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Pregnancy Week 14: Your Baby Looks Good!

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As your pregnancy week by week continues, your baby will start to resemble more symmetrical human beings. Your baby's ears grow and move to the side of your baby's head and your babies eyes start growing closer together around pregnancy week 14.

By pregnancy week 14 you probably won't experience the same early pregnancy symptoms you had during your first trimester of pregnancy. You may have more energy for example and your may stop experiencing morning sickness (although a small percentage of women continue to experience nausea throughout their pregnancy week by week). On a more positive note, during pregnancy week 14 and beyond you may notice your libido heightens.

Because of the increasing amount of blood circulating throughout your body including throughout your reproductive organs and vagina, most women find they enjoy intercourse much more during the second trimester of pregnancy. If you or your husband has concerns about having sex while pregnant, be sure you talk to your doctor about sex and pregnancy. For most women, sex is perfectly safe during pregnancy unless you have a high risk pregnancy or other complications.

If you bring your partner with you to your maternity appointments, he can chime in and ask any questions he has so both of you feel more comfortable being intimate during pregnancy.

Pregnancy Symptoms - Miscarriage and Incompetent Cervix
While your risk for miscarriage is now greatly reduced, some women still miscarry their baby later in pregnancy. This often results from what doctors call an incompetent cervix. Roughly 25 percent of pregnancy losses occurring during pregnancy week 14 and beyond result from this condition. Unless you've experienced this complication previously, there is no way to tell whether this will happen.

If a woman has an incompetent cervix, sometime early in the second trimester (usually) the cervix begins to open, and a woman goes into labor, resulting in the loss of her baby. This condition, while rare, is treatable. If this does happen to you or has ever happened, your doctor can place a stitch in your cervix the next time you become pregnant to prevent your cervix from opening too quickly during pregnancy resulting in a loss.

Usually a doctor will do this early in your first trimester to help you carry your pregnancy to term. You may need to be on bed rest during the latter stages of pregnancy for a short time to protect you and your baby.

Try not to worry however, about troubling pregnancy symptoms or conditions. Your job is to focus on staying healthy and enjoying the movements of the growing life inside of you. You can read millions of tales about pregnancy side effects online. Try to focus on the positive ones. The more positive you feel, the more likely you are to deliver a happy and healthy baby. You will also enjoy your pregnancy more by not worrying about it constantly.

Rather than look up information on pregnancy complications, why not take up a light reading of the joys that pregnancy brings? You soon find you are glowing with enthusiasm and delight rather than fear when you think about your pregnancy.

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