At about seven inches in length and almost 11 ounces in weight, you are about the size of a large banana (wait...you were a banana last week....I guess you have graduated to the "large" banana this week!).
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| A 21-week fetus (not you) |
You still have a great deal of room in my womb — though like anyone who lives in one space for a long time, you will soon begin to feel cramped. Until my uterine walls start closing in, however, there's plenty of space for twisting, turning, and even an occasional somersault.
With all that belly dancing they say you've been doing, it's hard to believe you ever get any sleep at all! But believe it or not, you sleep as much as a newborn, perhaps 12 to 14 hours per day!
I have been feeling bigger each day and LOVING IT! No matter what I wear now - blousy or tight shirts - you pop through! You (as my baby bump) arrived around week 16, but you are now much more definite. I don't think a stranger would quesiton whether I am pregnant anymore. In fact, I had a "first" this past week. While we were in Colorado on our last day in town, we went to a festival in Golden, CO with your Uncle Joe, Aunt Nora and your cousins JD and Cameron. There were booths set up selling stuff or advertising. At one of the booths for a local church, they were handing out free water bottles, so we hopped on that! While I was getting mine, the guy there at the tent said something like, "It looks like you are pregnant." That is the first that a stranger has asked or said anything. I love it! And consider it a milestone. Also, while we were in a gift shop a little later, I had to pee really bad and your Daddy asked the lady behind the counter if there were any public restrooms. She said, "No, but come back to the office area and just use this one". While I was in the restroom, your Daddy thanked her again and she said, "No problem, that baby has got to be pushing on her bladder!". I went from never having anyone (outside of family and friends) notice my baby bump, to two people in two hours! Well, I know for a fact that my baby bump grew leaps and bounds while in Colorado...so I guess this makes sense!
And due to that ever-growing bump-ity bump, I wasn't sure how much longer I would be able to run. I still run (very slow, promise - doc says it's okay!) when I work out, but like I said, VERY slow compared to before you were in there. I ran a little on vacation, but did more walking...so I wondered how running on the treadmill would be when I got back. I ran today and it is a bit harder (but heart rate is still in the safe zone), but I cranked out 3.4 miles! I was so happy about that. It is a little harder and my belly tends to touch the bar in front of the treadmill display more often, but other than that...I'm still good to go! =) I'd love to keep it up for another month or two...but we'll see how it goes.
And I have yet to really feel you move, which truly sucks because everyone and their sister talks about feeling their babies moving all over the place online (even their hubbies feeling a kick from the outside - what?!). I've been patient and not worrying (the whole anterior placenta thing, blah blah blah), but it still sucks. Today, I was laying in bed on my back, kind of propped up, working on my computer when I felt a BUMP right below my belly button....then one to the left of it and another in the same spot as before. I think I would have passed this off as digestion or gas or something normally, but I started wondering...is this what you feel like? Maybe it's you?! The next 10-15 minutes, I felt some more of these things happening, and I think I am almost convinced it's you. I got the doppler and put it on the spot where I felt the thumping and there those wonderful squelchy noises were - the ones that I love to hear because it's you moving around! You were going crazy in there too moving around. So, that really made me think more that I felt you after all! Keep thumping away in there and I will see if I feel similar bumps in the next few days! So excited!
Our trip to Colorado is over - we were gone for two weeks! My blood sugars (like I mentioned before) were a little crazy in Colorado. Now, since we have been home a couple days, I am wondering if the altitude and climate affects my blood sugar numbers, because they have been wonderful since I have been back...even low at times. Nothing seemed to get them down low enough while we were in Colorado...and now things seem to be good...really good. I have done a little research on this and it does look like there is a connection to higher altitudes producing higher numbers. I am going to the doc on Thursday, so I am going to ask them what they think.
Our trip - all of it - was WONDERFUL. We had such a great time with everyone. I truly can't wait until you can meet each and every one of them! We left for our trip home on Sunday morning - bright and early -around 5am. The drive was going great (my feet were even not swelling too bad!) until we hit the Arizona border (from New Mexico). There, on I-40, were pot holes the size of Texas. I am not kidding you, these suckers were HUGE...probably 1.5 to 2 feet deep. Semi's with trailers were swerving all over the place to miss them (which was SUPER scary to watch!). Well, we hit one and it was a hard hit. A few minutes later, the car was pulling to the right and guess what? We had a flat. In fact, it hit so hard both the rims on the right side of the car were damaged too. Ugh! Luckily, only one tire went flat and your Daddy is a stud and was able to change to the spare (which looked so wimpy compared to the other big tires!). Long story short, we drove the rest of the way home, 4-5 hours, on the spare going 55 mph. It was not a fun day, but we made it home safe and sound and that's what counts! Your poor sisters had to practically sit on each other's laps in the back seat too due to the regular tire not fitting in the spare tire spot in the trunk so your Daddy had to shift everything around and lay a seat down from the trunk to fit everything. Oh well! Like I said, we made it home and our beds never felt SO GOOD that night! Here are a few more pics from the trip too!
Your crazy Daddy a the Denver Science and History museum - his "twin" is in the background if you can find him!
Your Sisters with a bear at the museum - they had a hard time facing forward and not looking back to make sure the bear was still in the case - they don't like stuffed dead animals too much! =)
Your big Sisters messing around with the camera as we are driving somewhere - your Mommy in the background doing who knows what.
Megan, Grandma and Kyndall
Your Daddy, Grandma and Mommy before we left Colorado
The festival we went to where everyone noticed you in my belly!
This horse was dancing to music, no lie! There was a mariachi band playing and the horse was literally dancing to the beat!
Free sno cones! Your cousins, Cameron and JD...and Sisters, Kyndall and Megan
Kyndall and Bella - your Aunt Nora and Uncle Joe's adorable doggie! Everyone loved her - including your Dad, which was a little abnormal for him =) Bella seemed to love you too - she would come and sit with me with her paws on my belly and would sniff my belly too!
Well, baby girl, that is all for now! I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday (no sonogram - boo!) and then next week we get to see you TWICE! The first will be at the outside sonogram company that we used to find out you were a boy (yeeeaaaaah....not so much) - we get a free "make up" sonogram for their little mistake. And then later in the week we get to see your heart in detail at the fetal echocardiogram to make sure it is nice and healthy.
Keep kicking - I want to feel more! Your Daddy and I are going to relax and watch movies - sounds great to me!
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