25/26 week check up!

Today we saw our specialist, Meera Sood, for the 25/26 week check up.

Other than the reassurance of seeing Meera our favourite thing is getting to see our little man on the ultrasound, today the cheeky monkey kicked the ultrasound scanner just to say hi lol!

All is going well, Chickling is the right size for his age (based on head, stomach and leg measurements), weighs about 700 grams and the amount of fluid around him looks good. His heartbeat is nice and strong as it has always been and Meera was pleased with the progress.

My vitamin B12 levels have been low but they have risen again and Meera is happy for me to continue without the need for B12 injections as long as my levels stay above 100 (currently we are at 125 and normal range starts at 130).

I was checking my weight loss records today and since conception (taken as the date of my last period 6/3/09) I have lost 11 kilograms, not bad considering I could have put on about that much by now! Meera is not worried about me continuing to lose weight as she says that baby will take whatever he needs and leave me with the rest :o)

The only hiccup so far has been that last week when I had my 18 month follow up for my gastric bypass the gastric specialist thought I may be developing an incisional hernia. Naturally this caused us some worry but Meera is not concerned and says it should not affect my ability to have a natural birth, so I am going to make a concerted effort not to worry about it!

Chickling is currently busy kicking me so I guess he wants to say hello...."Hello"!

Off to bed for us now,
Love Mummy and Chickling