25 Weeks

Well, it's been a while since I've posted on here. As you may have guessed, I've been busy. With holidays, work, and planning all this baby stuff, I have sort of put the blog on a back burner.

Anyway, I've got a few minutes so I'll catch up with everyone here. I'm 25 weeks now. I look pregnant and not fat so that's pretty exciting. The baby is kicking like a soccer player now. If kicking means baby likes something, that means this baby likes York Peppermint Patties... cuz those things get the baby moving! Other than that the movement seems pretty random... haven't linked it to any other foods, sounds, or anything. It's a really amazing feeling knowing these little kicks, punches and rolls are a human trying to get comfortable in my abdomen. WEIRD! It's also fun when I cross my arms atop my belly and the baby kicks me like s/he's saying "Hey, you're squishing me down here! Lay off!"

Also as of late, Brian has been reading to the baby every night. We went out to Target and bought a bunch of Dr. Seuss books along with some others that we remembered from our childhood. I got a copy of Goodnight Moon for Christmas so that's on our list too. Let's see, so far he's read "The Monster at the End of this Book," "Green Eggs and Ham," "Are You My Mother," "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish," and "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." The best one was the first time he read to the baby... it was Brian's favorite book, "The Foot Book" by Dr. Seuss. The best part was that at the time, Brian hadn't been able to feel the baby because if I felt a kick, he'd put his hand on my belly and the kicking would stop! I was so bummed for him! But literally, right after he read the line, "Feet, feet, feet" the baby kicked and kicked and they were hard kicks too! For a few minutes we just stared at my belly in amazement... as my midwife said, "It was better than reality TV!" We watched my belly turn into this moving lump of bumps! It was his first experience feeling the baby! It was the most magical and amazing time of the pregnancy so far.

So that's where I am now...

Oh yeah, I had my "big" ultrasound last month (we still don't know the sex, thank goodness, so don't ask) and the due date hasn't changed. The tech said the baby measured exactly the right size. The ultrasound looked perfect. Here's a link to a small clip of the ultrasound... it's all we could get:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SABrIplnw3E
The lady performing the ultrasound was ready for lunch so we kind of got shafted. First she said she'd get the shots she needed then she'd show us the baby but the baby wouldn't cooperate for the last shot so it took forever... she had me rolling on my side, pushing hecka hard and still nothing. Finally when she gave up and turned the screen the baby started cooperating and she turned the screen back to her. Go figure. The pictures we got weren't great either and we only got four, but I guess that's normal. Oh well, baby's healthy and that was exciting to hear.

We're going to Western Career College for a free ultrasound again tomorrow and we're planning on videotaping the whole thing... those ones are more exciting because the techs (students) like to show off the baby and really have fun getting pictures for you. We're also planning on one more (3D/4D) ultrasound before the end... maybe around 30-34 weeks?

At my last appointment (January 14th) the midwife said she deemed me "perfect" because the baby's heartbeat sounded great, my uterus was measuring right on, my blood pressure is fine, and my urine is good. I have to do some standard bloodwork coming up in a couple weeks (to see if I'm anemic) and also... the dreaded glucose test... it's the one where you drink the sugary crap and wait an hour to do bloodwork. Cross your fingers I don't have gestational diabetes!

Anyway, that's what's up lately. I'll try to post a little more often. As soon as I figure out how, I'll post the video from tomorrow too. Hopefully we don't accidentally find out the sex!

Oh, I'd like to quickly mention that there are quite a few of you out there that are disappointed, even mad, that we aren't finding out the sex... Well, I wanted to tell you that you are the main motivation as of late to keep the secret. I want to know but I also love the fact that it's going to be such a cool surprise in May but now that everyone is going crazy, I just like not knowing to irritate everyone! HA HA!

Well, ta-ta for now!