Yenari hates these photos, but I’m posting them anyway – if you don’t hear from me soon, I may be in trouble!

37 week belly shot

Yenari at 37 weeks

32 week belly shot

We went to the doctor on Thursday – we’re up to an appointment every two weeks now.  She checked the baby’s heart beat with the doppler – everything sounded good, but was having having trouble figuring out how the baby was positioning so she did a super quick ultrasound – woo hoo!  She was worry that the baby might be the breached position – the baby can still move around now, but at this point they hope the baby’s head will be pointing down.  Luckily she was pointing down and in perfect position.  The doctor said “looks like it’s still a girl” which was good.  She also gave us a closeup shot of her face – she was looking slightly less alien-like – almost like a real person!  Her lips were moving around like she was chewing – like mother, like daughter!  Unfortunately the doctor didn’t print out any of these ultrasound shots, but it was still an very nice unexpected surprise…

Yenari at 27 weeks and 2 days

Enjoy!

22 week belly shot

When I asked Yenari what to write, her response was (a mere 4 seconds ago): ‘belly is getting big’.  The belly isn’t getting too big, but Yenari does think she’s transforming into a whale.  In exciting baby news, the little belly tenant is kick kick kicking away and moving around a lot.  I’ve finally been able to feel her movements which is really exciting.   She’s been kicking hard enough that she wakes Yenari up every morning at 7am – she’s a morning fetus…and since Yenari works the evening shift and sets her alarm for 1pm, 7am is a tad bit early.  I’m just hoping she continues to be a morning baby – much better than a baby working the night shift…

Yenari's 19 week belly shot

And now stepping back a week, here’s Yenari receiving breakfast in bed on her birthday – December 31st.  The gourmet menu I put together included six slices of french toast with syrup and cinnamon sugar, eight (!) pieces of bacon, and a glass of orange juice.

Birthday breakfast in bed

16 week belly shot

I would have posted it earlier if a computer virus hadn’t reaked havoc with our computer (all resolved now, thankfully).  In human health news, Yenari’s tailbone is now at the 93% level, so a big improvement over last week.  Now its not really preventing her from doing everyday things, but she gets a little reminder everytime she sits down.  The real test for her was a three day stretch of work this week – three days in a row was tough for her even when she in perfect health, so doing it while pregnant with remnants of back pain and some fresh tailbone pain looked quite daunting, but she made it through just fine and is back into the swing of things.

Here’s the promised belly shot – Yenari at 14 weeks and a couple days:

14 weeks belly shot

And…if you thought this might actually be a post without a reference to sewing, here’s Yenari modeling her latest sewing creation – a pair of pajamas with an extra-wide custom pregger waist band:

Yenari in her newly made PJs

She thought it was a pretty sad sign when a loose pair of pajamas gets a little tight around your belly (which her other pair did), so she had to remedy the situation.

In other miscellaneous news, we went to the doctor last Friday – we heard the heartbeat and everything was looking good in the checkup.  Also, Yenari has been feeling a little rumbling in her tummy, so it seems that she’s catching the first movements of the baby – exciting stuff!

Yenari’s a bit upset because I took this after dinner at the peak of the belly instead of in the morning…but, it’s only getting bigger from here, so maybe the next one will just look like a smaller difference.  Yenari, like her non-pregnant former self, has been a great eater and just about all symtoms of nausea are gone.   I usually have quite an appetite myself and can keep up with Yenari, but these days she’s in another league – it’s not even a competition anymore.  Her top fantasy right now is to go on a cruise somewhere…anywhere…as long as its non-stop all you can eat meals!

In the last week or so, the belly has introduced itself to the world (hello world!) and Yenari is starting to ‘show’.  The comfortable pants selection is quickly diminishing and the top button is quick to come undone after a meal.  Elastic pants here we come!