25 Weeks and Sigh of Relief!

Just a small update that baby is now the weight of a rutabaga and is growing very quickly.  So is mom by the way.  Baby center says:

"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 some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture."

Based on our baby pictures, my guess is our little one has as much hair right now as s/he will when s/he is born.  (Zero). 

We can also breathe a small sigh of relief.  According to the babygaga website, Baby Sterner would likely survive if born today.  Obviously this would not be ideal, but it is a jump over a huge hurdle!  Babygaga says: 

"Your little grower’s physical proportions are pretty much birth-ready and most of their remaining development will largely be weight gain and a ton of nervous system development.  The good news is: if your child were to be born premature, they’d likely survive without much trauma as their lungs started producing “surfactant” last week, which means their tiny respiratory system is getting stronger with each passing day.  Yes, now’s a good time for a minor sigh of relief and a quick pat on the back. All that hard work and conscientious living is really getting your child prepared for a healthy delivery.  In mobile-fetus news: your baby should be scootching slowly out of the breech position (head upright, with their butt-n-legs down by your pelvis) and start rotating around for a head-first exit through the birth canal.  If all goes well, and your little womb hi-jacker isn't a contrary one, they'll be locked-n-loaded in the next few weeks!  Time is short (or really long, depending on who you ask) — just (still!) 14 weeks left before you can go back to being a single-resident human... with one tiny brand-spankin' new family member!"

You can see a picture of what Baby Sterner should look like here:

http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/calendar/week25

This weekend we are heading to the Lake of the Ozarks with Brittany, Travis, Mark and Alli and Monday we have a Doctor's appointment and the gestational diabetes test.  I think the weekend will be a little more fun than Monday. 

Happy early birthday to James Brue and Lindsay Kokoruda Schmidt and Happy early Father's Day to many who read this!