Week 29

Here is our butternut squash for the week! BN had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa Noble's house for Thanksgiving. (S)he was moving all day long and Grandma got to feel him move and then everyone got to see her flipping around in my tummy while we were watching tv. Went to the doctor on Monday and everything looks great! Measuring right on track and heartbeat was "perfect." I'll now start going to the doctor every 2 weeks which is very exciting.

In other exciting news, BN has a new nickname because Andrew has developed a bad habit of referring to the baby as "it". He says it's too hard to say "he/she" and BN sounds like "bien" so I told him he could call the baby anything else he wanted. We first gave the name Sugar a try, but that didn't stick so guess what Mr. Illini game up with next? Big shocker but we now refer to BN as Chief :) Not sure how well that would work out if BN turns out to be a girl, but if BN is a boy, I can definitely see the nickname sticking around for a long time.

Patterns

For the past week or so, BN's movements have followed a pattern of: 1-2 days of little movement (causing me to spend all day nudging my tummy around to get him/her moving, freak out and scan the baby center blog for posts from others experiencing the same thing, and emailing Andrew with "why isn't the baby moving more?!" emails), followed by 1-2 days of crazy movement. And repeat. Currently we are having a day where the kid won't sit still. Seriously, as I try to write this post the baby has been moving non stop for like 15 minutes. So, I'm a happy girl today just sitting her watching my belly shake and twitch all over the place but how about a little more consistency baby? Hopefully BN will break the habit and cooperate on Thanksgiving so Gma and Gpa Noble can say hello!

Week 28

3rd trimester, wooohooo! Here is our baby Chinese cabbage :)

Week 27

Last week in the 2nd trimester, woot! We have 3 months to go and still a lot to do to get ready for our little cauliflower's arrival, but it's so exciting to be entering into the last stage of pregnancy. Bring on the huge belly, swollen feet and all of the other end of pregnancy joys. Yes I know, check back with me in about 10 weeks and I'm sure I'll be posting about how miserable I am, but right now it sounds fun so just let me be.  February can't come soon enough!

Week 26

Here is a pic of our little cucumber. I just looked back and week 20 and there has been quite a bit of growth in the bump over the past 6 weeks...or maybe even just since last week?!  Went to the doctor last Friday and everything was good. Measuring at 27 weeks (doc said that was fine) and heartbeat was an estimated 140-150.

There have been a couple nights where we'll sit and watch my stomach move with BN's twists and turns. It's pretty cool but also kinda makes me feel like there is a little alien living inside me. And today BN and I had a fun little interaction at work. I could feel him/her pressed up against the right side of my tummy (this baby loves the right side of my tummy) so I put my hand over the bulge and gave a little nudge to say hi...and I got a hi nudge right back :) As soon as I got home tonight, there was BN right back in the same spot so I had Andrew give a nudge...and he got a nudge too. I love that we can talk to eachother while (s)he's cooking away in there.



Little Gymnast

My favorite time of day is quickly becoming 9-10pm, as that is when little BN loves to show off his/her gymnastic skills. 99.9% of the time I'm laying on Andrew on the couch during this time so it's great for him to be able to feel the baby flipping around like crazy in there. Last night, BN was on fire and for a good 30 mins (s)he was going nuts in there. At one point Andrew swears he felt a tiny hand press up against my belly and he and BN were "holding hands." These antics continued on to bed time and I got another 20 minute show before I started rubbing my belly and trying to shush the baby so I could fall asleep :) I think BN is pretty tuckered out today from all that tumbling as (s)he's been pretty quiet so far today. Can't wait for the show tonight!