Long before Melissa was pregnant, she used to use fruit to talk about the childbirth process. I won’t go into it here but I will say I thought it was a little strange even then (though any talk at all about childbirth probably would have weirded me out). Strangely, the further into this pregnancy thing we get, the more fruit & vegetables come into play.
Early on we found a nice website, www.babycenter.com. Each week they send me an email with details about what is happening to baby Sandel and how he is growing. Beyond just hearing about what is happening to our baby, I am always excited to hear what new way they’ve come up with to describe his size. Without fail, they compare our unborn child with some kind of fruit or vegetable. I can understand it sometimes. At week four he was about the size of a poppy seed. That information was helpful. Hearing that he was as big as a grape (week 9) was big news. In a few weeks he’ll be the size of a cantaloupe and that’ll be nice. But how exactly does it help us to know that he is the size of an English hothouse cucumber. I know I’m not exactly a vegetable expert but that seems like an odd comparison. In two weeks they’ll be comparing him to a Jimaca which, according to wikipedia, is some kind of Mexican potato or turnip.
For all of the glorious fetal fruits & veggies, check out week 4 through 40 below.
4. Poppy seed
5. Sesame seed
6. Lentil bean
7. Blueberry
8. Kidney bean
9. Grape
10. Kumquat
11. Fig
12. Lime
13. Medium shrimp
14. Lemon
15. Apple
16. Avocado
17. Turnip
18. Bell pepper
19. Large heirloom tomato
20. Banana
21. Carrot
22. Spaghetti squash
23. Large mango
24. Ear of corn
25. Rutabaga
26. English hothouse cucumber
27. Head of cauliflower
28. Chinese cabbage
29. Butternut squash
30. Head of cabbage
31. Four navel oranges
32. Jicama
33. Pineapple
34. Cantaloupe
35. Honeydew melon
36. Crenshaw melon
37. Stalk of Swiss chard
38. Leek
39. Mini watermelon
40. Small pumpkin
Just for fun, I did a quick search for fruit babies and found this guy. Not sure who made him or what for but he seemed pretty fitting. The last little picture below is kind of funny scary though. Fruit baby smoothies?
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