weeks 21 and 22

alrighty! here's the over-due week 21 post:

21 weeks
- 7 inches crown to rump, 10.5 head to heal. haha, just think, little 3.5 inch legs! carrot sized apparently but I have seen a lot of carrot-size variation so I'm not sure that's actually helpful.
- 10-11 oz (although at the 20 week ultrasound they were 11 and 13 oz each so... they should really be slightly more than that)
- heartbeats are getting stronger and might be able to be heard w/ a regular stethoscope
- bone marrow has started making blood cells
- intestines are extracting sugars from the amniotic fluid the babies have been swallowing
- eyebrows and eyelids are present now!
- supposedly I might be seeing varicose veins and spider veins about now but I haven't noticed any (might be because it's mostly still pants weather and looking at my legs takes more effort now!)

22 weeks - tomorrow!
- 11 inches head to heal - almost a full foot! no more crown to rump measurements given!
- almost one pound or already a full pound depending on which website you check!
- tiny tooth buds are beginning to form
- eyes have formed but are still colorless. side note here: in my mind, the girl is a little me w/ brown hair and the boy is a little blake w/ blond hair (SO cute!) but I just thought, oooh, what if one of them has little green eyes like blake? not like me when I got a pair of trial green contact lenses! blake's eyes aren't super green but wouldn't green eyes be neat?
- babies are using their hands and might be tugging their umbilical cords.
- babies have white hair (weird, didn't know that).
- babies have taste buds and might be able to taste strong flavors that I eat.
- supposedly this is stretch mark week. so far, so good. my friend gave me some anti-stretch mark lotion which I have been using. if it prevents stretch marks, hurrah, if not, oh well, but regardless it smells nice and is a good lotion and my skin enjoys the pampering. my belly button is still technically in, but it is also less in than usual which has been crazy to observe.
- feet swelling - this I have noticed. not visibly, but my shoes are tighter and I'm preferring the flip flops and chacos. haven't loosened the straps on my chacos yet, but I am excited about the fact that I can! added links to my watch weeks and weeks ago and then I lost it at the triathlon. I keep considering buying one w/ a velcro band or something temporary, but haven't done so yet. rings are tighter but still on (I don't actually plan to take them off unless there are circulatory issues!)

alrighty well, time to tutor again so I gtg, but... looking forward to seeing some of you soon! mom and I will leave directly after I tutor next Wednesday to start the drive down to CA. hmmm, which means I do need to coordinate that oxygen delivery. so much to do!