Stubborn Already

Baby Elise is moving tons these days, including jumping on my bladder, tickling me, hiccuping, wiggling, sliding, kicking, punching, etc. She enjoys thwacking the dog when he's lying on or next to my tummy. The family member she stops moving for? Dad. That's right, she's stubborn already. It seems that no matter how much she's been moving around or for how long she almost always stops when Kit puts his hand on my stomach, even when he puts his hand in the exact same place with the exact same pressure that my hand has been. Rebelling already. Phew, looks like we've got an independent little girl on our hands.

Can't imagine where she gets it from...

First Blanket

Initially I thought I might sew Elise a quilt for her bed and maybe have some other folks help with the bumper and crib skirt. When I went to look for fabrics though, I couldn't find any that I was in love with enough to know that I would finish the project. (Thanks, Steph, for spending all that time with me looking at fabrics only to have me not buy the quilt items!)

I did, however, find some adorable birdie fabric from which to make her a blanket. I'm in love with birdies for her room (the store bedding I picked out has birdies on it as well - will post photos at some point). So I somehow managed to make her my first blanket involving pinning. Normally I refuse to sew anything if it involves pins because I hate trying to line everything up. The receiving blankets I make require no pinning and are much less difficult. My little girl deserves pins though so I ventured and succeeded (just don't ever look too closely at the piping).

Here's the finished product...

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(It's folded so that you can see both sides - one side is the birdies, the other side is the polka dots.)

Doctor Appointment

Everything went well. The moment the doppler hit my tummy, Elise's little heartbeat came through loud and clear. Normally the doctor has to search a bit so I took this as a sign of her having grown much more in the past month.

My uterus measured at 25 cm, right on track.

And I got to take home my orange-flavored Glucola for my glucose screening at my next appointment. Bleh!

After my appointment next month, I'll start going in every two weeks. Can't believe I'm that far along already. The time is flying by!

Stretch Marks

Well, I had high hopes that I would make it through this pregnancy with no stretch marks on my ever growing tummy. I have three small ones that have come on since pregnancy and have old ones from growth spurts when I was younger. Although none of these are on my stomach, I guess I should have known what was coming...

This morning I discovered my first two small stretch marks on the lower half of my belly. Neither one is even an inch long, but I'm sure they'll get there.

Oh joy!

On a truly happy note, we have our regular monthly check up with the doctor this morning. I'll try to remember to post the info tonight.