The 6 Month Mark

I can't believe I'm already at six months. This month is another milestone for expectant mothers-to-be. At 24 weeks, the baby has the potential to survive outside the uterus if it happened to be born now.

How wonderful to know that even at 1.32 pounds, modern medicine has made it possible for a baby to survive. Even with that said, I would not want her to come early unless it was an absolute emergency.

Admittedly, I have started to get extremely excited for her arrival. We've started shopping for her crib and bedding; and I started reading every book on birth and newborns that I can get my hands on.

Some of you have kindly asked about my registry. I am registered at amazon.com and target.com. I did some serious research on pricing and both Amazon and Target were cheaper than Babies-R-Us. And the items that I have on Amazon were cheaper or about the same price as Target.

I am baffled as to how many things one really needs for a newborn baby. Both rich and I were laughing about this when we started the registry because we really had no idea what to buy. Thankfully some of my experienced friends provided some guidance.

We signed up for a birthing class and a newborn care class in April - hopefully this will calm some of the jitters we both share about being first time parents.

 

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Kapow!

Last night we were lying in bed when I felt our baby girl kick me. This wasn't her normal movements that I've felt for the last month; it felt like she was kick boxing a punching bag which in essence was me. Her first kick was so strong that it startled me so much that I sprang right out of bed. I could  imagine her saying ...

It happened a few more time that my husband had the pleasure of feeling her kick his hand. What an extraordinary, yet strange feeling but one that is so intensely satisfying and joyous. It was the same exact feeling that your hands get when holding a bag with a goldfish inside -brushes, bumps and wiggles - just inside your stomach.

What's even weirder is watching my stomach move. I've noticed that she is more active after I eat. Last night I had lasagna, so perhaps she wast trying to tell me she didn't like it or maybe that it was too spicy. 

I feel so much happiness knowing that there is an active life living inside of me.  To know that such a miracle is growing nestled deep in my womb, well, it brings tears to my eyes every time I think of it.   To know that God trusted me to be a part of something so holy, so grand, is just unimaginable.

If God can give her such strength in the womb, I believe he will continue to give her inner-strength so that she can conquer life's obstacles with the same intent...Kapow! 

 

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