14 weeks pregnant

Your baby this week

Baby can make facial expressions and might suck a thumb.

• Baby can squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck the thumb.
• Lanugo — fine, soft hair — is starting to cover the body. It protects the skin and falls off before birth.
• Baby's brain is sending impulses to facial muscles for the first time.

Your body this week

Energy often returns. Nausea typically eases up.

• Many women describe this as the 'honeymoon phase' of pregnancy.
• Round-ligament pain may show up as sharp twinges in your sides when you move quickly.
• Hair on your body and face may also grow more than usual.

Common symptoms

• Increased appetite
• Round-ligament pain
• Skin pigmentation changes
• Nasal congestion
• More energy

Things to do this week

• ✓Eat plenty of iron-rich foods (red meat, beans, leafy greens)
• ✓Stand up slowly to avoid dizziness
• ✓Drink water throughout the day

For partners this week

Cook for two (and a bit)

• Make iron-rich meals like beans, lentils, leafy greens or lean red meat.
• Offer a hand up from the couch — getting up slowly helps with dizziness.

Typical visits around this week

Based on a typical schedule in Ontario. Your doctor or midwife sets the actual timing.

• Prenatal genetic screening

  Weeks 11–14 · if it applies to you

  Screening for chromosome differences is offered to everyone, and whether to have it is your choice. In Ontario, enhanced first trimester screening (eFTS) is publicly funded and combines a blood test with a nuchal translucency ultrasound at about 11–14 weeks. NIPT, another blood test, may be publicly funded or private-pay depending on your situation. Your provider will explain the options.

  Questions to ask →Questions to ask ↑

  • Which screening options are available to me, and which are covered?
  • Am I eligible for publicly funded NIPT?
  • What can these tests tell us, and what can't they?
  • When and how will we get results?
  • What would happen next if a result comes back higher-chance?

• Routine check-ups (about every 4 weeks)

  Weeks 12–28

  Check-ups are often about every 4 weeks until around 28 weeks. Your provider usually checks your blood pressure, weight and urine, listens to the baby's heartbeat and measures your growing belly. Some people need more visits.

  Questions to ask →Questions to ask ↑

  • Is my blood pressure and weight gain on track?
  • Is this symptom I've been having normal?
  • What should I be doing about exercise, work or travel right now?
  • What's coming up before my next visit?

Coming up

• Anatomy (detailed) ultrasound

  Weeks 18–22

  A detailed ultrasound, usually at 18–22 weeks, that looks at the baby's brain, face, heart, spine, organs, arms and legs, and checks growth and where the placenta is.

  Questions to ask →Questions to ask ↑

  • Can my partner come, and can we have pictures?
  • Where is the placenta, and does that matter for us?
  • When will my provider go over the results with me?
  • If we want to know the sex, can it be shared at this scan?

A flu shot and a COVID-19 vaccine are recommended at any stage of pregnancy. The flu shot is given during flu season, so the timing depends on when you're pregnant.

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Further reading from health authorities

• Pregnancy — Government of Canada (Public Health Agency of Canada)
• Your pregnancy — Pregnancy Info, from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
• Week-by-week guide to pregnancy — NHS (UK)
• Pregnancy — American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)