Well, I have spent quite a bit of time worrying about the baby not moving much. But this hasn't been the case for the past two weeks, and yet I haven't spent much time rejoicing publicly. The same thing must have happened with Caleb because I didn't record much about his movement beyond the first few kicks. No mention of when Shane first felt him move. And it has really been helpful to go back and read his baby journal, so I have an idea of how things will be this time around. It's been four years since I was pregnant with him, so I've forgotten a lot. So, I'm determined to keep a better record of this pregnancy. I wish I had kept track of my weight with Caleb. I remember that I gained 40 pounds, but that's it. I think I'm on track to gain the same this time around.
So, about a week ago (when she was about 20.5 weeks along) she was really moving and Shane got to feel her move! And I can tell she's doing flips sometimes because I'll feel the bumps all over the pace. In fact, the other day at the ultrasound, the technician sometimes had a hard time getting the shots because she was moving around so much. But, still, she isn't as active as Caleb was. I'm so excited to find out if she will be a chill baby. I think, at the very least, that will be my perception of her, because I won't be as clueless and nervous as I was with Caleb.
2 comments:
Its funny how through friends that I talk to or being the "second child" how out parents(moms) did'nt keep as much information on us when they were pregnant as say our older sibling(s). I am just so glad to have a baby book that my mom finally finished when I graduated from high school, yes high school. Plus it was only from newborn to age five and it still too her 18 years to complete, but I treasure this and am always glad to have it! In other word what I am trying to say is each child will be happy you are blogging and documenting and can go and read all about it some day when they are bigger.
On another note, how do you gain like 40 pounds and then lose it all and be so slender again? I am jealous, I don't even have a kid yet and I have a spare tire already, maybe its all the cooking I do, darn pioneer woman! I am glad baby girl is moving around but not keeping you up too much hope things stay that way!
That's so great that your mom recorded up to age five. I'm just doing the first year. I was planning on doing family scrapbooks for the rest of the years. But, I don't seem to get much scrapbooking done.
I lost all the weight really quickly, about 6 months, but I wasn't healthy. I was so busy trying to figure out how to make Caleb happy that I would actually forget to eat. I have never forgotten to eat any other time in my life. I guess because I was more concerned about him than myself. But, it really wasn't good for him because I think it affected my milk supply. I really hope to lose the weight in a more healthy way this time.
I'm with you on the cooking. I find that I go through the Costco pack of unsalted butter way too quickly. And I find that it's not worth it to cook with low fat ingredients. It never tastes that good. And I've really come to enjoy cooking and baking. I just can't wait til there are enough people in the house to eat it all up. I just threw some brownies out cause I'm the only one that eats them. how tragic!
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