Week 15

• Your baby measures about 3.7 to 4.1 inches (about 9.3 to 10.3cm) from crown to rump and weighs about 1.75 ounces (50g).
• Your baby's bones still consist of soft cartilage but they are now beginning to harden and the development of the bones and the marrow continues.
• Her ears are developing into a more recognizable shape and any hair already on the head and brows will become thicker.
• Your baby may already be sucking her thumb.
• Her skin is thin and translucent and all her blood vessels can be seen through it.
• Her hair continues to grow on her head and her eyebrows. If her hair will be dark, the follicles will start to generate pigment to color her hair.
• Your baby is moving more now and is becoming increasingly flexible. She can bend her arms at the elbows and wrists and she can make tiny fists with her hands.

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Cravings & Belly Growth

Well, I've definitely started craving things I've never really liked before. My main craving so far has been MILK! I went through a gallon last week - without any help from Daniel! If I can't get my hands on a huge glass of milk, ice cream or sundaes have satisfied my cravings so far.

Daniel and I both swear that my belly has grown. However, looking at the pictures we've been taking you can't really tell a difference between week 1 and now. Maybe tonight's picture will show a difference...

Week 14

• Your baby measures about 3.2 to 3.5 inches (7.6 to 8.9cm) from crown to rump and weighs about 0.9 ounces (25g).
• Your baby is now nourished by the placenta.
• His face is developing and his cheeks and the bridge of his nose are appearing.
• His ears are moving from the sides of his neck to higher on his head and his eyes are moving closer together.
• Your baby's external genitals are now distinct and may be recognized on an ultrasound.
• Your baby will move away from stimuli near your tummy, such as noise and light.
• Your baby's eyebrows have formed and a small amount of hair, called lanugo, has appeared all over his body.
• Lanugo, which will be shed before birth and replaced with the hairs with which your baby will be born, is thought to have a protective function.
• Insulin is present in your baby's pancreas.
• Some bones may be well outlined.
• Your baby's thyroid gland, already developed by this week, begins to make hormones.
• Baby boys begin to develop the prostate gland at this time and the ovaries of baby girls descend from the abdomen into the pelvis.