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| 19 weeks |
Your baby's sensory development is exploding! Her brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that she may be able to hear your voice now, so don't be shy about reading aloud, talking to her, or singing a happy tune if the mood strikes you.
Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the size of a large heirloom tomato. Her arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of her body now. Her kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on her scalp is sprouting. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on her skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.
...good to know.
so, let's see....this week baby and jack completed their first 5K! Saturday morning, the three of us had a ball at the SNIPSA Race for the Rescues. it was a nice cool morning (the ONLY nice cool morning in about 10 years...) and big brother jack was so well-behaved, i was so proud of him!
have i mentioned i LOVE feeling the baby kick? seriously. so cool. soccer player? cody felt his first kick on sunday. it's still pretty faint from the outside but i'm sure that won't last long since each kick is stronger than the last.
apparently, i'm taking cues from the little one because i was really kickin' MYSELF earlier in the week. i try to stay positive and grateful as much as possible but i'll be honest, it doesn't always work out that way. i can be hard on myself sometimes and this was just one of those times...i tend to get frustrated because i just want to be good at everything. hey, i said i'm being honest! so, when it comes to being pregnant, instead of focusing on ALL the amazing things my body is doing right now and all the miracles we are blessed with daily - i also struggle with the worry that i'm not doing the BEST that i could...i should be glowing, nesting & sporting a cute little basketball bump when in reality most days i am just fading, sleeping & widening in all directions. i worry that i'm not eating well enough, not drinking enough water, not taking care of housework, not preparing for baby, just not...rocking pregnancy the way i'd hoped.
note to self: Good God woman, get over it! you are blessed beyond measure right now. stop complaining.soak it up. be grateful!
sure enough, i stumbled across two things last week that really helped me switch up my attitude. first, i got an email from Fit Pregnancy which had an article titled "The Perfect Enough Pregnancy" . then Kelle Hampton posted this on her blog about fitting it all in and doing the best we can. good stuff right there. take a second to read the post. girlfriend can WRITE. i'm gonna bookmark that blog post because Lord knows that these feelings of inadequacy have only just begun now as i take on the role of new mama!
ok, so enough of that...there is something much more important going on NEXT week that i am focusing on! the doctor's appointment we have been waiting for! we find out if bean is a he or a she & get to see him or her with a comprehensive sonogram. I am seriously counting down the days until Friday the 30th!
people keep asking me what i want it to be or what i think it is. i have no clue & i really don't want a boy or a girl more than the other. we've been blessed with a life, with a child that will be PERFECT in God's design. now don't get me wrong, i cannot WAIT to start picking out names and nursery colors once we know what we are having but as cliche as it sounds...healthy. that's all we want.
i can imagine both...i imagine a little mini-cody running around...i imagine tee ball and scraped knees and cute little polo shirts for my little man. but i also imagine bows and ballet recitals and a sweet little princess too.
so, next week's blog post will be the big reveal! will it be "sugar and spice and everything nice" or "frogs and snails and puppy-dog tails"? either way...we'll be over the moon :)
xoxo,
K & baby
have i mentioned i LOVE feeling the baby kick? seriously. so cool. soccer player? cody felt his first kick on sunday. it's still pretty faint from the outside but i'm sure that won't last long since each kick is stronger than the last.
apparently, i'm taking cues from the little one because i was really kickin' MYSELF earlier in the week. i try to stay positive and grateful as much as possible but i'll be honest, it doesn't always work out that way. i can be hard on myself sometimes and this was just one of those times...i tend to get frustrated because i just want to be good at everything. hey, i said i'm being honest! so, when it comes to being pregnant, instead of focusing on ALL the amazing things my body is doing right now and all the miracles we are blessed with daily - i also struggle with the worry that i'm not doing the BEST that i could...i should be glowing, nesting & sporting a cute little basketball bump when in reality most days i am just fading, sleeping & widening in all directions. i worry that i'm not eating well enough, not drinking enough water, not taking care of housework, not preparing for baby, just not...rocking pregnancy the way i'd hoped.
note to self: Good God woman, get over it! you are blessed beyond measure right now. stop complaining.soak it up. be grateful!
sure enough, i stumbled across two things last week that really helped me switch up my attitude. first, i got an email from Fit Pregnancy which had an article titled "The Perfect Enough Pregnancy" . then Kelle Hampton posted this on her blog about fitting it all in and doing the best we can. good stuff right there. take a second to read the post. girlfriend can WRITE. i'm gonna bookmark that blog post because Lord knows that these feelings of inadequacy have only just begun now as i take on the role of new mama!
ok, so enough of that...there is something much more important going on NEXT week that i am focusing on! the doctor's appointment we have been waiting for! we find out if bean is a he or a she & get to see him or her with a comprehensive sonogram. I am seriously counting down the days until Friday the 30th!
i can imagine both...i imagine a little mini-cody running around...i imagine tee ball and scraped knees and cute little polo shirts for my little man. but i also imagine bows and ballet recitals and a sweet little princess too.
so, next week's blog post will be the big reveal! will it be "sugar and spice and everything nice" or "frogs and snails and puppy-dog tails"? either way...we'll be over the moon :)
xoxo,
K & baby
I love it, you look sooo cute! Hope you're starting to feel a little better. The second tri really is a great time. As you get into your third, and towards the end, its all anxiousness and livin large :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats again on your little princess!