Saturday, March 21, 2015

Baby News

Guess what? He kicked!! WOO-HOO! XD

Baby made my day last week. I was laying on my side Sunday morning and all of a sudden felt these little thumping kicks against the side that was on the bed. I think I've felt something similar before, but it wasn't near as strong as these were, so I was never SURE of what I was feeling. Those three or four little thumps seemed to open the floodgates. Now that I know what to look for (and now that he's gotten so much stronger) I feel him move pretty often. His favorite time to move is at night between 9:00 and 10:30, sometimes closer to 11:00. I think I read somewhere that babies sleep during the day and are awake at night, so that would make sense.

It was pretty cool to feel him, but I felt bad for Josh. He was excited for me since he knew how badly I'd wanted to feel baby move (he'd actually started including that as a prayer request in our night-time prayers :) ), but it was hard for him to fully appreciate since he couldn't actually feel him himself. He wasn't upset or anything; I was the one all anxious for him to really EXPERIENCE what I was describing, but I tried to be patient. Then, I think it was Thursday, I was looking at my tummy while I felt junior moving and I SAW him! Like, I actually saw my belly poke out a little when he moved. :D So then I thought 'If I can see that then maybe Josh could feel it!', but baby didn't move much that day, so I forgot to try.

Then, last night I was laying on my back, and Josh had his arm on my belly and baby kicked. It felt way stronger than usual because of the pressure from Josh's arm, so I quickly asked if he had felt anything. 'No,' he says, and I start thinking it must just feel strong to me. But Josh moved his hand over were I said the moving was to see if that helped. Baby kicked again and 'Hey, I felt it that time!' Woo-Hoo! I was so excited! You would think baby knew his Daddy was there 'cause he started kicking and wriggling up a storm. Josh is like 'What's he doing in there, dancing?!' which made me laugh (I also was giggling a little before that 'cause I was so happy) and Josh says 'Wait, don't do that, it messes it up' so I tried to hold it in. :)

All that in one week! Once he got started baby didn't waste time. :) It's so wonderful to feel life inside me; it makes it more real.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Appointment Update

Hello everybody! :)

My last Dr. appointment (aka my first 'real' appointment) went very uneventfully. Like, VERY uneventfully. :P The most exciting part was the first part: the ultrasound! That was so wonderful! Seeing little Lambert wiggling around in there was downright awe-inspiring. I always thought that Sav-a-Life's idea to provide free ultrasounds to mothers considering abortions was a great idea, but having experienced the feeling of seeing that for myself now I think it's the BEST idea. I nearly cried seeing that little face, those little hands and feet, and knowing that, yes, there really WAS a life in there.

Did we find out the gender? Yes. Are we telling? Yes. Am I going to just TELL you already and stop driving you crazy? Probably. I'm having a bit of trouble letting go of the desire to wait 'till I can post a cute photo announcement. :P

The rest of the appointment was pretty boring. They checked my weight, BMI, and blood pressure then took me to a separate room (I'm assuming those are called exam rooms?) and had me take everything off and get in one of those 'one-size-mostly-covers-all' gowns. (Sorry, TMI?) Then we finally got to meet our Dr.! I was kind of nervous about the soon-to-come examination (and feeling awkward in my gown :P), so I didn't do a great job of getting to know Dr. Greene. You know, getting a 'feel' for her? Fortunately, Josh was there, and I trust his instincts. He got 'good vibes', so that's good enough for me!

She went through all the info about what to eat and what not to eat as well as other healthy pregnancy info, and then told me that since the ultrasound looked so good she didn't need to do a pelvic exam, and since I was so far along she didn't think a pap smear would be a good idea. I also discovered they wouldn't be needing a finger prick 'cause they already took blood last time. (Seriously, that first batch ought to last them a WHILE. :P) That was mostly why the Dr. part of the appointment felt uneventful to me. I was nervous about basically all three of those things and didn't have to get any of them! So it was a GOOD uneventful. ;)       

Oh, btw,

IT'S A BOY!! :) :)

Your misery is ended. (You're welcome. ;) )