Getting the Flutters
18 weeks... tummy is slightly bigger. I'm finally starting to feel something strange going on in there. Feels like something tapping on the inside of my stomach muscles. I can definitely tell the difference between the baby twitches and the gas bubbles (at least I think I can... if I couldn't, how would I know?). Wardrobe choices are really getting cut down, especially for dressy clothes. I seem to have grown just enough so that anything fitted without any stretch looks ridiculous. Sounds like a good excuse for a bit of shopping ;)
2nd Doctor Appointment
16 weeks today (and a new picture). I had another doctor appointment today which was super quick... just pee in a cup, get weighed, take my blood pressure, check the baby's heartbeat and get out. Typical Dr. Schuurman "get down to business" style. She did ask me if I had any questions, but I didn't, so that was it. Oh, I remembered to ask what the baby's heart rate was this time. It was 150 BPM, smack dab in the middle of the "normal" range. At this point the baby (I really can't wait to find out if it's a boy or a girl so I can call it "he" or "she" instead of "it" or "the baby") is about 4 1/2 inches long from head to bum and weighs 3 1/2 ounces. Apparently durring the next 3 weeks it will go through a big growth spurt (doubling it's weight!). We'll see if the tummy grows accordingly.
