Amazingly enough, time has flown yet again, and since the last baby update, it has been another four weeks. This past Saturday, I hit the 20 week mark of the pregnancy, which marks the half way point in our little babe's development! Granted, we weren't aware for the first 4-5 weeks, but it still has just flown by.
As we inch closer to meeting our baby, Bryan and I keep getting more excited. Sometimes I find myself daydreaming about hearing the first squeal or the car ride home from the hospital. At home, I spend a lot of time visualizing and planning what needs to be done in the next 20 weeks.
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| Tree hunting in the snowy woods |
Things are starting to become more tangible lately, too. In the past month, I have begun to feel the baby move. It was crazy the first time I realized what was going on. I was standing at school, in the middle of class, and noticed this drumming (?) going on in my belly. It lasted 10 seconds or so and then would go away for a little while. Then, it would start up again. After class, I went to my office and thought about it and asked my friend, Heather, about it.... I had always thought the movement would be more brief, but this was going on for ten seconds at a time! Well, turns out I was wrong and I was feeling the baby! It was so exciting. Since then, I have started feeling stronger movements, especially after working out. Last week, I did some prenatal yoga and afterwards was laying down, noticing some stronger kicks. I put my hand on my belly and felt it from the outside, so I yelled at Bryan and he got to feel it too! So exciting.
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| 19 weeks, 6 days :) |
I also feel like my belly is starting to grow daily. It's still hard to see in pictures, but it's getting there. I actually got some comments at school today.
Doctors appointments have been going well... my blood pressure went back to normal (yay!) and I got cleared to do some easy skiing over Christmas break (double yay!). Next Tuesday is our next set of appointments... at 1:30 we have our ULTRASOUND! Triple yay! We are going to figure out the sex of the baby there, but are going to keep it mum until Christmas... keep your eye out here.... We will then take the results and head over to our doctor's to go over the results. We just can't wait!
Our Christmas tree is up, halls are decked, snow checks in the mountain are happening daily, and the countdown to break has begun. Happy Holidays to all!
