New Developments

"For someone who hates being pregnant, you sure are in love with your belly." {Direct quote from my husband last night.}

Totally true. I am obsessed with watching my belly at night. If we are home and I am on the couch, my shirt is up and I'm staring at the belly. One of my weekly emails said that your partner could try listening to your belly for the heartbeat starting at 25 weeks. I told my husband this and so now he is all about putting his head on belly and listening, particularly during periods of high movement. He said it's pretty cool. I commented that I was sad I couldn't listen and he said, "Well, you get to feel it". Touche.

Last night I think the baby had some major hiccups. The same e-newsletter said that periods of rhythmic movement are probably hiccups. It was crazy how rhthmic and long they lasted last night! Complete with a visual ripple across the stomach. I am also curious as to how much room the baby has to move around. I always still picture this bitty baby swimming around and doing flips in there.

Yesterday also started some rib pain, which is pretty common. I don't really understand why I already have rib pain - I highly doubt my uterus is pushing up that high already but there it is. It especially hurts when I laugh so last night was not a good night to catch up on two episodes of the Office and the Betty White SNL episode! I feel like my next doctor appointment is going to have a lot of questions!

I did have a regular yoga class last night which helped with some stretching. This was not the yoga/pilates variety and actually was quite relaxing. We did a lot of leg work to make our legs strong for birth. I have always liked my legs and appreciated their strength - all that running - so last night's yoga was a confidence booster.