19th Week: Daddy gets to feel baby kicks too!

After me telling Matt for the past few weeks that I've been feeling some kicking, he finally got his turn!!! I was laying in bed Tuesday morning with my hands on my belly and I actually felt the baby kick on the outside! I told Matt to try and feel, but the kicking had stopped. On Wednesday morning I felt the kicking again and this time Matt got to feel it too! Just in time for Christmas - could we ask for anything more?!?!?!

I'm feeling great - no complaints! My Baby Bump is really starting to pop out - perfect just in time for our beach vacation... Speaking of which, I don't have much time to write - I have to keep packing! We leave for Grand Cayman early Sunday morning and still have another Christmas party tomorrow!

18th Week: Mommy's feeling some kicking!

There was definite kicking going on in there this week! It still isn't very regular, but I know it's Baby Frantz making him/herself known :-) I feel it most often in the morning and at at night while I'm lying in bed. I just love this feeling - The perfect 30th Birthday present!!!

17th Week... Did I Feel Something?

Feeling GREAT this week :-) I seem to be back to my pre-pregnancy self... expect for getting up to go to the bathroom about 3-4 times/night! My belly is definitely getting bigger, but I still haven't really gained much weight... I have a feeeling that will change over the next few weeks with Christmas and our vacation to Grand Cayman coming up :-)

On Tuesday this week, after Madeline went to bed and we were relaxing in the living room I think I may have felt some movement. It was just a few times and was pretty inconsistent, but I think it was the baby! It has happened a hand-full of times since then (mostly in the evenings). I know it can be pretty irregular in the beginning so I'll continue to pay attention and give anther update next week :-)

16 Week... A very productive check-up :-)

Madeline and I went to my 16 week appointment this morning and everything went just as it was supposed to... We discussed some of the aches and pains I've been having, talked about meeting the other midwives in the practice, looked ahead to delivery time and my plan to have a doula with me, discussed the new Women's wing at the hospital and how (if it is finished) the changes might affect us, scheduled my 20 week ultrasound appointment with an OB (because all VBAC patients are required to), I got my flu shot and then listened to the heartbeat - 160 beats per minute :-) A very productive appointment!

On Wednesday evening/night I had pretty sharp pains in my lower right pelvis area and dull pains in my lower, right back, near my kidney. These were different from the normal round ligament stretching pains that I've had quite regularly in that this pain lasted from about 9:00 PM to about 5:00 AM. These pains were accompanied by a pretty bad headache. My motherly instincts told me that the pains weren't associated with the baby, but if they were still there in the morning I would definitely give the doctor a call. The pain in my lower right pelvis would surge every so often and get worse when I went to the bathroom, but when I got up in the morning they were pretty much gone all together. Since the pain went away I decided to wait and talk with our midwife about it this morning.

After seeing that there were no abnormalities (no signs of infection) in my regular tests we talked about what may have caused the pains I described. Cheryl mentioned that maybe I had passed a small kidney stone - this had actually crossed my mind the night before. She said if this is what is happened the pain will just go away and there really isn't anythign else to worry about. If the pains come back I will give her a call and see if there is anything else it might be. BUT for right now I am fine and everything seems to be back to normal :-)

No other big changes to report this week... I'm starting to feel a little bit bigger and I'm anxiously awaiting feeling the first movements from Baby Frantz!