Monday, September 15, 2008

15 weeks of baby love


Today begins week 15 of pregnancy. No big changes with me really.....still waiting for that energy everyone seems to think I'll be having any day now, but I'm sure it will be here soon. Overall I'm feeling pretty good....a fair amount of internal pains the last 24 hours so I came home from work today and have been lying down ever since in hopes that it passes. Here's the latest picture, taken this past weekend. I don't feel like there's been a drastic change, but I think my Bella Band's (which have been o so wonderful) days are numbered. Fewer and fewer of my regular pants are starting to work with that and I'm inching my way into maternity pants. Still sort of in that in between phase, but nearly all my regular shirts are now packed in boxes or hanging to the side in my closet to make room for nice flowy ones that let me breathe once again. At this point our baby is about the size of a navel orange and 4 inches long. By now she (going with "she" today just to be fair) can move all her limbs. Her eyelids are still fused shut but she can sense light and supposedly if I shine a flashlight on my belly she might turn away. Pretty neat, huh? We're starting to speculate a little bit about the gender, so I added a poll to the blog for fun. Vote if you have a hunch, I'm curious what the results will be! :) I honestly haven't a clue. So many people have told me that they "just knew," but I really haven't the slightest. About 5 more weeks until we know. No matter what, we just ask for your prayers that Baby Keyes continues to develop healthfully.

3 comments:

Sharis Jean said...

How beautiful! My daughter, with child...what more can I say?

Full of love and gratitude,
Mom

Anonymous said...

I just "think" it's a girl! I was wrong on my girls, I thought they were both boys! So it's probably a boy Mat! Of course, healthy is priority! Either way it will be the greatest gift, espescially with all you guys have gone thru to get to this place. For me, I blinked and it happened and they are my life! KW

Andi said...

We "just knew" that Jack was a girl. Ha.