status update : week 20
We’ve reached the halfway point (or thereabouts) anyway. On Monday morning of this week, I woke up to my stomach gurgling, but not passing any gas, and although I couldn’t really feel anything I could characterize as a baby moving, I decided to just lie still on my back for a little longer and pay close attention to what was going on. The top of my uterus is just below my belly button, so I begin groping my belly to see what I could feel. After a few minutes, with my hand just below my belly button I felt something roll over, pushing against the top of my uterus. Make no mistake about it. That wasn’t gas. That was a baby. My heart started pounding and of course, the remainder of the week I kept wishing and hoping to feel more movement!
Our doctor’s appointment on Tuesday went well and we had an ultrasound today. The place I go to have the ultrasound done wants you to chug 32 ounces of water starting an hour before coming in for the ultrasound, which is terribly uncomfortable if you are a pregnant lady, and miserable if they are running late, which they were. However, as I patiently held my bladder in the waiting room, I noticed I could feel the baby moving around inside, which, honestly was a good thing, because otherwise I think I would have completely lost my focus on holding it. After what seemed like an eternity we were finally escorted back to a room, where I politely asked if I could empty my bladder before the ultrasound. The technician told me that she needed my bladder to be full, but after placing the transducer on my abdomen, she couldn’t see anything due to all the pee I had reserved, so I had to empty my bladder after all. I immediately jumped off the table, pulled my pants up, ran out of the room and down the hall to the restroom to relieve myself. After coming back from the restroom, I lied back down, waiting for the technician, and once again I could feel the baby move. Lo and behold when we started up once again, the technician said that the baby had flipped around once there was my bladder was empty.
No, we didn’t find out the sex, but was able to see that everything looks great. Nothing to be concerned about, which is a huge, huge relief.
After feeling the baby move, seeing the baby in the ultrasound and of course hearing the whoosing sounds of a heartbeat, I believe we are both getting excited about September.