Our Little Jumping Bean-21 Weeks

Today was an exciting day! When I came home from school Steve and I sat on the couch  to have a snack when I started feeling Cohen kicking. 


For about a week, I've been trying my hardest to see if I could catch him kicking, and today we saw it! Just like corn was popping in my belly we could see him kicking and moving. I just couldn't stop smiling! We both saw it together for the first time together. Just so great! 


Here is how our little Cohen John is measuring up this week. He is already ahead of the curve!

Baby's Growth and Development at 21 Weeks Pregnant

By your 21st week of pregnancy, not only have your baby's important systems developed, but many of them now are operating, in preparation for functioning on their own after birth:

• Your baby might be about 7 inches in length, roughly the length of a carrot, by 21 weeks pregnant. He weighs almost 11 ounces (Cohen weighed this two weeks ago!)
• Your baby's digestive system is put to work! By your 21st week of pregnancy, your baby has probably begun swallowing amniotic fluid and absorbing small amounts of sugar from it.
  • Sugars pass through his developed digestive system, giving these organs important practice.
  • These sugars only make up a tiny part of your baby's nourishment.
  • Most of his nutrition still is delivered through your placenta and the umbilical cord.
  • Your amniotic fluid changes day to day, based on what you've eaten. Since your baby is swallowing the fluid, she gets a "taste" of what you're eating!
• Your baby's bone marrow, rather than your baby’s liver and spleen, takes over its permanent job of making blood cells.
• By your 21st week of pregnancy, your baby's arms and legs are in proportion.
• As muscles strengthen and neurons connected to his brain continue to develop, his movements become more coordinated.