Double Your Bubble

8/14/09

I decided to read up on what’s happening inside of me these days using my fave online pregnancy calendar, and discovered a fact that made me shrink in awe. Well actually, the first fact had me amazed, and the second bowled me over. 

First, I learned that the bun in my oven is up to one pound now, which seems pretty amazing by itself, but then came the kicker: that in four weeks it will be two. Just to break that down (and make it even less fathomable)—it took 23 weeks for my bun to reach one pound, and now in a mere four, it’s going to double that. 

All I can say is “Wow!” And, no wonder the second trimester is the key time for ensuring our babies reach a healthy birth weight. Which means, both you and I should make sure we’re eating when we’re hungry, and continuing to take our vitamins, because our babies need it now more than ever.