Third Trimester

3 months left! At our last appointment the doctor had a hard time getting a heartbeat because Austin kept moving. Finally on the 5th attempt it worked! The doctor commented on his active movement and wrote in my chart in big, bold, capital letters, VERY ACTIVE BABY! I asked if that was a sign for what he will be like when he is here and the doctor laughed and said probably. So we are looking forward to a very active little boy who will keep us on our toes.

Birthday Facts for Austin

We are coming up on Week 24. When you think of how much time is left--- 16 weeks, doesn't sound too bad. Everything is still going well. I feel him move all the time and Ben felt him for the first time as well. There have been times at school when I have felt him and as an instinct I put my hand on my growing tummy and my students ask if everything is OK. I tell them it's fine and that I was just feeling him move and then they all want to feel him too. I tell them no and we continue on with what we were working on. I don't think I could handle 25 (grimy) hands rubbing my belly. I just can't do that. Here are some fun birthday facts for Austin.

Fun Birthday Facts


Your baby's birthstone will be Aquamarine (Courage)
Your baby's Astrological Sign will be Pisces
Your baby's Flower is Daffodil or Jonquil (White or Light Blue)
Your baby will be born in the Chinese Year of The Ox
This time next year your baby will be 36 Weeks Old!
Your baby will start kindergarten in 2014, be old enough to drive a car in 2025, finish high school in 2027, and will graduate from college with the class of 2031, give or take a year.



Can you imagine?

Twenty Two Weeks

Well, I am past the half way point and only two days from being 22 weeks along. Ben and I were thinking that maybe we should be counting backwards now. 18 weeks to go sounds better than 22 weeks along. Anyway, here is what is happening this week for Austin.

Week Twenty-Two

Your baby weighs close to a pound at this point!
Your baby can now hear your conversations more clearly than before!. When you talk, read, or sing, expect her to hear you. Studies have found that newborns will suck more vigorously when read to from a book they heard frequently in utero.
Eyelids and eyebrows are fully formed.
Fingernails have grown to the end of the fingers.
Be prepared for all those "Why" questions coming! Your baby's brain has entered a stage of rapid growth, especially in what's called the germinal matrix. This structure deep in the middle of the brain serves as a kind of factory for brain cells and disappears shortly before birth. But the brain's amazing expansion program continues until around the five birthday.
With some help from mom, baby's liver is starting to break down bilirubin, a substance produced by red blood cells.
If your baby is male his testes begin their descent to the scrotum.
Primitive sperm have formed and he is producing testosterone.
Length is 10.94 inches (27.8cm); weight is nearly 1 pound (430gm).


Isn't it interesting all the things that happen and the order that it happens.

Very Active

Our little Austin is a very active boy. After seeing him doing flips on the ultrasound I now recognize the feeling when he is doing that. He is very active. Ben is jealous that he can't feel it yet. The doctor says that spouses generally don't feel any movement until around the 24th week. So three more weeks for Ben!

IT'S A BOY!!!!!

We went to the doctor for our 20 week appointment (or very close too) and had an ultrasound. Everything is going well, thankfully. We are still very nervous but grateful that it has progressed this far. It is definitely a boy! He was very active doing somersaults and back flips. He likes to wave at us too. It's like he knew he was on camera for us. He is a face toucher as well. He measured bigger than how far along I am so they moved the due date a few days. We are now due on March 18th. Jacey is very excited because she may get to share a birthday, if he comes that day.

Both grandma's were hoping for a little girl but are excited to have a grandson. Aunt Sydni is extremely excited and wants a picture so that she can take it to work to show everyone. She told us we should just have the baby in November so she could see it. It took a lot of convincing to get her to agree that that would not be a good idea. It will be interesting to see her interact with a baby. (In fact, I am a little nervous) Maybe she will prove us all wrong and be a great loving aunt. (For those that don't know Sydni is Ben's sister. She is handicapped and to explain it easily, she is like an 8 year old in a 30 year old body). We love her and she is always easy entertainment.

It's time to start thinking about how we want to decorate the room and which furniture to buy. We are thinking of doing blue and yellow as the colors and we found a furniture set we really liked last year that we hope is still available. It's all very exciting!

It's a Start!

Well, I've decided to finally join the "bloggers". I know that I will not update as much as most people I know but it's a start. I really like the countdown on the top. We went to the doctor yesterday and was informed that I had been counting wrong. So here we are at week 17, we thought we were a week farther. We set the appointment for the ultrasound to find out the sex on Tuesday October 28th. Our gut feeling is a girl but we won't know for sure until then. Check back then!