So we just had our fourth appointment last night and got another chance to see the baby again. Wow! Craziness! I must say that I am completely in awe of Little R and my ability to make such a fantastic little creature. Genius, for sure.

In an effort to make the baby a bit more active this time, I drank some juice and ate some chocolate about an hour before the appointment. But, it didn’t work. We had a very lazy, sleepy baby on the screen. After the doctor spent some time showing us all of its important parts – arms, head, heart (how cool that we could see it and the two chambers thumping away in the middle of its chest), aorta, umbilical cord, femur, stomach, etc – he started poking at the belly a bit with the ultrasound wand to wake the baby up.

Well, he managed to wake up little R and little R didn’t seem too happy about it. The doctor pushed and squished around and the baby sort of swatted him away and moved away. Seemed a little crabby actually to be disturbed. It was awesome. It was amazing and I am completely speechless at how incredible this all is.

Baby is doing well. Mom is doing well. I put on a bit of weight, about 3 pounds, which I am pretty happy about. I have gained a whopping 6 centimeters around my waist which seems crazy. All of my bloodwork came back good and I seem to be doing well and healthy. I have had six vomit-free days now, thankfully, and I am feeling like my energy is coming back. I still like to be in bed, sleeping, by about 9:30, but at least it is getting a bit better.

So, that is the news from pregnancy land, at least for today.