Here is the most recent update on Baby Brookshire.
I am now 20 weeks and 4 days along. We had a doctor’s appointment Friday afternoon. Baby is now approximately weighing in at 12 ounces and the fetal heartbeat is at about 140bpm. Strong and healthy! We had our anatomy ultrasound at this appointment and got to see the baby’s spine, stomach, legs, feet, lungs, brain, nasal passage, diaphragm, and face. Does the science amaze anyone else? They can now tell in utero if your child will have club foot and cleft palette … they can measure the femurs and the different lobes in the brain and even see the kids DIAPHRAGM … are you kidding me? Science certainly never ceases to amaze me.
Oh and of course, they can determine the sex of your child all at only 20 weeks pregnant … so stinkin’ cool. So now we can officially announce that in February we will be welcoming a little girl into the world. We’re going to have a daughter! Holy wow! Her name will be Bella Marie Brookshire and we can’t wait to meet her.
I can now feel Bella moving frequently. I can’t wait until Sean can feel it too! This weekend she kicked so hard that I swear if she was bigger it would have been one of those kicks where you can see the outline of the foot on the stomach.
I am still feeling good; and the good news is that baby has allowed me to start eating green vegetables again …yay! I get my salads back! Weight gain is now at 3 lbs. now and I am beginning to rapidly develop my baby bump. All pre-pregnancy pants, skirts, and shorts are no longer an option and I have learned that full panel pants are sooo much more comfortable than under belly … Bella is really low!
Same goal as last month which is to do much more yoga and get into the gym more frequently, so that I can look unmistakably pregnant and not just like a chunky monkey. Although, my Mom and one of the ladies in the office says my belly is definitely starting to pop out.
My next appointment is October 4th and that should just be my basic monthly check-up. The nursery is coming along so wonderfully (thank you mostly to my extremely talented husband). I will make sure to take pictures and post them soon.
