Bye Bye First Trimester! Weeks 13-14

Well we are now onto the Second Trimester. People calculate it differently depending on what you decide is a full pregnancy. It is said to get better the Second Trimester, although Darin and I have noticed things have gotten a little worse (I have had a fairly mild First Trimester, so maybe this is where I pay for it!)
I have also noticed that between pregnancy websites, the size of our baby varies quite a bit. Today will be the last day of week 13, and tomorrow will be the start of week 14, so we will have a combined post for these weeks!
This week Baby Brinley is the size of a Lemon. Mommy feels he is the size of a bowling ball on her backbone though ;)

How baby's growing:
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.
Credit : Babycenter

We are excited and happy about our little Lemon, the back pains are more constant now. Another symptom of this week is three very heavy bloody noses (the Utah weather doesn't help with that much). We have been sleeping with a humidifier and I have been trying to drink lots of water. 

We also went to costco and bought lots of spinach and frozen fruit (and fresh fruit) and have been making some AMAZING fruit smoothies. We are feeling a lot better about the nutrients we are giving our little baby and hope he is growing healthily. Our next appointment will be in about a week and a half... So we'll get to hear that active strong heartbeat again soon. The following appointment (5 weeks from now) will be when we find out the gender of this little guy. We both have a hunch it's a boy, but we could be mistaken! Either way we are excited to know and begin planning. =)

Here's the Baby bump for 13 weeks and 5 days:

It's starting to poke out some more for sure. Although this picture makes it look even bigger. Let's just say Baby caused a lot of Bloating this week. In fact within 24 hours of taking this picture my stomach already looks a lot smaller again. 

Until next week!

The Brinleys