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Monday, September 6, 2010

Now How Big Is Baby?

In July, I blogged about those baby size weekly emails that pregnant ladies subscribe to.  Since then, one of the questions that I am asked the most is "So how big is the baby this week?" 

Well, here is the update:  the produce comparisons are going strong, but the references becoming more and more obscure.  Or, I suppose detailed, depending upon how you look at it.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Week 22--Spaghetti Squash
Week 25--Rutabega
Week 26--English Hothouse Cucumber

Week 28--Chinese Cabbage
This is getting hard to visualize.


I have decided to start working on my own comparison chart based upon things that I would like in my tummy.  Mostly things that pregant ladies are deprived of.  Things that I find myself wishing for instead of all the fruits and veggies that Babycenter and The Bump are pushing.  Here's what I've come up with so far:

Week 9:  Your baby is the size of a Spanish Tempranillo grape.

Week 11:  Your baby is the size of a spicy tuna roll.

Week 14:  Your baby is the size of a chocolate lava cupcake with buttercream frosting.

Week 15:  Your baby is the length of a cocktail umbrella.  Preferably situated on the rim of a margarita.

Week 17:  Your baby is the size of a filet mignon.

Week 19:  Your baby is the length of a turkey sub sandwich.

Week 21:  Your baby is as heavy as a bottle of Delirium Tremens.

Suggestions, ladies?  Comment below.  :-)

2 comments:

  1. When does baby get to be the size of a gallon of ice cream?? :)

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  2. Do you know what is REALLY sad? I was just reviewing a receipe that called for an english hothouse cucumber. I did a Google search to see exactly how these are different than regular cucumbers? The 3rd hit that came back was a reference to them on babycenter.com. I did not get a nice wikipedia definition - I got a baby reference. Hilarious.

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