Quick stop in at the Midwife’s office today to try again to hear the heartbeat. Den met me there, as he wanted to hear it. I really didn’t think she was going to find it still, after hearing on wednesday how tipped my uterus still is. First thing she did was do a quick feel of my belly, she said, “Good growth this week!” Then she put the doppler on my belly, moved it around and… there it was!! Right dead-center above my pubic bone. It’s really cool to know that the baby is right there<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Den was enthralled. He said he was surprized, that he thought it would be more of a “thump thump” than a “whoosh whoosh”. He was imitating the heartbeat sound all the way out to the truck, and probably all the way home too. :)<\/p>\n
Midwife said the heartrate was in the “130’s, 140’s,” and I think that was just her ballpark, she didn’t count. I’m willing to bet, since on friday it was 147, that it’s right around there still.<\/p>\n
What a crazy thing huh? To hear the little heart beating away, knowing baby’s inside me<\/i>. It’s still hard to wrap my brain around that. During ultrasounds it kind of feels like the baby’s in the monitor, not in me, you know? Even though I’m growing – I feel positively huge this week compared to last week – it’s such a different thought to comprehend that I have a little creature growing in me.<\/p>\n
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I think I may indeed be getting a little bit of my energy back. Today when I got home from work I cooked dinner and cleaned the kitchen. It wasn’t a thorough cleaning, but I unloaded the dishwasher, put all the dirty ones in there, washed the sink out, ran the dishwasher, cleaned off the counter, swept and mopped the floor, etc.<\/p>\n
Of course, then I went and had a nap, so…<\/p>\n
But really? I’m starting to feel a little upset about the house. I want the house to be in order and finally working right – with stuff where it should be – when the baby comes. Yes I have like 6 months left. But there’s a lot to do… We need to start tearing down the panelling in our bedroom so we can paint and finally get this room looking like an oasis. I was so focussed on the baby’s room, but in reality we’re going to be spending a TON of time in our bedroom for the first few months. I would kind of like it to be a nice place to be.<\/p>\n
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On to the waayyy TMI category. You’ve been warned.<\/p>\n