barbie baby

The baby's kicks have been a lot stronger for the past few weeks. Not only can Tom feel them if he puts his hand on my belly, but if we're spooning up in bed in the AM, he can feel the kicks against his back!!!

Atta baby!!

At this point, the large kicks are so frequent, I'm actually beginning to tune them out...Well, at least I don't flinch quite as often as I used to.

So, we've been reading that the baby is probably about the size of a (chunky, I'd think!) Barbie, is due to double in weight within the next month and is growing stronger by the day. In the meantime, I'm now growing concerned that I'm eating way too much and maybe putting on a bit too much fat! I feel the pressure of my tummy bowing outwards even when I do something as silly as yawn! It's hard to imagine growing any larger than I already am/feel....

To counteract the calorie intake and to try to remain in shape enough to run the SJ Mercury 10K in March -- I'm geared up for attempting the 10K instead of sticking to the 5K -- I've done my work commute by foot all week.

Tom, in the meantime, has been running our neighborhood route in the evenings...

As soon as we're both fully recovered from this dreadful cold, we're hoping to get right back into the gym for some more activity.

88th percentile

The baby is currently at 1 lb. 7oz, which puts it in the 88% for weight! Well, well. So far, this means the baby is very healthy! I finally got the 20-week ultrasound videotaped today. The first time we went in to have this done, the VCR was actually broken, so I had to reschedule. Today, they put me in the other ultrasound room where the VCR was still intact. Unfortunately, since I have this miserable, miserable cold, the baby didn't seem to be as active as s/he normally is! Nevertheless, the doctor seemed to think zyggy was pretty busy!

She took lots of pictures of the baby's organs -- the heart (could see all 4 valves), the kidneys, bladder, stomach, brain, umbilical cord. She took a pile of pictures and measurements, but the only snapshots I got to keep were a couple of face shots (which actually didn't turn out all that great).

The last ultrasound pic, from Stanford is, I think, still the best one we've got....

As for my own health, today's blood pressure was 110/58 and I weighed in at 127.4 (which, I think, is down from 128 last week).