I felt it move!

For a few days I kept wondering if I was feeling the baby move, or if it was indigestion. Finally Tuesday night while we were sitting in a comedy club in NYC I felt a distinct kick out of no where. Just one, but it was so cool. And as I sit here now I can feel little nudges and stuff going on. I am sure as I get bigger I will wish it would just calm down in there so I can be comfortable, but for now it's awesome. I wish it would move all the time.

Part of our trip to NYC included a visit to the exhibit Bodies. Basically they have fully preserved human specimens on display to show all the different systems in the body and functions they perform. It was really interesting, though mildly creepy. Part of the exhibit (they warn you before you enter) is a room full of fetuses that died in embryo, and also ones that had birth defects. As sad as it is, the specimens were really fascinating. Looking at an actual baby at 6 weeks that is half the size of a kidney bean and then seeing ones at nearly full term is incredible. They had some on display that were 15 weeks, then 24 weeks, so it was interesting to get a full visual of roughly where our baby is at in between. There was also the abdomen of a pregnant woman who had died, and the stomach was cut open to reveal how the baby is positioned in the uterus relative to all the other organs. It sounds awful, but I wish this part of the whole exhibit had had more to see. The process of pregnancy and the fetus growing into a human is really remarkable.

Not much else to report. Other than needing a lot of sleep I feel pretty normal. Our next appointment is a week from today, so we'll see how things are going then.


How far along: 17 weeks
Baby is the size of: an onion
Weight: mom's house said 146 which would mean I'm up 3 lbs over my last appointment. Yay for not having the midwives be mad at me
Cravings: cheese cheese cheese and more cheese