Mango

Monday, August 31, 2009

23 weeks

Mango

Sorry for the delay in updates. We have been crazy busy around here! So this was the day we had the fetal echocardiogram (baby's heart ultrasound). Survey says . . . everything is totally normal! Yay! It's very cool to know that your baby has a perfectly normal heart even though no one suspects anything different. We also got to see the baby hiccup on the ultrasound. I don't think I can feel her/him do it, but we could definitely see it. It was aggravating to the ultrasound tech, because it made it harder for her to get the pictures she wanted. I thought it was hilarious. Speaking of feeling the baby, we definitely know he or she is in there. The baby is very active, and I feel movement throughout the day but mostly at night. As you have seen from Paul's postings, he can feel and even see the movements from the outside. It is truly amazing. The baby now weighs 1 pound 6 ounces, which blows me away. I see patients every day, who weighed less than that at birth! This baby is going to stay put, though. We think he or she is very comfortable in there. We continue to grow more and more excited. We go back on September 14th for a regular check-up, and we have yet another ultrasound on September 28th, so we will keep you updated. The third trimester is just around the corner. Time is going so fast.