Names

It's hard to come up with names for babies I have found. You have to think of more than what you as a parent like. You have to take into consideration if the kid will like it or not when he grows up. I know I don't want to name my kid a traditional name like andrew, paul, adam, or something plain like that (no offence to adams, pauls and andrews out there). I also wanted to stay away from those trendy names like Skylar, or Gunnar and stuff like that. If it's a girl there is a good chance her name will be Pearl Anne Bowman. If it's a boy his name will be Dexter Micheal Bowman. Say them outloud for us if you would, make sure we are not crazy that they sound great coming off the tongue.

A Baby Belly is on the way!

My uterus is growing, you can feel it poking out over my pubic bone. If I had a flat stomach to start with I'm sure you'd be able to see it. But, no, I'm a well-cushioned girl with a belly. Sometimes I feel you'll never be able to see that I'm pregnant. That's my delusional self being cruel. It will happen Kim.

These are the things I told Clay I was waiting for last night:

I want to feel Bean move inside me, how incredible that will be. I know there is a little human in there, but to feel it will amaze me.

I want a big, pregnant Buddah belly! I already fall asleep every night with my hands on my stomach. Bring on the belly!

I want Clay to be able to put his hands on that belly and feel his child move inside me. Sometimes pregnancy seems so unfair to the Daddy. He has to live through all the milestones of the baby growing, moving and such hearing about it. When he can lay his hands on my tummy and actually feel Bean move and kick...that will be a tear-jerker for me.

Patience Kimberly, it will all come in good time.

I Think I Will

We will have the option to know the sex of our baby on the 20th of this month. That's when we go in to the genetic counseling place to have the level 2 sonogram done and possible amniocentesis, this will all be to check for Downs Syndrome. Kim has a 1 in 300 chance of have a DS baby. The only reason given to support this chance is her age. None of the blood work suggested anything was wrong, and from reading around I have seen stories of women who after their blood test were told they had a 1 in 50 chance. The last thing we were told was "It's a good healthy pregnancy, no problems".

Anyway, back to the original topic of this post: "Will daddy want to know the sex of his baby?" As it gets closer and closer to the sonogram that will be able to tell us that information the more likely I feel I am going to want to know. This makes Kim happy, as she would really love to know. We have come up with a few girl names that have "Michelle" as a middle name, but have had no luck coming up with boy names. I think that knowing the sex will make us more focused on one set of names and make it easier. Also, we can change the name of this blog to our baby's name.

We want one of THESE, and will be getting it soon. It has the capability of recording the heartbeat for emailing or posting on the web. So when we get it we will post our baby's heart beat here for all of you.

Fetal development in pregnancy week 15

Your nearly four-inch long gymnast is happily mobile inside your womb, and if you're really lucky, you’ll notice a point when your sneezing, coughing or laughing results in a little kick here or a poke there-- although many women don't feel anything until the 17th week or later. Although the poking and kicking isn't very charming during sleeping hours, it’s a good sign as it means your baby is actually reacting to outside events! (Yay! You’ve got yourself one active healthy baby!) Their little elbows and knees are bending more freely this week and their little legs are finally growing longer than their arms and getting them all pumped up for prenatal Richard Simmons. Many of their major organ systems are increasing in capacity—particularly that amazing tiny heart and complex circulation system, which is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood per day, and will increase to a very impressive 200 quarts per day by the end of the pregnancy. As far as hair goes, we’ve got some new scalp patterns beginning to develop on the head, although actual head hair is not yet present.

Just the two of us...well, three really

My boobs itch and are driving me mad. My skin has been SO dry since I got pregnant, no matter what I put on it. I fear I'll draw blood from scratching. Clay slaps my hands away when he hears that fingernail on skin noise, but I try and sneak the scratching in.

I feel "nesting" coming on. I so want to be in Amsterdam, in a nice apartment, starting our new life. I want to get cozy and make a home for us, get ready for Bean to arrive, and just be a happy, pregnant Kim. It's time for it to just be us, I'm trying not to be impatient, but it's hard.

I put my Mountain Dew slurpee in the freezer last night, now it's hard as a glacier. I'm waiting for it to melt even though I went and got another one. I need an intervention.