I'm feeling pretty good. I'm hungry a lot and find myself forgetting that I need to eat more often than I'm used to, partially because I can't eat as much in one sitting as I used to! I passed my glucose test with flying colors and all of our other genetic test / blood work results all came back normal. We didn't anticipate any issues, but it's still a relief to have that confirmation that you aren't a high risk for any genetic issues. There is always still the possibility, but it is pretty low.
All of the information I am reading says that between 16 and 18 weeks I should start to feel movements/flutters of sorts. The feeling has been described to me as flutters, a gold fish in your stomach, tickles, etc. So at 16 weeks I started to pay a bit of attention ... and felt nothing. I was sure things were fine, but just kept telling our little 'bat baby' that they could let me know for sure. Still nothing. Finally, Saturday morning I laid down in bed and just 'listened' to my body (if that makes sense...) and thought I may have felt something. I held my breath and waited - YES! there were little tickles going on in there! It was so neat! I jumped up and ran to tell Adam - who just gave me a puzzled look when I yelled "IT MOVED!" Once I explained what I meant, I'm not sure if he was more creeped out or thought it was cool. Since then I heard about the cold water trick. If you drink cold water and lay still, it usually wakes them up and they move around a bit. Monday night, I hadn't felt anything since Saturday so I tried this trick. Very neat! with in a few seconds bat baby was moving around! Since then I've gotten a few kicks or jabs (very gentle ones since they are so little yet) which is pretty neat.
We have our 20 week Ultrasound on Tuesday June 24th... I am getting pretty darn excited to stop saying IT! I will be perfectly happy with either, but Adam would like a boy. Any guesses?
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