Sunday, November 20, 2005
One pound wonder
Our little girl now weighs close to 1 pound and is about 8 inches long from head to bottom. Her body is getting plumper, but she is still wrinkled to allow for more growth. She is looking more like an infant at the time of birth. I am feeling good and just enjoying her kicks, punches, twists and turns. She seems to get stronger every day and my tummy now visibly moves more often when she moves. We are looking forward to the short work week and to spending time with family over the Thanksgiving holidays. We are really anxious to do the ultrasound Wednesday and to see her again on the screen. I'm sure we'll get a bunch more pictures to show off along with the ones we already have. We'll be looking forward to seeing everyone-- Happy Holidays!
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Gulp
I am now nearing the end of my 21st week of pregnancy and the books say our daughter may be beginning to swallow amniotic fluid now. This allows her to practice swallowing and helps her digestive system to mature. My book says full term babies may swallow up to 17 oz. of amniotic fluid in 24 hours! She now weighs close to 10.5 oz and is just over 7 inches long. I feel her move quite a bit now, especially after I eat and in the late afternoon and evening. The other night when I was in the bathtub I actually saw my stomach move a little bit too! I didn't think that would happen until she got bigger. I was going to wait to write until Scott posted the new belly pic, but he is busy reading literature tonight to prepare for their weekly Friday seminar. He might post it later tonight or at least by this weekend. His prediction is that my belly button will pop out in the next 2 weeks, but I think it will be a little longer than that. It is just barely indented now though. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at Thanksgiving and to having another ultrasound at the Cooper Clinic!
Thursday, November 03, 2005
It's a Girl!!!!
By now all of you know that we had our ultrsound last week and found out that we are having a GIRL!!!! I have been a very bad blogger and have not written anything in almost a month! So much has happened since then so I'm going to try to catch you all up:
During my 16th week- around Oct. 14th or 15th-- I felt our daughter move for the first time! We had just eaten dinner and i was relaxing on the couch with my hand on my belly. Then bloop-- there it was! I was a little unsure at first if it was the baby I was feeling, but after a couple nights of the same sensation I knew it was her. Since then her movements have gotten stronger and I feel her a lot more often. Even Scott has been able to feel her kicks a few times.
During my fall break- Oct 20, 21- my parents came and they painted the nursery for us. It is a light yellow (watch for it in the background of future belly pics). I am trying to decide between 2 different sets of bedding at the moment, both from Pottery Barn Kids. Then we had the ultrasound last Thurs, and that was so much fun! The sonographer said everything looked normal with the baby and she was about 99% sure it was a girl. She measured about 5-6 days bigger than my due date, but since it's within a week they aren't going to change it. We are probably going to do another ultrasound at Thanksgiving at the Cooper Clinic, so I guess we'll be able to confirm the sex then. I also have to have another ultrasound around 28 weeks to make sure the placenta has moved up a little higher since it is low-lying right now. As far as her growth, she is between 5 1/2 and 61/2 inces long from head to bottom and weighs about 9 oz. now. She is putting on fat, growing hair, and her skin is covered in vernix, the white paste that protects her skin from the amniotic fluid.
Mostly I am just enjoying feeling her move and knowing that she is a girl. It makes it so much more special now that I know. I already find myself wondering what she'll be like and thinking of all the hopes and dreams I have for her. She is so precious to me already!
PS- Hopefully, we'll eventually figure out how to post the ultrasound pictures, but we'll definately have a new belly picture on here in the next week or two.
During my 16th week- around Oct. 14th or 15th-- I felt our daughter move for the first time! We had just eaten dinner and i was relaxing on the couch with my hand on my belly. Then bloop-- there it was! I was a little unsure at first if it was the baby I was feeling, but after a couple nights of the same sensation I knew it was her. Since then her movements have gotten stronger and I feel her a lot more often. Even Scott has been able to feel her kicks a few times.
During my fall break- Oct 20, 21- my parents came and they painted the nursery for us. It is a light yellow (watch for it in the background of future belly pics). I am trying to decide between 2 different sets of bedding at the moment, both from Pottery Barn Kids. Then we had the ultrasound last Thurs, and that was so much fun! The sonographer said everything looked normal with the baby and she was about 99% sure it was a girl. She measured about 5-6 days bigger than my due date, but since it's within a week they aren't going to change it. We are probably going to do another ultrasound at Thanksgiving at the Cooper Clinic, so I guess we'll be able to confirm the sex then. I also have to have another ultrasound around 28 weeks to make sure the placenta has moved up a little higher since it is low-lying right now. As far as her growth, she is between 5 1/2 and 61/2 inces long from head to bottom and weighs about 9 oz. now. She is putting on fat, growing hair, and her skin is covered in vernix, the white paste that protects her skin from the amniotic fluid.
Mostly I am just enjoying feeling her move and knowing that she is a girl. It makes it so much more special now that I know. I already find myself wondering what she'll be like and thinking of all the hopes and dreams I have for her. She is so precious to me already!
PS- Hopefully, we'll eventually figure out how to post the ultrasound pictures, but we'll definately have a new belly picture on here in the next week or two.
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