27 Weeks

Today we're 27 weeks! Next week starts the 3rd trimester officially. We're getting a little nervous at how close we are now.

Here's how the babies are growing this week:

Most babies this age, yours included, still like to snuggle in a slightly curled position inside the uterus (thus the term "fetal position"). Even so, your baby's length will be measured from top of head to toe — which makes your baby nearly a full 15 inches now. And at just over two pounds, he has doubled in weight from four weeks ago.

Your baby's taste buds are very developed now too (with more taste buds than he will ever have outside the womb, actually). Need a taste test? If you eat some spicy food, your baby will be able to taste the difference in the amniotic fluid (but keep in mind that you'll have different mealtimes, with your baby's coming about two hours after yours). Some babies will even respond to that spicy kick by hiccuping. And although hiccups (which feel like belly spasms to you) may seem like they're disturbing to your baby, he isn't stressed at all. It's just one more sensation that babies need to get used to.

Oddly enough, Twin B had hiccups for the first time on Sunday. Poor thing! It was really cute, though. Cinnamon rolls apparently set baby B's hiccups off.