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Yeah, that’s right: It.
I figured we’d find out the gender today, thus saving me from having to go head-to-head with Sarah over two gender’s worth of names. But, nooooo, “I’m comfortable like this and I ain’t movin’ my legs for the likes of you!”
So you know what? I’m not playing.
Punk kid thinks [...]

…is actually still the baby known as ‘it’.
We went in for the ultrasound today, and everything looks as it should. Well, everything we could see looks as it should. Unfortunately, the baby’s feet and umbilical cord were blocking an important part of our view. An important part which means we’re going [...]

Guess what? I can feel the baby moving! I’ve been able to feel it for about a week and half, but didn’t say anything at first ’cause I wasn’t sure. It feels kinda like when your heart skips a beat…but in my belly instead of in my chest.
And Wednesday we’ll get to SEE it move [...]

Our talented friend Sarah McKinstry-Brown sent this poem to Rahul and me today. She wrote it when she was pregnant with her beautiful daughter Sophia. Check out Sarah and her equally talented husband Matt at http://midverse.com/. And buy their books!
In the Sixth Month
Your inner ear has fully formed.
You can hear now. I’ve heard
of mothers [...]

Just had my THIRTIETH birthday last week. It was a great day–spent the morning at “work” in the newborn nursery, then came home to open some presents. Rahul got me some beautiful flowers and arranged a yummy sushi picnic in the park (no raw fish, of course), then I got my hair cut and that [...]

This week, baby begins to hear! So now I am really tempted to sneak up on my belly with cymbals or something, just to see what happens.
Week Eighteen:
As the nerve endings from your baby’s brain “hook up” to the ears, your baby may hear your heart beating, your stomach rumbling or blood moving through the [...]

It’s Sarah’s birthday! Yay!
She is great.

This is all Mayo Clinic has to say about week seventeen: fat accumulates.
Seriously. Guess I better go make a pie.