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Well, the Bean is continually getting noticeably bigger. She is supposedly just under 2 pounds, but I swear she's got to be pushing 3 or 4 pounds! I've had to do a special diet for the last three days because my doctor wants to test me for diabetes. My initial glucose test came back as abnormal, so this is the second phase of testing. I could easily believe I have it with as big as I am, and diabetics often have larger babies. My mom got diabetes while she was pregnant with my brother and though he was born a month premature he still weighed 12.5 pounds!! Moving on, the Bean's sense of sound is becoming more fine-tuned--the nerve pathways in her ears are developing so her response to sounds is becoming more consistent. I can easily believe that because most nights before I got to bed, Adam puts his head next to my stomach and talks to the Bean. Lately it seems like she starts moving around and pushing up on my stomach when he does this. He swears he felt a foot or something the other night while talking to her. He was so amazed--he said, "I definitely felt something hard like a foot or hand push up against your stomach." He'll poke my stomach and wait for her to push back--it's like they're playing a game. Other news: the Bean's lungs are further developing and she is taking in little breaths of amniotic fluid. I read somewhere that the Bean is developed enough that she could now survive outside of the womb, but we want her to stay where she is for a while. :)

25 Weeks

Well, we only have a little over 3 months left until the Bean's big debut. She is about 13 1/2 inches long and weighs about a pound and a half. You can see that she is starting to pack on the weight. It took 5 1/2 months for her to reach the 1 pound mark, and in only 2 weeks she's added half that amount! Her wrinkly skin is starting to smooth out as she fattens up and she's starting to look more like a newborn. Her hair (assuming she has some) is recognizable now as far as texture and color goes, though that could change after she is born.