Well, it is official, I am 5 1/2 months along now (22 weeks) and am more than half way there, Woo Hoo! We went to go see the doctor this morning and she confirmed that Melissa is fabulous at reading ultrasounds and it is still a GIRL!!!
The internet says that baby "is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing. Nipples are starting to sprout, and that little face is fully formed. And, baby's starting to settle into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day."
She is now about the size of a Papaya:
She is moving like crazy. I can feel her moving around and kicking a lot. It is still really light, but Adam has been able to feel it once or twice. I LOVE it when she moves around a lot, it is a pretty cool feeling.
My tummy is really starting to grow. I feel that is is getting bigger daily, ha! Even though I still feel like I look like I ate way to much food rather than pregnant, here is a picture of me at 21 weeks:
We talked a bunch over the past few weeks and have finally decided on a name. We are very certain she is going to be named Callie Ann Casto. We are super excited to meet her and cannot wait to put her room together.
We spoke with the doctor this morning about delivery and the doctor and us both agreed on a game plan for delivery. The doctor is going to switch me to a shorter acting Blood Thinner at 36 weeks, and then, if I have not gone into labor by 39 weeks, she will induce me so I am able to plan ahead and go off the blood thinners prior to delivery creating less risk if I have to have a C-Section, and allowing me to have the Epidural, whew =o). So, it looks like if Callie does not come early, she should grace us with her presence on or around the 7th or 8th of May. That is only about 120 days away, WOW.
Well, we finally picked out a bedroom pattern for Callie and I am super stoaked to start working on her room. We are going to have a lot of fun painting the nursery and putting it all together. I believe we plan on putting a chair rail across the middle of the room and painting Pink below and Cream above, but we will see what happens when it gets down to it =o).
We will go see the doctor again next month, I get to do the fun Glucose test, woo hoo. That is all I have for the time being, but I will leave you with a picture of Callie to look at:
Love you all and hope to see you soon!
