OMG! Only 10 weeks left?

I've just been counting on my fingers and it appears that I have lost track. If I'm in my 30th week this week, that would meant that I only have 9-10 weeks left! Does that seem possible? Has it already been that long? At least now, people are commenting and openly asking me about my pregnancy instead of just starting at my belly and wondering whether to say something or not.

I have noticed this baby of mine doesn't move much when I'm very tired and only decides to be really active when I have down time and I'm laying down to rest. I find it fascinating and I can't wait to meet him! On the other hand, it's going to be such a big step from being pregnant to being a mother. Not to mention the whole pain of childbirth thing.

I have friends who are pregnant right now and Nicki is almost a week overdue. Luis (her husband) says that she'll be induced next week unless her baby girl decides to make an earlier entrance. Being overdue must be a very excruciating wait. What can one do? At least when my time comes, I'll be able to ask her what she did.

The biggest thing I've noticed this week is that I'm very very VERY tired all day long. Must be a growth spurt time? I physically feel like I'm growing bigger every day. Every morning, I wake up and take a side view and every morning, I feel shocked at my now protruding stomach. To support my suspicions, my co-workers are also commenting how I seem to be growing daily.

Next Friday, Jay and I will be doing another 3D ultrasound so I'll be able to post another picture of our little boy for everyone to see.

More Kicks & Other Unusual Feelings

I guess that this baby of ours has now decided to kick his way into my consciousness. Last night, as I was lying on my side and I felt a kick, but his 'foot', (or whatever that was) didn't recede right away back into it's normal position. I then took the palm of my hand and pressed his 'foot' back into my stomach.

Now, many people may think that this is gross, but I thought that it was kind of neat. It was like playing with my son before he even comes out to greet us.

I've noticed that I can feel these kicks on the surface of my stomach and when I'm sitting in the bath, his kicks can actually make the water ripple. I've gone straight from feeling nothing to being able to see my stomach reverbrate from his little kicks.

Now it feels as though I have a little secret when he kicks me throughout the day. Baby Sennet has now announced his presence.

A Kick A Kick!! & My First Baby Shower

A Kick, A Kick!!

This past Friday, Jay and I went in for my 28th week appointment. I complained to the doctor that I have still yet to feel any kicking from this little baby of ours. She then took a quick ultrasound to ensure that all was well. We didn't really see any kicking then either but we did see the baby making 'sucking motions'. We have another elective 3-D ultrasound scheduled in three weeks so they ensured us that we'll be reassurred then.

Later on that evening, Jay and I were relaxing on the couch watching some TV and we felt two quick 'pops'. I looked at Jay and I could tell that he felt them too. Since then, there hasn't been a lot of activity, but there's been some 'pops' every now and then. The cool thing is that we got to experience the first kick together. Normally, the father doesn't get to feel the kick until weeks after the mom has had a chance to experience

Junior Baby has now made his first official kick.

My First Baby Shower:

On another note, Jay came up to Princeton last week and PwC here threw us a surprise Baby Shower! We were so shocked. Not only did they throw us a shower, but they all pitched in a bought us pretty much all the furniture we need for the nursery! We now have a crib, a changing table, and one of those funky rocking chairs and all the matching sheets, blankies, receiving blankets, bumpers, and window valences.

It's much more than we have ever expected and we would never have expected all that Vicki and the rest of the PwC Tyco Team has done for us. Jay and I were speechless. Plus they started a scrapbook with comments from everybody on the Tyco Team! And you know how I love scrapbooks!

We are beyond grateful.

North Carolina State Fair

This weekend I flew home from New Jersey to attend the annual North Carolina State Fair where upon Jay and I walkd for around for 4 hours eating various foods that we normally can't find anywhere else. For example, I ate 6 deep fried oreos & 1 ear of roasted corn and then Jay finished off 2 chicken kabobs on a stick, 1 corn dog on a stick, 1 large lemonade, chili cheese fries. We then proceeded to buy a giant bag of cotten candy, a large turkey drumstick and one candied apple for the ride home.

We never even attempted the rides (the biggest reason being pregnant people are highly discouraged from riding any kind of ride) and the second being that we saw on the news as of 10pm the night before that many of the rides were still getting their safety inspections (and some were still failing) for the morning opening of the fair on Friday.

Nevertheless, Jay and I had a great time people watching and generally enjoying having time off and spending some time with each other.

Still No Kicking

So it's week 28 and no, I still have not felt any 'quickening' or movement. This baby must be sound asleep at all times. Jay says that he's 'conserving his energy'...for what, I'm not sure.

I guess that I should be grateful that he's not using my stomach as a punching bag.

I have to admit that there has been some brief moments where I thought I felt something but those moments pass so quickly and are so few and far in between that I'm not sure I can actually distinguish and label them as kicking.

I'm still awaiting the big day when I will feel this little one kick so that I can properly introduce myself to him.

On My Understanding Husband

One of the awesome perks of being married is having an understanding spouse. I must devote this blog to my husband since without him I couldn't go through half the things that I do.

For example, Jay and I haven't seen each other in 3-4 weeks since I've been working in Princeton and he's been at home watching Max & Diva and keeping the house spic and span for me. He flew up from Raleigh to see me just this past weekend and even though I slept through about 85% of his visit, he still managed to make me feel better just by being there.

I feel like I'm luckier than most since many people would feel pressure from their spouses for neglecting to spend time with them. Jay has never once mentioned that he feels neglected and he has never complained about me having to travel and has never put pressure on me regarding my job committments.

Without Jay I couldn't do half the things that I do. Being away from him is the hardest thing about working away from home. And since neither of us have family in North Carolina and we really don't have any ties there, it still feels like home since Jay's there. I guess the cheesy line is true. "Home is where the heart is".