Week 21

I’m a Pomegranate this week?!  Looking back to Bryce’s blog, I went right from banana to spaghetti squash?! They must have changed it up in the last 3 years!  Pomegranate...yum! **Addition to original post.  What's the deal with Pomegranate's?!   This is the first one I've ever bought and it required a YouTube tutorial to open it.  Then what are you supposed to do with the insides?  Chew the pulpy bits and spit out the seeds?  Seems like a whole lot of work, and a whole lot of mess, for a small amount of fruity goodness!? :s

I am going to be huge!! :s

Baby Aiden....Daddy felt you kick on the evening of Feb 4^th at 21w2d.  I placed his hand rather firmly against my tummy and in protest, you gave a giant wallop of a punch. We waited for another but you got your point across in one.  Lol  

At this point in my first pregnancy, it was August and warm.  Now, it’s -20 degrees with 2 feet of snow on the ground.  Point being is that I have about 1mm of room left in my winter coat before I irreversibly damage the zipper.  Thankfully, since I still wear my roomy uniform coat all week, I only have the weekends to be without.  And I’m too cheap and stubborn to purchase a maternity coat for only 2 more months of wear.  Looks like I’ll be layering lots of sweaters till Spring.  OR, I found this cute fleece insert on Etsy.  It can be zipped into any coat/jacket!  (Perhaps I can guilt my super talented/crafty Mom to make one for me...to keep her unborn grandchild warm?!)  lol ;)

What's happening with baby this week? " By 21 weeks pregnant, your baby swallows at least several ounces of amniotic fluid each day —  not only for hydration and nutrition, but also to practice swallowing and digesting — skills your baby will need as soon as he or she arrives in your arms. And keep this in mind: The taste of the amniotic fluid differs from day to day depending on what you've eaten (spicy enchilada one day, sweet carrots another). And that smorgasbord of tastes won't be lost on your baby. That's because your little one has very developed taste buds already. In fact, researchers have noted that babies who were exposed to certain tastes in utero via the amniotic fluid were more eager to eat foods with that same taste after birth. Want your baby to eat his or her broccoli later?  Eat yours now! Your developing baby still has a great deal of room in your womb — though like anyone who lives in one space for a long time, this tenant will soon begin to feel cramped. Until those uterine walls start closing in, however, there's plenty of space for twisting, turning, and even an occasional somersault (so that's what you were feeling last night!).  With all that belly dancing going on, it's hard to believe your baby gets any sleep at all. But believe it or not, your fetus sleeps as much as a newborn, perhaps 12 to 14 hours per day! (Now if only you could get some sleep!)