26 Weeks

Okay, I'm officially a bad blogger. It's been over a month and a lot has been going on. I'll start off by saying that we did have another appointment a couple of weeks ago. We had another ultrasound and our little boy was much more cooperative this time. Everything looks great with him and he's measuring right on track. At this appointment I also did my glucose tolerance test which wasn't as bad as I've heard people say it would be. The good news is that I don't have gestational diabetes. Unfortunately, my hemoglobin was low so they've put me on an additional iron supplement which leaves me sometimes feeling nauseous again. It's making it hard to keep up with work and everything else that we need to do to prepare these days, but we'll get through it.

In other news, the little guy continues to be active and his movements are getting stronger and stronger. He now weighs over a pound and a half and measures approximately 14 inches long so, as you can imagine, things are getting a little crowded in there. We're not only feeling his kicks and punches these days, but can actually feel where he's positioned a lot of the time by just feeling my belly. He's usually pushing on the right side of my belly and we can feel his body pushing out on me. It's amazing to think that that's our baby we're rubbing and patting.

With 26 weeks down and 14 more to go, we've still got a lot to do to prepare. We started registering at Babies R Us and Target last weekend and ordered all of the nursery furniture the other night. Joe will paint the nursery soon and then we'll start getting everything put into place. I've been going to a prenatal yoga class once a week and we'll start our other baby class in a few weeks as well. It's great being in a room full of other pregnant ladies and comparing notes. Just hearing about everyone else's experiences and "pregnant moments" makes me feel surprisingly normal.

Here are some recent prego pics:

On Easter with proud Grandpa Wilhelm

And with Daddy

And the 25 week belly

Also, on a side note, a number of people have mentioned to me that they've tried to leave comments on here, but aren't able to. I'm not sure why, but that seems to have been the case after the first posting or so. I'll try changing some settings. I promise I'm not blocking your comments!