23 weeks

I'm 23 weeks today, and I'm freaking out. I got my weekly email that said I should be feeling strong karate kicks by now. I'M NOT!!!! and the email said if i pushed on my abdomen and moved it to the side, baby would respond. HE DOESN'T!!! so now of course, i'm worried something's wrong. I haven't felt strong movement in a day or so. I thought the worry would gradually go away as the pregnancy went along, but so far it hasn't. and man, you think crazy thoughts when you get worried. Things like- what if i rolled over too fast in the middle of the night and hurt him. or, what if we jinxed the pregnancy by buying nursery furniture and clothes for him already? and the craziest thing by far, is everything you'll do to try and make baby move. I've drank hot cocoa, cold juice, done jumping jacks in the bathroom at work, poked my belly, yelled at the baby in the car... and all i've gotten is an annoyed little thump. I want him to wake up and kick the bejeesus out of me.

Noah, you worry your mommy and you need to wake up and start moving around.

and now it's time...for an update!

It's been awhile since i've updated. So, first thing's first! I had my ultrasound on 12/3/2007. Aside from having to hold 16 oz of fluid in my bladder while the baby jumped on it, the experience was pleasant.

andddd... It's a boy! He was weighing 10 oz at the appointment, and his heartbeat was 133.

I had my 21 week check up on 12/12/2007. We received the blood work results (everything is good!). The ultrasound results were good too, but they couldn't get all the measurements they wanted. So- we go back for another ultrasound next week. Baby's heartbeat at the appointment was 140- higher then usual, he's getting bigger and stronger too.

I'm getting bigger too. Here's the most recent belly shot we've taken.
taken at 20weeks5 day