Baby's on the Move!

This weekend, baby Hannah [still no middle name yet] decided to make her presence known! For the last couple of weeks, I have been feeling a little bit of a flutter here and here. It had only been slight, and difficult to tell if it was just my imagination. But on Saturday morning (2/12), I woke up feeling a real kick! It's like she woke on that morning and decided to announce herself. She was even kicking hard enough that Josh got to feel her, which was wonderful. Ever since then, she has been kicking away. The next day, when we were driving around, she kept kicking the seatbelt!

Tuesday (2/14) was another routine doctor's appointment. Everything was fine, although it was hard to listen to the heartbeat for long since baby kept kicking it! So what we heard was more like *heartbeatheartbeatTHUDheartbeathearbeatWHACK. But as they say, an active baby is a healthy baby, so it's a good thing =)  The other part of the appointment that amused me was my weight. [There's a sentence you don't see every day.....] Apparently I have gained ZERO weight in the last month! At the Jan. 11th appointment, the doctor had said that my weight gain was just a tiny bit "brisk", but now I haven't quite gained enough weight. Good grief! I'm guessing that I managed to lose holiday fat while gaining baby weight at the same time. But I will say that being told that I'm now a little behind on the weight gain made me want to go get a milkshake!! Soooooo, that's what we did - went out for burgers & a milkshake for dinner =)

I leave you now with the latest belly pic....

Halfway point

It's hard to believe that this week I hit the halfway point - 20 weeks!

Yesterday we had our second ultrasound, and things are still looking good! The doctor was able to get a better view of the entire heart this time; the structure and function all looked good. He did notice a little calcium deposit on the heart muscle (saw it last ultrasound too), but said that it wasn't anything to worry about. Placenta is still low, but it is still early in the game. And now for the latest pictures...

In other news, I've finally started feeling movement! For the past couple of weeks, I have thought that I felt a flutter here or there, but nothing consistent and nothing I was sure wasn't my imagination [or gas...]. But yesterday and today I am sure I felt her rolling around in there! Part of it could be that I've spent a lot of time on the couch not doing too much since yesterday and today were snow days. So without the distraction of running around all day at school, it's been much easier to notice the movement. It's still not dramatic movement yet, since she's still so little. Though I can feel her moving from the inside, Josh & I haven't yet been able to feel her with a hand on the belly yet. I'm sure that will come soon!

Speaking of the belly - I don't think my size has changed much since the last pic, but here is a new one anyway:

The next doctor's appointment is in a couple of weeks. Hopefully my weight gain won't still be "brisk" =)