baby stuff.

this is mostly for me, so i can look back & remember what was going on in my pregnancy at 21 weeks... but maybe you'll be interested too.

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finally i'm feeling the baby move. my doctor asked me at 16 weeks and i said NO. and he asked me again at 20 weeks and i still hadn't. his words were: "that's not TOO far out of the ordinary"... and then i started worrying and obsessing. you might say that i started feeling the baby because of my sheer will power. after my appointment last week, i spent a lot of time concentrating on my abdomen and trying to differenciate between baby movements and "other movements". for some reason, i thought the baby was higher than she is, so when he did the ultrasound i got a better idea for where i would be feeling her. and now, my friends, i can definately tell when it is a baby movement... and it makes me so happy! i can't wait until she's karate kicking me and sean can feel it too!

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finally i'm starting to have a very teeny tiny baby bump. i'm pretty sure sean thinks i'm just bloated or "sticking it out", but i promise it's a REAL baby bump. there is no sucking this thing in. i have to be wearing a super tight shirt for it to be visible to anyone, but hey, i'll take it. i even bought a few maternity shirts the other day... even though i can totally wear everything i own still. but i get a little over-excited sometimes!

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the last week or so i have been voraciously thirsty!! it's so annoying! no matter how much i drink, i'm still thirsty. and this usually happens around 9pm. as if i wasn't already getting up at least twice every night. i kept wondering when the constant hunger would strike, and it has arrived also. i don't know how i can be hungry after eating a large orange, a bowl of broccoli cheese soup and two rolls, but last night i was dying of hunger and had a bowl of cereal about 30 minutes after dinner.

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on a totally random side note: i have decided that i hate hate hate the terms "prego", "preggers", "preggy" or anything of the sort. i don't know why they bother me so much. call me old fashioned, but i like "pregnant" or "expecting". don't worry, i don't hate hate hate you if you say them, you'll just never hear those words in my vocabulary.

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names, names, names. lately sean has decided that we REALLY need to pick out a middle name. we've had her first name picked out pretty much since we found out i was pregnant. but for some reason sean is super anxious to choose a middle name too. i keep telling him that we have 20 weeks to decide. but last night we read baby names from our book for like 3 hours. we found maybe 2 names that we both like... but none that we both love. it's a miracle that we ever decided on a first name that we both love.

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that's all the baby stuff i've got today. many more posts like this to come, i'm sure!

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