I am now 19 weeks! I keep getting my weeks confused because time is just flying by. I have been feeling excellent(compared to earlier ;). I’m so happy to finally feel the baby moving around. The funny thing is all the books say you’ll probably start to feel small flutters around 18 weeks or so. Well, these are NOT little flutters. This baby is doing kick boxing in my stomach! I’ve been feeling its little punches (some big) for about 2 weeks now. I can’t imagine what it is going to feel like later on as the baby grows. The books say he or she is about 5.5 to 6 inches right now…still tiny but seems pretty strong. We hope so!
We just started using our Baby Plus this week. It makes repetitive heart beat noises and I do it for two hours a day per instructions for a smart baby (research data does not verify this but I don’t think it hurts to try). I can’t figure out if the baby likes it or hates it because as soon as I turn it on, he or she starts moving around like crazy. While I’m on the topic of a smart baby, I was reading a book a friend gave me for preparation for birth and as I flipped through it, I started reading about DHA and so forth. I’ve been taking DHA supplements and eating walnuts on a daily basis as the omega-3’s are supposed to support healthy brain development for the baby. The last paragraph in that article was interesting to me though. It stated if you want to avoid having a large-headed baby and therefore, a possible difficult pregnancy, you can wait until after the baby is born and give the baby DHA supplements then. Hmmm, I never thought of that as being a problem. I guess I will take my chances!
Our next doctor’s appointment is in two weeks and we may get to find out what sex the baby is. We are excited to find out and have names picked out already.
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