tidbits
Last week I got my first two definitive stranger comments in the same day! First I was in a “business continuity” meeting at work and the guy leading the meeting looked pointedly at my belly and asked if I had filled out a personal emergency evacuation plan yet or not. Apparently something you’re supposed to fill out if you temporarily (or permanently) might need assistance in the event of an evacuation. He said it was recommended for people who were expecting or were in a cast, etc. That was at the end of the day so after the meeting I went down to grab a cab and on the way home the cabbie asked me if I was five or six months and started talking to me about his kids. Yesterday, I was trying to find a public restroom and walked into a Walgreens and the clerk said no, they don’t have any public restrooms but he looked down at my belly and said, “But do you really need to go?” and then he let me use the employees only restroom 🙂
I felt the baby hiccup for the first time on Sunday at 24w2d! I woke up around 7am and felt a very light pulsing right around where I could tell the baby’s head was. It lasted about 5 minutes and was steady every few seconds. I was just starting to wonder when I’d get to feel that!
The baby must be getting big because I can feel him at different parts of my belly at the same time now. I told Paul he must be stretching out his arms and legs or something because I’ll feel simultaneous pokes at the two far sides of my belly. I can’t wait until I can tell what body parts I’m feeling!
I had my fourth PR interval scan last week at 23w3d and the bub was measuring 24w at 1lb7oz! The tech got an amazing 4D video of him yawning and we could see how chubby his little cheeks have gotten! Paul wasn’t able to go with me but my mom went and it was her first time seeing the little guy on the better machine and looking like a real baby so that was special.
