Total weight gain/loss? According to my scale, I have gained pound or 2 since my last appointment! YAY maybe I will back to my pre-pregnancy weight at my 26 week appointment.
Maternity clothes? My mom bought me a new outfit for my birthday!
Best moment this week?
Belly Button? Still an innie but it's not quite as deep.
Measurements? Will find out at the next appointment.
Movement? She is a mover! Her kicks are getting harder and harder!
Food Cravings? Chocolate, cereal, pizza
Gender? Team Pink
What I miss? Nothing at the moment.
What I am looking forward to? Painting Shiloh's room Wednesday!
Milestones? Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon. In the past few weeks, the top of your uterus has risen above your belly button and is now about the size of a soccer ball. Most women have a glucose screening test (also called a glucose challenge test or GCT) between now and 28 weeks. This test checks for gestational diabetes, a pregnancy-related high-blood-sugar condition. Untreated diabetes increases your risk of having a difficult vaginal delivery or needing a cesarean section because it causes your baby to grow too large, especially in his upper body. It also raises your baby's odds for other complications like low blood sugar right after birth. A positive result on your GCT doesn't mean you have gestational diabetes, but it does mean that you'll need to take the glucose tolerance test (GTT) to find out for sure.
Other notes? I'm getting more and more excited to meet this little princess!
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