Shorts and Snippets

Week 29 Bumpdate Baby is the size of an acorn squash! She’s around three pounds at this point, and she’s only going to get chunkier as white fat deposits grow under her skin. She has dream cycles already, she’s moving her diaphragm regularly to practice breathing, and she’s starting to run out of room! I Continue reading

Week 28 Bumpdate 🎉HELLO THIRD TRIMESTER!🎉 Baby is the size of an eggplant! 🍆 The best update of all is that she can now open and close her eyes! Apparently their permanent color won’t set in until a month after birth and she won’t be able to see beyond a foot for a while. Also, Continue reading

Week 27 Bumpdate Last week of the second trimester! Baby is the size of lettuce 🥬 (which I guess means lettuce is bigger than both endives and kale?) and is now 14.4 inches long and almost two pounds. Her lungs are continuing to practice breathing and her brain activity is increasing rapidly. And she’s starting Continue reading

Week 26 Bumpdate Baby is the size of KALE 🥬 which she doesn’t like. (True story. She doesn’t like certain foods!) Sorry, baby girl. You’re kale this week. Kale is 14 inches long and nearing two pounds, and over the next 14 weeks she’s going to gain at least five or six more! She’s breathing Continue reading

Week 25 Bumpdate 🎉3/5 of the way there!🎉 Baby is the size of a cauliflower! She’s 13.5 inches long, weighs a pound and a half, and is gaining more fat each day. Her little hands can grasp things too and she knows which way is up and down (how cool is that?). I feel her Continue reading

Week 24 Bumpdate Baby is the size of a cantaloupe! 🍈 Her brain is developing more and more; she has sleep and wake cycles now and is developing thoughts and memories! Her skin is gradually becoming more opaque and has a pinkish tint. And I feel her move with regularity now. 😍 Symptoms 🤰🏽 – Continue reading

Week 23 Bumpdate Baby is the size of a grapefruit! 🍊⬅️(We’ll pretend that’s a grapefruit.) She is just under a foot long and weighs as much as a soccer ball. ⚽️ Her little face is fully formed and will be filling out with fat over the next 17 weeks. She is also recognizing sounds from Continue reading

Week 22 Bumpdate Baby is the size of a coconut! 🥥🌴 🎼CONSIDER THE COCONUT THE WHAT CONSIDER ITS TREEEES🎼 Sorry. Moana reference there. Her nose, lips, and eyebrows are more developed, she’s getting little tooth buds under her gums, and she can hear sounds like my breathing and my heartbeat. She can also feel someone Continue reading

Week 21 Bumpdate Baby is the size of a carrot! 🥕 She’s also apparently as big as an endive 🥬 which I take to be some sort of lettuce because that’s the emoji that came up when I typed endive. Huh. Guess I don’t know all my vegetables. What was I talking about again? Baby Continue reading