What size is baby D-lish this week?

It's an eggplant!
from thebump:
Let your spouse put an ear to your belly -- he might be able to pick up baby's heartbeat (no stethoscope required). Inside the womb, the formation of tiny capillaries is giving baby a healthy pink glow. Baby's also soaking up your antibodies, getting the immune system ready for life outside the womb. Eyes are forming, and baby will soon perfect the blink -- perfect for batting those freshly grown lashes.

Don't forget to vote!!

Take the polls!

Many people are starting to make predictions - I thought it'd be fun to get a consensus on the opinions. C'mon, humor Pregalicious a little.

Vote now for Baby D-Lish!! (hopefully the polls work!) The polls are listed to the right of this post - just twitch your eyes over to the right a bit! For some reason, the questions are really spread out, so you will probably have to scroll down to answer all three.

Thanks for participating!

Bally Pic - week 25

Can public schools PLEASE get some air conditioning for second floor rooms??? I'll even take jet-sized fans at this point.... I am so glad that we have air conditioning at home. I am sluggish in this weather!!

I'm cute - and I'll take it!!

We had a district-wide conference day yesterday, which meant I got to see a lot of my colleagues from the other schools in town. The phrase of choice was "You look so cute!"

Now, normally I despise the word cute - it makes me think of kittens, or a round-faced, rosy-cheeked child. But being pregnant, I'll take it!! It sounds a lot better than, "You look....(dramatic pause as person searches for adjective).... good." "Good" in this case means "you look pregnant, you don't look that good, but you don't look really bad, either."

Cute is good, during pregnancy.

Found out from our fellow cloth-diaper friends that the one and only diaper-laundering service in the area went out of business. So, we are left with: wash cloth diapers ourselves, or bite the bullet and buy disposables. Hm.

Ultrasound Pictures, 20 weeks

Baby D at 20 weeks. His/her head is on the left, with a little leg on the right.

Baby D's close-up.

With a widdle hand! Aw!!

Not the clearest, but that's Baby D's right foot in the middle. (Yeah, the tech had to really explain it to us for us to see, too.)

This picture of both feet is much better.

Another close-up.

What size is baby D-lish this week?

It's.... still a papaya? Yes, according to thebump.com, Baby D is the size of a papaya for weeks 21 - 24.... how sad. No fun fruit this week.

However... according to babycenter.org, Baby D is the size of a mango. I guess it's exotic fruit month.

Sorry I've been slacking on the photos. I hope to have some time this weekend to take and post pics of the belly and the work that we've done around the house, as well as the 20-week ultrasound.

What size is baby D-lish this week?

It's a papaya! How fun!


from the bump:

Watch what you say -- baby is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing. Nipples are starting to sprout, and that little face is fully formed. And, baby's starting to settle into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. It shouldn't be hard to figure out when -- just pay attention to those kicks as they start and stop.

What size is baby D-lish this week?

It's a banana? (I told you it didn't make sense this week!)

from thebump:
Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for hydration and nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies are most interested in tastes they've already experienced through amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you want your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch.

I eat pretty well, so I'm not so concerned about Baby D having a sweet tooth.

On another thought, I read somewhere that birth weights follow the mother's bloodline. So hopefully Gian and his big brother's astronomically HUGE birth weights won't mean that I am going to give birth to a watermelon-sized Baby D. . .

And I haven't forgotten the ultrasound, I need to do that tomorrow for you all!