24 Weeks aka 6 MONTHS!

I am entering into my sixth month of pregnancy. I wont officially hit the third trimester for another couple of weeks (probably at the exact moment I say "I Do" lol) because, again, somebody LIED when they claimed this lasted 9 months. It's 40 weeks. The doesn't come close to computing equally. Anyway, I've been in better spirits this week than the past few. It really hits me how much little stuff reminds me of mom though, especially stuff on tv and things people joke about around me without thinking.

Still getting bigger and bigger. I know it's going to kick up a few notches soon too, which is kind of scary to me. I already feel like a little cow. I know I don't look it, but that doesn't stop me from feeling it. Went to the doctor on Wednesday and heard her heartbeat again, all nice and strong and healthy. Next month's checkup is the test to see if I have gestational diabetes. Even though I have been given advice about how to pass that test, I'm still a little anxious about it....I REALLY don't want to have to change my diet for that. My blood pressure was on the low end of normal, so that's good I suppose.

I think I figured out why my sources (What to Expect and Babycenter) are so different when it come to lengths. One of them measures total and the other from crown to rump. Makes sense. I think I'll stick with the total length one.

This week for Chloe:

• She's almost a foot long and 1.5 pounds.
• She's gaining about 6 ounces a week...fattening up nicely (and making me eat like a mad person!)
• Lungs are steadily developing and making cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help her air sacs inflate when she pops out
• Sounds are being taken in (and I really hope I can get cool fetal speakers soon!)

I've been monitoring my belly button ring to make sure it hasn't been migrating or rejecting. I think it's okay so far, but I'm preparing for the possibility that I may have to go ahead and take it out :-(. I need to look for retainers for a lot of my other piercings too so they wont yell at me for having metal in my body at the hospital. I think most of them will be fine without the bar/ring there, but I'd rather not have to get help putting a bunch of things back in if  I don't have to.

Two weeks until I have a hubby!