25 weeks!

Baby Vi is moving around more than ever this week! At our 25-week checkup yesterday, we heard her heartbeat again. It's amazing to think how hard that little heart is working! She was moving around so much we could see The Belly bump around, and the heart monitor would squeak loudly each time she changed position. I gained about 3 pounds, and everything is measuring correctly. I'm 25 weeks, so my uterus should be - and is - 25 centimeters from pubic bone to top. Isn't that a neat, natural coincidence? The size of a pregnant woman's uterus almost directly matches the current length of her gestation? That means that my uterus will grow 1 cm a week for the next 14 weeks! Yikes!

So, everything looks good, sounds good, and we're all feeling good!

Here is this week's email from BabyCenter.com:

How your baby's growing: Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — doesn't sound like much, 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. Her hair is probably recognizable now (in color and texture), although both may change after she's born.