How far along? 30 weeks. How big is baby? Almost 16 inches and 3 lbs (Gabe asks me DAILY how big the baby is now. I usually just gesture around my stomach and shrug, ‘Like, this big.’) Total weight gain: +20 lbs. Continuing to outpace my pregnant-with-Gabe self by several pounds. Updates: I’m getting bigger, the baby is getting bigger,Read the whole post >>

How far along? 28 weeks. How big is baby? Almost 15 inches and 2.25 lbs. About the size of a large eggplant. Total weight gain: +18 lbs. Aka: I can start throwing around the phrase “I’m carrying an extra 20 pounds!” now as an excuse. “What? YOU try putting on pants with a 20 pound bowling ball strappedRead the whole post >>

How far along? 26 weeks 4 days. How big is baby? 14 inches and 1.75 lbs. Who knows what vegetable they’re comparing it to now. Total weight gain: +17 lbs (Um. Three pounds more than with Gabe at this point. Will this not be a little peanut baby like he was??) Updates: I passed my glucose test, whichRead the whole post >>

How far along? 24 weeks. How big is baby? A little bigger. I dunno. A foot-ish and more than a pound and bigger than my hand, apparently: Total weight gain: +12 pounds. Feels like way more the way my body is reacting to it. Updates: 24 weeks is touted as “viability,” so that’s cool. Survival rates are stillRead the whole post >>

How far along? 22 weeks. How big is baby? 11  inches and 1 pound – a spaghetti squash, apparently. Total weight gain: + 7 pounds? My scale battery died this week. Updates: Pretty uneventful lately, which is how I like it. I had to swap out more non-maternity shirts and I made a list of “things to buyRead the whole post >>