{"id":292,"date":"2010-11-09T01:06:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T07:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/?p=292"},"modified":"2010-11-09T01:06:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T07:06:54","slug":"week-24-and-23-and-a-crazy-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/2010\/11\/09\/week-24-and-23-and-a-crazy-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 24 (and 23\u2026and a CRAZY dream)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohh, I have been so lazy.\u00a0 No pictures, no updates.\u00a0 I will start with a CRAZY dream I had last week.\u00a0 A creepy baby dream.<\/p>\n

I dreamed I had to go to the hospital, I think for a fever.\u00a0 When I was there, it wasn’t hospital-like at all, more like science lab with pretty much no privacy.\u00a0 But it was just me, a few nurses, and another patient in a bed a few yards away in a biiiig room.\u00a0 My nurse was doing all kinds of random tests, which was weird, but I didn’t worry too much about it.\u00a0 Next she started getting ready to do an ultrasound.\u00a0 I thought for a minute…I’ve already done one of these.\u00a0 I don’t really need to do another one, so maybe I shouldn’t.\u00a0 But then I thought…if I don’t say anything, then I’ll be able to see my lil girl again.\u00a0 I ended up not saying anything.\u00a0 In my dream, it wasn’t particularly obvious, so I told the nurse that I am pregnant.\u00a0 Her reply: something like, “Oh good!\u00a0 Then we’ll have something to see.”<\/p>\n

So finally the image comes up on the monitor, and the first thing I see is the “baby’s” face.\u00a0 It was more like an alien\/zombie\/monster thing, and actually kind of scary.\u00a0 I knew this wasn’t right, so I corrected my dream (ha), but it was still a little freaky looking.\u00a0 After it actually resembled a baby in there, she started walking around.\u00a0 Yes, walking.\u00a0 Well, sort of.\u00a0 Since there’s fluid in there, it looked more like someone trying to walk in water.\u00a0 It was like a zoomed-out view of a kind of stomach-shaped room, and she was skipping all around from top to bottom, back and forth.\u00a0 Then she looked right at us, as if she was looking into a camera, and she waved at us.\u00a0 We all (me, the nurse, and some other lady who approached at that moment…I think I knew her in my dream) thought that was pretty special.\u00a0 So we watched her skip around some more, then the creepy part.\u00a0 She looked into the “camera” again and beckoned me with her hand.\u00a0 Palm up, she slowly curled in all her fingers a few times.\u00a0 In my dream, we all thought it was sweet that she wanted me to join her and play with her.\u00a0 And I was a little sad that I couldn’t.\u00a0 But after I woke up enough to actually think rationally…I thought it was dang creepy.\u00a0 And funny.\u00a0 The whole dream just had a Twilight Zone type atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, we took a trip to St. Louis.\u00a0 Just to get out of town, see friends, hit up Trader Joe’s…stuff that will be a lot harder after baby is here.\u00a0 It was a fun time.\u00a0 And I got some practice holding my friend Melissa’s baby girl. =)\u00a0 She was such a pleasant baby…I hope my little girl is that pleasant!\u00a0 I also got some hand-me-down baby girl clothes.\u00a0 AWESOME.\u00a0 I wanted to take a picture, but (surprise, surprise) I didn’t get around to it.<\/p>\n

My belly is definitely growing.\u00a0 I’ve had two more people ask about it now.\u00a0 One patient asked if I was going to be a momma. =)\u00a0 Sunday after church, we ate at a Japanese steakhouse, and a woman at our table asked in her own, tactful, round-about way.\u00a0 I guess the nice way of asking is asking if I have any children.\u00a0 Because that’s what has been asked two out of the three times anyone has said anything.\u00a0 Pete had just gone to the bathroom to wash his hands, so first she asked me if we were dating.\u00a0 I told her that we’re married.\u00a0 Then she asked if we had any children, so I just gestured to my belly and said something like we’re expecting our first.<\/p>\n

Sunday afternoon, Pete said I was walking a little differently.\u00a0 I don’t believe him!\u00a0 Not yet!\u00a0 =P\u00a0 He says I’ll be his little Weeble, but I’m not waddling YET.<\/p>\n

I think my tummy is kind of cute though. =)\u00a0 I’m going to enjoy it while it’s still just a cute bump, haha.\u00a0 My belly button is getting crazier all the time.\u00a0 You can see it through some of my shirts, especially if I’m not wearing my belly panel jeans.<\/p>\n

I feel her move more and more all the time.\u00a0 Recently, I thought I could finally SEE my tummy move a little when she kicked, but it was just out of the corner of my eye.\u00a0 So I’d try to watch, but then she’d stop.\u00a0 Oh no, I hope she doesn’t have performance anxiety like her momma. =P\u00a0 But finally I was watching when she did it, and my tummy was definitely twitchy!\u00a0 It was so fun and funny to watch.\u00a0 Pete saw it last night.\u00a0 Some days, she’s kind of quiet, but those days are increasingly rare. =)\u00a0 I think she likes to watch Fringe with us.\u00a0 Because she always moves around so Pete can feel whenever we’re watching it. =P<\/p>\n

One night when we went to bed, I laid down on my right side to cuddle on Pete before turning over on my left side to sleep (that’s the routine).\u00a0 When I was still on my right side, she started moving around a LOT, so I told Pete that she might not like this position so much.\u00a0 He said something like, “She’s just trying to get closer to me!” =D\u00a0 So cute.\u00a0 (Sorry Pete, I tell on you a lot in this blog. \u2665)<\/p>\n

Last night, I had just<\/em> told Pete that I was looking forward to when he could feel her when I’m snuggled up to him.\u00a0 And right after that, he did!\u00a0 He felt her a few times.\u00a0 So fun. =)<\/p>\n

Okay, all this belly talk…I actually have pics this time (omg).<\/p>\n

I’m including an older one that I almost forgot about.\u00a0 I didn’t include before because I didn’t think it turned out very well.\u00a0 But I think I grew a lot in the last week especially, so it’s kind of needed to bridge the gap.<\/p>\n

This one is actually from Week 22…I think?<\/p>\n

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Aaaaannnnndd here’s week 24!\u00a0 Black might be slimming, but not that much!\u00a0 Baby’s a-growin’!<\/p>\n

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I’m thinking about having a doula present at the birth.\u00a0 Really leaning toward it, though I haven’t really done anything about it yet.\u00a0 Anyone have any experiences or know anyone who had one?<\/p>\n

That about wraps it up. Sorry this update is so disjointed. Lots to remember in the last two weeks, and it’s rather late right now. I figured if this post is going to happen, I need to just write it already. But it’s past my bedtime, and very minimal proofreading is taking place.<\/p>\n

Cartoon baby. Kiddo weighs a pound or more!<\/p>\n

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