Week 22
by Amalah
Your Baby: Is about 11 inches long, which is just about one inch shorter than your average 12-inch ruler. Has likely crossed the one-pound mark in weight. Is getting more defined facial features every day, and already looks unmistakably like himself or herself on a 3D ultrasound. You: Are gaining about a pound a week [...]
Week 21
by Amalah
Your Baby: Is about 10 1/2 inches long, head to toe. Passes time by sucking his or her thumb and even opening and closing his or her eyes. And you know, elbowing you in the vital organs. Is like, kicking for serious now, and the movements cannot only be felt from the outside, they can [...]
Week 20
by Amalah
Your Baby: Is as big as (depending on which measurements from which pregnancy book you use and of course, Your Produce May Vary) a butternut squash, or as long as a banana, or possibly a carrot. I am getting the sense these comparisons are not really an exact science. Will be measured head-to-toe from this [...]
Week 19
by Amalah
Your Baby: Is about 5 1/2 to six inches long and weighs around 7 ounces. Although your baby will weigh more than 15 times its current weight by the time it is born, the rapid-fire growth portion of pregnancy is over. Thus, I have nothing else interesting to say up here. Baby is fully assembled; [...]
Week 18
by Amalah
Your Baby: Is about the size of a baked potato — five-and-a-half inches long. Has actual cute little ears and working ear bones and can hear sounds through the amniotic fluid — similar to how things sound to you underwater. Is moving, moving, moving. The baby is still small enough that you may not feel [...]
Week 17
by Amalah
Your Baby: Is about five inches long from head to rump, which is the EXACT height of the jar of salsa I am currently quadruple dipping into. Bowls are for suckers. Has begun to develop the all-important adipose tissue — more affectionately known as baby fat. Is hard at working transforming its skeleton from soft [...]
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