懷孕週期進入第21週啦，最近幾天忍不住在睡前屏氣凝神地用手感覺小肚肚裡的動靜，說真的，實在很難從馬迷身體咕咕吵雜聲中去區分出屬於小北鼻的動作哩...
幸好大寶的馬迷給了我辨認的方向，她說剛開始有胎動時，感覺很不明顯，有時候像個泡泡般的冒出來，通常要到7、8個月以後才會有明顯的踢腳擺手動作；
昨晚平躺時真的有感覺到二次小肚肚裡冒泡泡的感覺唷~ 真是好玩耶，其中有一次冒泡泡的時候，北鼻的阿拔正把手放在馬迷小肚肚上感受中，但... 馬迷自己感覺到一個大泡泡冒上來，北鼻阿拔卻毫無所覺呢...
根據書上說，這個週數的小北鼻全身伸展開後的總長是10英吋，現在也開始會吸手指或打呵欠了呢，雖然這都是來自書上的描述，但在心裡偷偷的想像拼湊小北鼻的模樣，也是件粉有趣又快樂的事唷 !
Chances are good you're feeling someone performing a round-off back handspring in your uterus by now. Is there any other feeling this cool? Other highlights this week:
By now your baby looks like a mini-version of what she'll look like when she's born. All her facial features are formed and hair is growing on her head. She's even acting like a baby and will occasionally suck her thumb or yawn. Aww ...
Baby's heartbeat is getting stronger and can be heard using a good old-fashioned stethoscope. Ask for a listen at your next prenatal visit! By 21 weeks, fetal bone marrow starts making blood cells—previously done by the liver and spleen. This may not sound that exciting, but it's good news.
The amniotic fluid that has been cushioning your little bean now serves another purpose: Your baby uses it to "practice" chowing down. Yes, it sounds gross (as many aspects of pregnancy do), but it's an important step for your baby toward being able to chow down in the real world. Your baby has been swallowing amniotic fluid for a while now, but now the intestines are finally developed enough that she's absorbing small amounts of sugars from it. And let's face it, being able to effectively digest sugar is important at every stage of life.
Your baby now weighs between 10 and 11 ounces and is approximately 7 inches long—the size of a delicious, cold, frothy bottle of root beer. Float anyone?
