Aaron Felt Baby

Yesterday Aaron was able to feel baby kicking for the first time! And did baby put on a show! He/she was kicking up a storm for quite some time. What a special moment it was.

Kicking Part II

Last night baby was kicking me quite a bit again. This time though I actually saw my belly poke up where baby kicked! I only saw about 2 or 3 of these kicks, but it was so exciting! Unfortunately, Aaron was not in the room when this happened and when I yelled for him to come, baby stopped kicking altogether. In any case this means that Aaron should be able to feel baby kicking real soon (if baby would cooperate and kick when he has his hand on my tummy). It was so amazing to not only feel the kicks, but to actually see them for the first time. I can't wait for Aaron to be able to experience them as well.

Kicking

Baby has been a bit more active lately. There are long periods when I don't feel anything and then all of a sudden he/she starts kicking up a storm. Last night when I was laying in bed trying to get comfortable and go to sleep, baby started kicking again. I'm not too sure, but I think I felt one or two kicks outside (I had my hand on my belly). Of course when I told Aaron that he wanted to feel and that's when baby stopped kicking. Naturally, once Aaron moved his hand away, baby started kicking me again! Hopefully Aaron will be able to feel the baby move soon.

On a side note, we're having our ultrasound done Sept. 4 so we should be able to post another picture of baby then. We also will be starting our prepared birthing class that evening. The classes are once a week for 5 weeks, so we should have them out of the way before we visit family in Oct.

Baby's Room

Since I've been asked what color the baby's room will be I think I will post a picture of what it looks like. Aaron and I painted this right before we started trying to get pregnant last fall. I'm not sure how well the colors show up, so I'll explain. The lower 1/3 is a dark chocolate brown, while the upper 2/3 is a light, brighter green. I also made a stencil of an elephant and painted them on a white border between the brown and green colors. The inspiration for this room came from a baby bedding set found at Target.

All's Well

Well this afternoon was another prenatal visit. It took a little doing to find the baby's heartbeat. He/she was hiding in the lower part of my uterus, but once again the doc said the heartbeat sounded good. The lab work went well too. They did take four vials of blood, but I didn't even feel faint this time around. Hooray! And next visit (finally!) they will do another ultrasound. We've got to wait another four weeks for that though. So sometime in the last week of this month we should have another picture of baby to show!