Well, now there s less than 3 months until I see my little bundle of joy. It is a rather surreal experience to have this little person inside of me who has rightfully earned the name “wiggle worm.” She moves around quite a bit. Actually, I felt her move at 16 weeks and, being my first pregnancy and the fact that not many feel anything so soon, people didn’t believe me.
I would hear things like, “Oh, that can’ t be it, I didn’t feel mine until…” But we must remember that every pregnancy is different, and let me just say that it has been questioned how far along I really am because she is long, strong, and active. In other words, I have the bionic baby. lol.
For instance, the ultrasound that determined the sex was an eventful one. She knew something was going on; she had to. The tech kept saying, “Wow, she moves really fast” and would say, “Hold still baby and let us see your face.” The tech commented on how active she was during that time and incredibly fast in her movements. She was hard to keep up with! I then had to have another ultrasound a week later (long story due to a mix up somewhere), and that tech also kept saying, “Wow, she is fast and has very long legs. Are you sure you’re 25 weeks?” I reassured her that we had an ultrasound at 7 weeks and our little peanut was a 7 week peanut. Let me tell ya…it is something to see that little peanut that doesn’t look like much and then the next time you get to see your baby she is a little human being.
Kaleigh sucks her thumb, which was seen at both of the last ultrasounds. She also kicked back at one point with one of her hands behind her head and her legs kicked up. You can see those ultrasound pictures below.
It’s an amazing thing to me. I mean, I was sick the first 20 weeks of the pregnancy. I kept being told that after the first 14 to 16 weeks I should be okay, but I ended up losing approximately 17 pounds. I had the flu at 8 weeks and then had “all the time” sickness. There was no “morning sickness” about it. At this point I have only gained back 2 pounds, but I am eating very well. I’m eating healthy. Nevertheless, she is perfect. She is longer than she should be, has chubby cheeks, an amazig heartbeat. My not gaining much weight has not hurt the development process at all because, despite the fact I was so sick, I would force myself to make sure I ate as much healthy food as I could stand to make sure she got what she needed. Now that part is a bit effortless since the sickness stopped.
However, I don’t really sleep. I can’t. A back injury about 2 1/2 years ago has made the pregnancy even harder on my back than a pregancy already is. I deal with a lot of that while I sleep and I can’t stop peeing. Kaleigh loves my bladder because she is always on it. Yes, I am being blunt, but if you’ve ever been pregnant you probably know what I’m talking about.
But overall it is going well. She moves a lot and sometimes at the least convenient of times, but I am thankful for every movement. It makes me smile to feel her getting closer to my ribs or hitting my left side and then suddenly hitting the right. And the love for her is just amazing…from Joe and I both. He talks to her, tries to hear her heartbeat, kisses my belly. He is going to be such a wonderful dad and I love that he is already bonding with her. He is absolutely in love with his “daddy’s little girl,” which is what he was hoping for when we didn’t know the sex and now he will have that. I was hoping for a girl as well, but we would’ve still been happy with a boy. All we ever wanted was a healthy baby. Being married for 7 years (in August) and both of us pushing 30…it’s about time.
So I just can’t wait to meet my daughter. I love her more every single day, which is surreal when I don’t know whose features she has, what her hair color is, what color her eyes are, or anything of the sort…but she is my daughter. I have less than 3 months now until I get to finally lay eyes on this beautiful and very active baby girl I’ve now carried under my heart for the past 27 weeks.
Until next time …. 
