Long Overdue

With everything going on I have been slacking on the blogging.  We have reached our 27 week both mommy and baby are doing great.  
At our 24 week appointment the heart beat was around 150 and I am measuring right on track, but feel like I am starting to look VERY large… I think it will be a common theme from here on out, as I am getting bigger and bigger.  I also took the glucose screening / glucose tolerance test and am happy to say I don't have Gestational Diabetes.  Even though I was eating right and walking at least 45 minutes 6 day a week, I was very nervous for the results of the test. 


Here are a few photos to show you how I have “popped.”

25 weeks

26 weeks

Cooke-D is over the 1lbs mark, which happened a few weeks ago!  Now the baby is between 1.5 – 2.5 pounds (680 - 1,133 grams) and around 13.5 – 14.8 inches (25 - 37.5 cm) in length.  Continuing with the obscure food comparisons, Cookie-D is about the size of a head of cauliflower or the length of an English Hothouse cucumber!  Cooke-D is inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of their lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when Cooke-D is born and takes that first gulp of air.  Also, Cookie-D is starting to gain some baby fat and not just be all bone and muscle.  The final development is that Cookie-D is getting their immune system ready for life on the outside by soaking up my antibodies.


There is lots of movement from the baby, which you can now feel from the outside of the belly.  My favorite was when Arthur had his head on my tummy and the baby kicked him in the head!  It is very exciting to have Arthur be able to feel the baby move.  It also makes me feel more comfortable knowing the baby is very active; however, if Arthur is anything to go by, we might well have a hyper-active child on our hands.  The movements are also getting stronger, which is good and bad.  Good that our baby is getting stronger…bad that they are not always comfortable.  Some nights I believe our baby might be a gymnast and is using my bladder as a trampoline. While I do think it would be fun to jump around on a bunch of organs, It is not as cool when they are your organs in the middle of the night!