One website’s comparison for this week is my favorite by far- the babies are about the size of a pack of Oreos.  I’m assuming they mean one of those smaller roll packs- not one of those gigantic packs you’d buy in the grocery store.  Although, looking at these pictures, that wouldn’t be so unbelievable.  The other comparison was to a spaghetti squash.  Not nearly so appetizing.

Here are the pics!

In this weeks news, the babies sense of touch is now developed, so they will start exploring things, like their umbilical chord.  And my insides.  They are moving more and more, too.  Also, my belly button is looking more and more like an outie!

So here we are at 21 weeks!  The babies are now 10.5 inches long- already!  One site compared them to even bigger bananas than last week… or if you prefer, a pomegranate.  I’m not sure how they come up with these fruit and vegetable comparisons.

Here are the 21 week pictures, as usual:

The news for this week is that I no longer have a belly button- no innie, no outie.  And my new favorite hobby seems to be watching my stomach, since we can see them move now.  The babies are growing nails now- hopefully they don’t start clawing one another in there.  They can also begin to taste what I eat!  Strange and fascinating!

Finally, it has been confirmed by at least three different doctors that we are having a boy and a girl.  So it is now open season for buying pinks and blues!!! 

We’ve had to skip week 19 because we were moving, and we still don’t have internet.  Here are some 19 week pics!

This week the little ones were 6 inches.  I found lots of fruit comparisons, but, getting a bit tired of the fruits, I found one site that compared them to a 6-inch sub.  Hmm….  maybe we’ll stick to fruits and veggies 🙂

Our week 20 pictures were taken in our new flat.  This week the babies are 6.5 inches, aka the size of a banana.

This week I felt them moving a lot more.  Sometimes I can even see their kicks, which is really fun, and really reassuring!  I don’t even mind the sciatica as long as I know they are having some fun in there, although my colleagues at work told me I walk like a duck.  I also can’t see my feet anymore, and I just have to assume that I’m shaving my legs evenly all over.