Get out of mah belly

21 of the projected 40 weeks of pregnancy are behind us! Luckily so is most of the discomfort. I have terrible heartburn most afternoons and wake up at night with sharp cramps in my calves – but nothing compared to the constant sickness of the first three months. It is nice to finally be able to enjoy the pregnancy now that I am feeling better and a closer connection with the baby as I feel it moving inside of me more and more.

We had our big ultrasound this week that confirmed all is looking well with little Jackaruby. Chad and I were able to see the heart beating (at a strong BPM of 146) and lots of other organs that have formed and are functioning – kidneys, bladder, stomach, and even the brain! We could see it opening it’s mouth and swallowing the amniotic fluid, which helps the fetus practice digestion. Yum! Everything the tech checked she told us was “great” or “good” with a few “normals” tossed in, too. She also said the genitals were normal, and now it drives me nuts knowing that the ultrasound tech knows what we are having but we don’t. No fair! But, in the end I’m glad we held strong to our decision to not find out the sex. We know it appears to be healthy and that’s what really matters!

The baby was moving around a lot and seems to like to tap dance on my bladder. So *that’s* what I’ve been feeling! It comforts him/herself by putting it’s hands up by it’s face which I thought was cute. Seeing that stuff made it sink in more that that really is a tiny human growing in there, crazy!

In our ongoing attempt to prepare the the little one’s arrival, I drug poor Chad through Babies R Us last weekend to register. But, he survived and we think we chose really cute stuff! You can check it out at http://www.toysrus.com/registry/index.jsp

You may also want to check out pictures from the ultrasound. In the pic below, you can see Jackaruby’s head and a little hand waving hello. If you click on it, it will take you to the photo album with the rest of them.