Week 26: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 26 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: English Hothouse Cucumber

Size: Approximately 14 inches long and 1 2/3 pound


Baby changes:The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel.


Best Moment this week: Baby Girl did some major moving! I was sitting down and all of a sudden I see this wave of motion ripple across my belly. It looked just like the science videos of concrete bridges waving during earthquakes! It was a definite alien moment!!!

Movement: I have one energetic girl on my hands. She definitely gets tired like her Mommy and Daddy, but I am really curious to see how this energy translates in the outside-of-the-womb world!

Food Craving: No food cravings this week. I am just not as hungry lately, which is a nice development! Sometimes eating feels like a task!

What I miss: I still love being pregnant at this point, and I am so thankful for that.

Sleep: I have been waking up some in the night but I think its because I am fighting a cold or something. I just nap later that day!

What I am looking forward to: Finding baby bedding, but I think I am too particular. I have fabric swatches to make her bedding if I don't find any but it would be nice to buy at least part of it!

Symptoms: My back hurts some because I keep moving on my back in the middle of the night---oops!

Baby Bump Week 26:

Week 25: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 25 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie:

Size: Approximately 13.5 inches long and 1.5 lbs.

Baby changes:
Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

Best Moment this week: Jackson asked his Dad, are you sure KaKa isn't having two babies?? Needless to say my little bump is growing to be not as little!

Movement: These days I feel bog jolts but not as many kicks.

Food Craving: All of a sudden I am not as hungry. I think Baby Girl is taking up more room and making my stomach

What I miss: Being able to bend at the waist!

Sleep: I wake up more now but I still fall right back to sleep.

What I am looking forward to: Meeting Baby Girl and seeing her in her cute clothes :)

Symptoms: I am feeling great these days. I am starting to notice more braxton-hicks contractions but they just feel like my tummy tightening!

Have a great week!