24 weeks with my giant baby

 

24 weeks!

(Little profile and a big foot!)

Sunday marked my 24 week point in pregnancy. We visited the midwife yesterday and got to see the little cherub, squirming and kicking with all her might. She was puckering her lips and kicking the camera. Kid has huge feet. We found that she is not only still measuring pretty big, but that according to her size, my due date is 12/24. (Christmas baby anyone?) The ventricle in her head (we thought it was her heart that they told us about before, but we were told yesterday it was a ventricle in her brain) has caught up to the rest of her brain and is no longer needing to be monitored. WOOHOO! They said if baby is still measuring this huge at around 37 weeks, that they may look into having me try and start drinking raspberry leaf tea, and other natural techniques to encourage labor to start. She is head down and I am hoping she remains that way or at least returns to that position by the time she's due.  I had my blood glucose test and got to drink that yummy sugar drink...bleck!!!  

In other news, we are pretty sure we have a name picked out. Not making anything official until we meet her. We have been trying to do more on the weekends before I am so huge that I can no longer walk. Laila is getting excited about the thought of a baby sister. She enjoys baby shopping and looking through clothes. She always wants to know when we are going to the "docker" (doctor) to see the "baby sitter"(sister).

Be back soon with more recipes and stuff.

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