There is so much to tell you about this week! First, your daddy has been working hard to get your nursery painted, and finished it today! It is such a pretty soft green color, and we can't wait to put all of the furniture in and get it decorated the way we want. We've been looking through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog, and found so many cute things that we're excited about putting in your room :).
Second, I got the results back from the diabetes test I had last week. And... YAY! We passed! This is a good thing, because if I had gestational diabetes, you would grow to be really big- so big that you would probably have to be delivered early by C-section, which is something I would prefer to avoid if possible. Also, if I had gestataional diabetes, I wouldn't be able to eat a big 'ole mound of vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup whenever I want. So, YAY! No diabetes!
Most importantly, this week, your daddy and I finally picked out your name!!! It's the name we both liked from the very beginning, but we wanted to be absolutely CERTAIN it was the best name for you, so we each read through a book that has 100,000 baby names in it. We created separate lists of our favorite names that we didn't share with each other until both of us had finished the book. Surprisingly, we had alot of the same names on our top 10 lists, but your name was still the at the top for both of us. Your grandma B is SO excited, because she's been calling you by your name for over a month, now, certain that it would be the name we picked. You have one wise grandma, you know :).
You've been having a lot of progress this week too! You are now about 3 pounds, and 17 inches long! From here on, you will be gaining about a half pound a week, woah! Your permanent teeth are all grown (even though we won't see them for another year or so), and you can also recognize my voice already (based on ultrasond studies that show babies turning their heads towards the sound of their mother's voice but not to other people's voices). If you were to be born at this point, you would be able to keep yourself warm because now you have enough fat on your body, you would be able to breathe on your own, and you would have a 90% chance of survival. Of course, we would prefer if you stay patient and in my tummy for the remaining 10 weeks so that you are FULLY grown and prepared for life out here in the world. This is kind of what you look like right now:
and amazingly, if you were to look inside my uterus, you would look something like this (except obviously you are a girl, and this is a picture of a boy):
Everyone keeps asking me how I'm feeling, and for the most part, I am really feeling great! I still have bad heartburn, but am now taking Zantac which has helped a LOT. My feet are starting to swell during the day, so I put them up regularly, and I still have a hard time sleeping because my big belly keeps getting in the way. But I keep telling myself that it's just preparation for the lack of sleep I'll have after you're born. And, I've started having small contractions called Braxton Hicks contractions. These aren't anything to worry about, it's just my uterus practicing for the REAL contractions that'll come later. But they are still really weird-feeling!
Next week we will be in New Mexico for your cousin Andrea's wedding, so we probably won't be posting a new message until after we get back. But at least we'll have lots of pictures to post!
Love,
Mama
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