Baby Boy is 24 Weeks!

On Thursday, baby turned 24 weeks. As you can see from the picture, Mommy is really growing! You can also see that I am absolutely freezing. It has been really cold here and the wind was horrible when Daddy was taking the picture. Tim decided long ago that he wanted to take my picture in the same spot each week. I think we should have decided on some place inside!!!



On Tuesday we had our monthly appointment with Dr. White. She said, as she always does, that we are "rocking and rolling"! The baby measured 24, his heartbeat was 147, and I had gained 7 lbs since last month! Dr. White actually said that was good because I am all baby and that means baby is growing, growing, growing. That is very important, due to the fact that we have a two vessel cord. They are typically concerned that babies with two vessel cords don't get enough nutrients, but it appears so far that our baby is fine. We talked to her about the necessity of seeing the maternal/fetal specialist again. We are scheduled to see the specialist at St.Vincent again in December for another ultrasound. She said she did not think it was necessary, based on the previous visit with the specialist. Tim and I feel much more comfortable going to Dr. White and she seems to think Baby Boy and Mommy are just fine. She will do a follow-up ultrasound at the end of December, or the first of January. This is just to make sure that baby is growing, but I think for now it is rather obvious that he is!

Our appointment was eventful. The nurse tried to get the baby's heartbeat and he was not interested. Our son already has a mind of his own! He kept hiding from the nurse. She asked us if we are having a boy because typically boys hide and don't want to be messed with! When she finally got his heartbeat, he kicked her twice. It was hilarious. He is such a little character already. When Dr. White came in and was poking around on him, he turned his butt right up. Dr. White put my hand next to my belly button and had me feel. When I asked her what I was feeling, she said it was his butt. He was sticking it right out!!! I think we are going to have our hands full with this one!!! We can't wait!