25 Weeks and OB Visit

Last week I went for my 24 week check up with the OB. First I had to go in and drink this REALLY sweet stuff to test for gestational diabetes. So after getting that down, I had the ultrasound done. They were able to get good shots of the heart this time that they needed and said everything looked great. She weighs about a pound and a half and everything is on track for my due date. She was all curled up like last time and low down. She couldn't get any good profile shots to print out because she was turned over looking towards my back. We did get a cute picture of her with her hand up in the air waving hi! The second picture is her curled over with her face downwards. You can see all of her little spine.

Then they took blood to test for the diabetes after an hour and I was fine for that. My hemoglobin (iron) levels were low though which means anemia in familiar terms. So the doctor told me to start taking an iron supplement in addition to my prenatal vitamin to bring that up.

Besides that, the doctor said everything looked great. He started measuring my belly this time too and that was on track as well with my due date. At the appointment I had gained 10 pounds.

In other news, this past week we signed up for a childbirth class at the hospital. My friend from college, Alicia, who is pregnant and due a few days after me is going to take it at the same time with her husband too - so we'll have friends there! It's been great getting to share our experiences and know that someone else is right there along with you! The class is a 5 week series and you go every Tuesday night for 2 hours. Hopefully it will be beneficial for me and Matt! It starts in mid September and finishes up in October.

The furniture for the baby's room is also supposed to arrive this week sometime. I'm very excited to be able to get it in the room and start getting things ready for our baby girl. Time is flying by fast - only 15 more weeks to go! I will post new belly pictures soon since I haven't done that in a few weeks.