25 weeks

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 a more rounded one. As your baby gains weight, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she’ll start to look more like a mini newborn. Her hair is probably recognizable now in color and texture, although both may change after she’s born.

This Friday I’ll take the glucose test to screen for gestational diabetes. Keep your fingers crossed. I haven’t been sticking to the diet lately and the scale shows it (so does my profile). I’ve gained nearly 20 pounds already so it looks like my dream of 30lbs total for the whole pregnancy is gone with the schwind. Oh well. I hope it means healthy baby!