Well I have one especially exciting piece of news. I for SURE felt my little one swimming around in my tummy! I had felt quirky little bubbles and what not, but this was unmistakable. I felt the thing everyone describes as butterflies fluttering. And I would add one more super cheesy comparison...fairy dust. It was tickly, and unlike anything I've ever felt. I was of course in the middle of working and had all sorts of commotion around me, yet I froze. What a blessing to start to feel your baby inside, proof that it's really happening!
We had another OB appointment last week and again heard the heart beat. It was just right. :) Chad is secretly a superstitious old lady and thought the heart beat sounded more like a washing machine than galloping horses so it MUST be a girl. He swears it's not a sexist wives tale. I just hope if it is a girl that she ends up doing "girl chores" like the dishes about as much as I do, which is to say, not at all.
Little one is around 5 ounces and 5 inches long, about the size of a turnip. It drives me mad that for about 5 weeks all the vegetables they compare baby's size to are about the same. What's the dang difference between a large orange to a heirloom tomato to a turnip? I am ready for baby to be an eggplant on week 20. Speaking of week 20, that's the happy happy week when we find out the baby's sex! I couldn't be more excited and actually, I'm tired of waiting. Come on already, week 20! Anyway, the major developments this week are that baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and can move his or her joints. Probably why I'm feeling movement for the first time. :)
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