparable to: A lemon
Development: Baby is starting to make facial expressions and might be sucking their thumb. Hair is beginning to sprout on the head and body.

Anything new these weeks?
Felt the first kick at my 12 week scan! It was more of a flutter but it was very definite. Also feeling little flutters on and off! We also got “low probability” on the NIPT blood tests which was amazing and SUCH a relief given last pregnancy we did not experience that.

Challenges
Working and being pregnant is tiring but the end is near and soon I’ll get to just relax and be mum in Byron with the kiddies. It was also hard not to really search for a penis or vagina at the scan haha! This surprise is challenging but I’m so excited to wait.

Reflections
Seeing the baby on the scan was really sweet, I got to have a 12 week sneak peak and then another at the more thorough 12 week scan where everything measured perfectly and baby looked really healthy.