26 Weeks...

...and you're telling me that this belly isn't done growing yet? You have got to be kidding. It's like there's a little person in there or something. For once in my life I have noticeable cleavage and I can't even enjoy it because I look flat chested next to this mountain I'm carrying around...how unfair is that?

There are some cool things happening though (at least on the inside). Madelyn has fingernails, toenails, eyebrows, eyelashes, and head hair. She's also practicing her breathing, sucking in and blowing out amniotic fluid; as well as sucking her thumb and other reflexes. She's about 13 inches long and weighs around 2 lbs.

This week and next and then it's on to my 3rd Trimester and the home-stretch. I can almost see the finish line. Time seems to be flying by, better get a move on. I feel completely unprepared.

Good news: I got the results back from my blood test and do not have gestational diabetes...woo-hoo! There was a little scare. I went in for the first test on Thurs, 5/13, and my numbers were a little high (they want me below 140 and I tested 148), but I also ate a big bowl of Captain Crunch cereal right before I drank the sugar/glucose drink...Oops.

So I had to go back in on Tues, 5/18 for a fasting test. For this one I couldn't eat anything after midnight on Monday, then I had to show up, get my blood taken on an empty stomach, THEN drink the drink and THEN sit around for 3 hours getting tested every hour. This one I passed with flying colors.

So, was the Captain Crunch worth it you may ask??? Absolutely! It was delicious.