Let's begin where we left off. I was very antsy around the time when Jonathan died. Then we heard the heartbeat, saw a beautiful ultrasound with no omphalocele and I felt much better. I didn't realize how nervous and on edge I was until after the ultrasound when I felt such relief. A few people at work even noticed that I wasn't quite myself.
So let's catch up on some belly pics.
This is 6 weeks.
That's 8 weeks.
10 weeks.
11 weeks
14 weeks
Smuggling a small beach ball today, at 19 weeks, 6 days.
Same day, no shirt.
Now some pictures from our three million ultrasounds:
at 6 1/2 weeks
12 weeks
Yikes! An alien!
Beautiful profile at 16 weeks
Best thumb-sucker ever, at nearly 19 weeks.
Had enough of the pictures?
In other news, I've been feeling the baby regularly since about 15 weeks. At first I wasn't quite sure what it was. Then it started feeling like someone was flicking me on the inside. Or like little legs kicking. One of the engineers at work said maybe the baby was headbutting me. Perhaps. :) Now it feels strange and weird, but in a good way. I'll feel a movement as the baby moves from one place to another. I like it. I wish I felt it all the time!
We did not find out the sex and we are not going to! So there!
We painted the baby's room a few weeks ago. It's a pretty sage green color. We have a cradle that my sister-in-law used (which had come from a cousin before that) set up in there now, but otherwise nothing else is set up. We haven't fully registered yet. I've put on some things just online, but we really need to go to the store. We have time though. This time we're not in any hurry.
I've signed us up for childbirth classes and myself for a breastfeeding class. The childbirth class is at the hospital and should cover a bunch of things. It's 2 hours/day for 6 classes. I'm also planning to read a bunch of books on different methods of pain management. Birthing From Within has been recommended a lot, so I've borrowed it from an engineer at work whose wife really liked it. She also lent me a hypnobirthing book and another general book.
I can't wait to see our little baby. :-) Yay!
In other news, I've been feeling the baby regularly since about 15 weeks. At first I wasn't quite sure what it was. Then it started feeling like someone was flicking me on the inside. Or like little legs kicking. One of the engineers at work said maybe the baby was headbutting me. Perhaps. :) Now it feels strange and weird, but in a good way. I'll feel a movement as the baby moves from one place to another. I like it. I wish I felt it all the time!
We did not find out the sex and we are not going to! So there!
We painted the baby's room a few weeks ago. It's a pretty sage green color. We have a cradle that my sister-in-law used (which had come from a cousin before that) set up in there now, but otherwise nothing else is set up. We haven't fully registered yet. I've put on some things just online, but we really need to go to the store. We have time though. This time we're not in any hurry.
I've signed us up for childbirth classes and myself for a breastfeeding class. The childbirth class is at the hospital and should cover a bunch of things. It's 2 hours/day for 6 classes. I'm also planning to read a bunch of books on different methods of pain management. Birthing From Within has been recommended a lot, so I've borrowed it from an engineer at work whose wife really liked it. She also lent me a hypnobirthing book and another general book.
I can't wait to see our little baby. :-) Yay!
