Second Trimester

Sunday

Felt the baby kick! I suppose I’ve felt it before but yesterday was the first time I had no doubts. Charles was sitting next to me and felt it too. I loved the look on his face. A mix of surprise and delight and an incredulous “how could you think that was anything… »

Weeeeee!

A man just asked me if I was pregnant!  My first actual guess by someone who doesn’t know.
A very brave man… »

We’ll call him Damien

Here’s one I’ve been saving from the last ultrasound. Just imagine it slowly turning its head and looking straight at the camera.

Aw. Isn’t it… »

Sleeping on side

I’ve gotten to the point where I can’t sleep on my back because it apparently cuts off the blood to the fetus. Which doesn’t sound good.
So I’m trying to train myself to sleep on my side.
It’s not easy. I’m a deep sleeper so I wake up periodically to find I’ve rolled back over…. »

Flying

So I was in Singapore last week and when I got off the plane on Friday, my ankles were no where to be found. They say you gain 25% more blood while pregnant and mine pretty much decided to have a party in my legs.
Here is a picture taken that night -over 12 hours later:

The… »