Getting ready and other random things

A few weeks ago, Shani asked me if people were being nicer to me and at that point, the answer was no.  That's started to change a bit more recently.  I took the last part of my licensing exam last week (and passed, I'm a licensed psychologist now!!!) and was looking for the bathroom in the building where I took it.  I passed a guy who didn't know what I was doing, and he said 'The bathroom's that way.' :)

Another one like that - I went shopping for a few things for the baby room last week (that's weird - we're going to have a baby room :) ) and when I was walking up the stairs in the store, the people coming the other way moved over and offered me the railing.  These things are nice - sure beats the scary stories about labor, miscarriages, and other things that people feel compelled to tell me because I'm pregnant.

And unrelated to this stuff, but we ordered a crib and it came in the mail today.  Alex is upstairs starting to put it together.  It's cool and strange to think that in a few months, we'll have a person living in that room.  Up until now, it's been where I throw the clothes I haven't hung up and where we keep most of our books.  It's been fun to start shopping for baby things, but also a bit overwhelming.  We went to babies r us the other day and it's just baby overload.  It feels very similar to planning a wedding, where everyone tries to make you feel like you need everything they're selling or you won't be happy/your child won't be safe without it.  I'm trying to sift through the ridiculousness of some of that and balance it with the fact that I'm new to this and  need to figure out what I actually need.  It'll all come together......

25 weeks (June 23)

24 weeks (June 16)

Is it just me or does this picture look much bumpier than last week?  Maybe it's because I'm wearing a tighter shirt or maybe it's just been a big week :)  I'm feeling kicks and movements that are much more frequent and much more noticeable than I did before.  And the weird thing is, I'm starting to be able to see movement from the OUTSIDE of my stomach!!  No obvious footprints or moving elbows, but if I can feel a few kicks in a row and I look down, I can see my stomach ripple or jump a bit.  Sometimes if I poke at my stomach or jostle it, I get kicks in return.  Not sure if they're on purpose and are actual reactions, but the timing seems to match :)

Sonogram Update

Thought I'd share a sonogram update - the one that gave us the pictures Alex posted recently showed that everything is healthy and developing as it should be.  There's the right number to fingers, toes, kidneys, etc.  I work in clinics at work where I hear about lots of weird and not great things that can happen during development, so it's comforting to know that there are the right number of kidneys and that the bladder's where it should be :)

It was pretty cool to see the sonogram again and to compare her size and movements to the last one.  We saw her bend down and grab her toes - I think it's pretty amazing to be able to see those things and to think about how much happens that I can't see or feel.  I feel a lot more movement these days but I definitely don't know what type of movement is happening, like we can see on the sonogram.

Week 23 (June 9 - Assateague Island)

Sonogram Pictures (5/29)

Is it me, or does it look like you can see her eyes?

Self-explanatory

Yup – the tech was really good at labeling

Pretty profile cross-section

3D Imagery – Sonogram 5/29

This one looks like she has a cartoon eye

Looks like she is sucking her thumb (but I think she is just feeling her huge bicep)

Apparently she is giving the embilical cord a head lock

Week 22 (June 1 – in Ocean City)