Week 27

Week 27, officially my last week in my 2nd trimester, I can't believe that next week I will be in my 3rd trimester... its crazy how fast time is flying now!

I am going away this week for a few days to Dallas to audit a different location for the company I work for, but while I am gone DH will be busy clearing out the nursery to prepare for us to paint next Sunday! I am super excited! As soon as it is painted I am going out to order the furniture!!

I feel the baby move all the time now- I love it! I can see my belly wobble around and I really think she must have more than 2 legs and 2 arms, because I feel her all over! It is such an amazing feeling, I can't even describe it!! Some days I can't believe this is all real, I really am pregnant and in just a few months I am going to be a mom!! I am really excited and can't wait to meet her!!

Whats happening with baby this week:
Most babies this age, still like to snuggle in a slightly curled position inside the uterus (thus the term "fetal position"). Even so, beginning at this stage, your baby's length will be measured from top of head to toe — which makes your baby nearly a full 15 inches now. And at just over two pounds, he or she has doubled in weight from four weeks ago.

Your baby's auditory development (hearing) is progressing as the network of nerves to the ears matures. And even though the sounds your baby hears are muffled (thanks to the creamy coating of vernix covering those ears), he or she may recognize both yours and your partner's voices. So this might be a good time to read and even sing to your baby (or rather, your belly) — and a good chance to start boning up on those nursery rhymes and lullabies you'll need to be repeating (and repeating) pretty soon. And while you're at it, here's another way to have some family fun: If your partner presses his ear to your belly, he might be able to hear the baby's heartbeat.

Your baby's taste buds are very developed now too (with more taste buds than he or she will ever have outside the womb, actually). Need a taste test? If you eat some spicy food (you hot mama, you), your baby will be able to taste the difference in the amniotic fluid (but keep in mind that you'll have different mealtimes, with your baby's coming about two hours after yours). Some babies will even respond to that spicy kick by hiccupping. And although hiccups (which feel like belly spasms to you) may seem like they're disturbing to your baby, he or she isn't stressed at all. It's just one more sensation that babies need to get used to.