--- title: "German Engineering: The REAL Reason James and I are Pregnant" --- [![lbl-masthead.png](https://www.littlebabylump.com/hs-fs/hub/188884/file-312550222.png?width=1504&name=file-312550222.png "lbl-masthead.png")](http://littlebabylump.com) ### Share This Post: [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlebabylump.com%2Fblog%2Fbid%2F219592%2FGerman-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlebabylump.com%2Fblog%2Fbid%2F219592%2FGerman-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlebabylump.com%2Fblog%2Fbid%2F219592%2FGerman-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlebabylump.com%2Fblog%2Fbid%2F219592%2FGerman-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=German%20Engineering%3A%20The%20REAL%20Reason%20James%20and%20I%20are%20Pregnant%20) [![Share on Pinterest](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/pinterest-24x24.png)](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlebabylump.com%2Fblog%2Fbid%2F219592%2FGerman-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dpinterest&media=) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlebabylump.com%2Fblog%2Fbid%2F219592%2FGerman-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlebabylump.com%2Fblog%2Fbid%2F219592%2FGerman-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ## [German Engineering: The REAL Reason James and I are Pregnant ](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219592/German-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant) Posted by [Pamela Vaughan](https://www.littlebabylump.com/author/pamela-vaughan) Oct 22, 2008 12:03:21 PM "[German Engineering](http://www.last.fm/music/Maritime/_/German+Engineering)" is not just a great song by [Maritime](http://www.maritimesongs.com). It's also the reason James and I are having a baby. Forget Brooke Shields and her "have a baby for love" mantra, James' and my *actual *motivation for getting pregnant was Volkswagen's Routan minivan ... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDZSxFLcMVg&hl=en&fs=1] Okay, okay, all kidding aside, time to update you on Baby Lump's developmental touch points for this week. At this point, he/she should be about 15 inches long, weigh almost 3 pounds and be starting to form some eyelashes and eyebrows. One Web site I refer to describes the baby's length as similar to an [amusement park cinnamon-sugar-coated churro](http://3dpregnancy.parentsconnect.com/calendar/28-weeks-pregnant.html). Mmm ... I had my glucose screening on Monday, which checks for gestational diabetes. Everything I've read about it prepared me to drink a nasty "glucose cocktail" before my blood was taken, but it honestly wasn't bad at all. It basically tasted like a very sweet but flat cup of Pepsi. 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