19 Weeks

[sal_amanda]

Well, here it is folks. This is the last time I get a food comparison. I guess they figure that the baby is now big enough that you have an idea of what they're telling you when they say how many inches the little critter is. In any case...

This week the baby is the size of a zucchini.

The hormone surge I must have been having last week seems to have tapered off a bit so that I'm on hiatus from the heartburn and sciatica. It will be back, though. That seems to be how it operates.

John and I put the crib together last night. I didn't think we should until after he paints the room, but he wanted to make sure it was okay and didn't need to go back or anything. We'll just move everything to the middle of the room and use large dropcloths when he paints, which won't likely be until after his semester is over. I'm pleased with our crib selection. Nothing fancy since those cribs are too pricey, but this will do the job and is one of those groovy convertible cribs that can be used as a toddler bed and then later use part of it as a full bed headboard. The attached changing table can be separated to use as a nightstand. And the best thing about this particular crib maker is that they always include all the transitional parts you need, whereas others require you to order them later on when you need them.

I'm trying to determine if I'm feeling the baby at all. There have been times over the past couple of weeks where I might have felt it, but as they say, it's hard to tell at first when you aren't familiar with the feeling. It could just be gas. Seriously, that's what they say. So maybe I feel it sometimes.

Comments

[i-am-solid.livejournal.com]

I told you, I'm over the food comparisons. You are carrying The Squishy.

[busybusymama.livejournal.com]

From my experience, if you think you are feeling the baby, then you probably are. I thought that I could feel it around 16 weeks, but everyone told me there was no way and that I was crazy. Well, by 20 weeks or so, there was no way to deny what I felt (and what others could feel), and it felt exactly like what I had been feeling at 16 weeks, only much stronger.

Don't you think that feeling a living thing moving around inside you is just about the most amazing thing? There is truly nothing that compares to that.

[sal_amanda]

I had read that between 16 and 20 weeks is normal. I think I've been feeling it for a couple weeks now. In fact, when we went for the ultrasound, I had been feeling something in one specific spot and when she told me how the baby was situated in my uterus, where I was feeling it was right where its feet were.