25 weeks!

Well, we have skipped a few weeks in our pregnancy counting!  I can't believe 4 weeks have gone by! The three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas were insanely busy and hectic at school, so I think I just let time go by without marking it, and Shonn was very VERY busy with a large landscaping project, too.  In fact, the other day, he asked me, So are we like 22 weeks now?  That's when I realized we had let the pictures slide! :)  Beckett loves picture day because he gets to "color!" on the chalkboard with Mommy.

I am really feeling baby girl grow...She is pretty high, so sometimes it is hard to catch my breath.  I know it seems really early for that, especially because I didn't have that feeling with Beckett at all.  But this pregnancy is so much different than his, which everyone reminds me is the case with most pregnancies.  I am really loving feeling her move, which is frequently and gaining in intensity.  I can see her movements from the outside now, and Beckett got to feel her "kick", too!  We were sitting on the couch reading, his back against my stomach, when she started moving.  I said, "Can you feel sissy saying hi?" and he said, "Sissy KICK!"  It was so cute.  :)  Shonn hasn't felt her move yet, though...probably because Beckett is between us most of the time!

I got the results from my glucose screening: NORMAL.  Yay!  Shonn called me from home when the results arrived so I could celebrate by eating some sugar. (He knows me too well!)  I have another appointment tomorrow (Friday, at 25 & 1/2 weeks) to make up for the appointment I left over break.  Let's hope I don't have to wait 2 hours!

Here is what Baby Center has to say about 25 weeks.

How your baby's growing

Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

How your life's changing

You may also notice that you can't move around as gracefully as before. Unless your caregiver has advised you otherwise, it's fine to continue to exercise, but follow a few safety rules: Don't work out when you're feeling overly tired and stop if you feel any pain, dizziness, or shortness of breath. Don't lie flat on your back and avoid contact sports as well as any exercise where you're apt to lose your balance. Be sure to drink plenty of water, and make time for both warm-up and cool-down periods.Your baby's not the only one with more hair — your locks may look more full and lustrous than ever. It's not that you're growing more hair, but thanks to hormonal changes, the hair that you'd normally shed is sticking around longer than usual. Enjoy the fullness while you can — the extra hair will fall out after you give birth.

When you have your glucose-screening test at 24 to 28 weeks, a second tube of blood may be taken at the same time to check for anemia. If blood tests show that you have iron-deficiency anemia (the most common type of anemia), your caregiver will probably recommend that you take an iron supplement.