25 weeks!!

My six month check-up went well, although I didn't see Dr. Dalla Riva as I had expected. I got stuck with his nurse practitioner who was kind of annoying and had bad breath. Yuck. Everything is going as planned, nothing really to report. Dr. Hulsen doesn't usually measure the size of my stomach but if I remember right, the inches are supposed to match the number of weeks that you are pregnant. At the time I was 24 weeks but my stomach measured at 27, so that was interesting considering I hear everyday how "small" I am, when actually I'm measuring bigger than I should be!!

My step-sister was induced three weeks early on Friday. She had her baby girl, Chelsie, at 9:30pm on Friday night and even though she was three weeks early, Chelsie weighed a whopping 8 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long, which leads me to believe that Crystal may have been off on how far along she was. I mean, gosh, if she had had the baby "full term" she might have been like 10 pounds!!

I've been sick with some sort of bug since Thursday so I haven't seen the new baby yet. I was planning on waiting until they came home from the hospital anyway.

Halloween is this Friday and I'm neither excited or unexcited. I'm planning on taking Aidan up to the VFW where they have a Halloween party every year with a bonfire and games and all that. I'm taking him by myself which means we'll probably leave after 20 minutes because Aidan has a terrible time behaving himself as of late. I hate it that Mark has to work and I get to do all these things by myself but what can you do? He already has appointments for that day and it's a Friday, which is usually a busy day at the shop.

I guess that's about it for now. Here's where I am this week:

How your baby's growing

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.

See what's going on in your uterus this week.

Note: Every baby develops a little differently — even in the womb. Our information is designed to give you a general idea of your baby's development.