A Review of Week 21

In Madrid, we also passed the Week 21 mark. Here’s how Week 20 went, and here’s what happened with Baby Taylor during Week 21:

Highlights of Week 20:

• We reached the halfway point in the pregnancy! With a normal pregnancy measuring 40 weeks, we’ve only got 20 more to go.
• Matt got to feel Bunky kick lots more in Madrid. Many of the instances came at night in our hotel room as we finished our daily dose of gelato. I guess that means our son or daughter will like ice cream. : )
• My belly became increasingly bigger and I started to look decidedly pregnant. In fact, there were several people in Madrid who offered me their seat on the Metro. I can’t lie, being obviously pregnant made me very happy.

How Baby Taylor grew in Week 21:

• He or she is now gulping down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And…those taste buds actually work!
• He or she now weighs slightly less than a pound and is around 10 ½ inches in length. That’s about the size of a large banana.

Next up: Week 22!