Baby Wotring - 25 Weeks!

Welcome to the 25 week update!

This week, our little nugget is measuring about 13 1/2 inches long and weighs 1 1/2 pounds -- about the size of a cauliflower. She's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for a little baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more like a newborn. Our little girl is also growing more hair -- and if we could see it, we'd be able to discern its color and texture. I'm thinking she's going to be a brunette like her mama but there's always a chance she'll be a little ginger darling like her Grandma!

25 week belly

Little Miss was being playful at the doctor's last week and kicking up a storm when we were trying to find her heartbeat. After making her presence known, the doctor found her heartbeat -- it was 140 -- and said that's right in the middle of the range they like to see.  Aside from "a little jump" in my weight over Thanksgiving, the doctor said I'm measuring exactly where I should be and told me to keep doing what I'm doing.

Pregnant candy cane

I'll get screened for gestational diabetes at my next appointment -- 28 weeks for those of you keeping track -- so when we were going through my vitals the nurse gave me a choice between the orange and fruit punch sugar drink. I asked what people seem to prefer and she said orange. She described it as similar to Fanta orange soda with an extra cup of sugar in it. YOWZAH! Makes me really look forward to chugging it in another three weeks. I've heard some women complain about the GDM screening and even heard some get sick from all the sugar but I'm actually oddly looking forward to it. Gestational diabetes is part of my issue portfolio at work so it will be interesting to actually experience the screening which I talk about on Capitol Hill all the time.

Sugar drink for 28 week screening

I continued to feel good this week and think/hope some of the moodiness from the last several weeks seems to be subsiding. Little Miss is becoming more and more active and one of my favorite things is for me and the hubs to just sit and feel and see her move around. It's so crazy to see my stomach move when she gives a good kick! I'm sure when she gets a little bigger her break dancing and karate practice will start to become uncomfortable but at this point I absolutely love it.  I'm up another 1/2 pound from last week and have been craving applesauce and kalamata olives -- not together though!

Ornament from BFF Randi

Last weekend we were really productive with baby stuff but this weekend is reserved for hosting our annual holiday party which I'm really looking forward to!