Blood pressure, as usual, was great. Then, it was time to hear Morgan's heartbeat- which I was SO looking forward to. It was funny, the nurse started high and on my right side and couldn't find anything. So, I politely guided her hand to where I gauge Morgan 'hangs out' and BOOM- there was the heartbeat. It made me feel very special. The heartbeat was nice and strong, in the 140 BPM area. Tyler likes to make 'goosh' sounds to copy baby's little beat. Morgan's next appointment (7/2) will be the glucose screening: round two. I did this VERY early on since I was borderline for diabetes myself, so this time will be the regular screening. Since I've been through it before I kind of know what to expect. The one thing that has me motivated and ready to go is that I know the 'drink' makes baby SUPER active and the first time I wasn't far enough along to feel her, so I'm very excited to see how she reacts!
After our appointment we did a bit of shopping for baby at Hobby Lobby. We picked out the stencils, sponges, etc. needed to get started on the walls of her room. Picking a paint color, however, was not as easy. So, it looks like another trip to Lawrence is in the future for trying to get that decided and ready to start the project.
This past weekend we made our first major stop at Motherhood, the maternity clothing store. I purchased several summer tops and grabbed some comfy maternity shorts from Target. The baby belly is in full bloom- which was confirmed today at our appointment- I've went from a total weight gain of 3lb since 1/15 to 10.2 lbs since 1/15. Now, if I could just put that maternity swimsuit to use!
We've started reading Morgan stories at night and/or playing tunes on the iPod/MP3 player for her to listen to. The other night I was reading Kitten's First Full Moon as Kibbles pawed my belly- Morgan enjoyed (or didn't?) that and started moving around. Then, Tyler read Roly Poly Pangolin to her the other night, which didn't seem to stimulate her. This afternoon we came home from our appointment and napped- but first I put the iPod on and was playing Bryan Adams' Never Let Go, to which she started kicking and moving around like crazy! She's becoming more active every day- this past Sunday we were in Wichita and Grandma Cherie and I are fairly sure that the hard spot pressed into my right side and felt with our hands was Morg's little foot!
Daddy, too, has experienced Morgan move more lately. This afternoon, when she was listening to the iPod, he put the side of his face up against my belly and within seconds she had punched/kicked him in the face, he enjoyed that! :-)
It's been such a fun ride so far and just gets more exciting every day!
n
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