The last few weeks have flown by and so I'm playing a bit of catch-up with the
blog. I know I am currently in week 21, but week 20 deserved its own post
so they will be posted shortly.
Things have been going very well the past few
weeks. The most exciting news is I have felt a few fluttering baby
movements, but it isn’t every day and sometimes I am not 100% sure if it is the
baby moving or just gas!
My biggest noticeable difference this week has
been hunger. The books say the baby is going through a growth spurt,
which makes the elevated hunger pains normal. I try to make the snacks
healthy foods such as carrots, apples and oranges, but every now and then I
might sneak a cookie or brownie.
During week eighteen Cookie-Dough is now about
the size of a sweet potato or bell pepper: approximately 5.6 inches (14.2
centimeters) and weighs 6.7 ounces (190 grams). Cookie-D is yawning,
swallowing, hiccupping, and sucking.
If we were to have a scan of the baby this week,
it might appear that Cookie-D is taking a martial arts course inside of me;
what with all the twisting, rolling, punching and kicking, the excitement of
feeling the baby now, may well become short-lived as the kicks get ever more
forceful.
During week eighteen Cookie-Dough is now about
the size of a mango or Heirloom tomato: approximately 6 inches (14.2
centimeters) and weighs 8 1/2 ounces (190 grams). Cookie-D is working on
all five senses. Nerve cells for the sense of taste, hearing, sight and
smell are all developing in the brain. Also a waxy protective
coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on her skin to prevent it from
pickling in the amniotic fluid.
Week 18
During week 20 we have a scan so I will tell you
all about it in the next post.
In the outside World, we had a huge storm in
Denver from the night of February 2nd through the morning of
February 4th. We got approximately 24 inches of snow in this
time and, while I got to work from home, I also got to gloat as Arthur battled
the snow while shoveling the driveway a number of times!
Week 19
By Saturday the 4th I had cabin
fever and had to get out, so two pregnant ladies (Rachel and I) headed to
Evergreen to go snowshoeing. While we only got 24 inches of snow,
Evergreen got closer to 40 inches making for excellent conditions. Most
of the park we were in had some trails that had already been packed down by
other snowshoers or skiers, but in a few areas we were having to forge our own
trails.
On Sunday we had a few people over to watch the
super bowl, but to be honest I didn’t really watch much of the game. Then
on Monday the 6th we celebrated our 4-year dating anniversary
with dinner out at the Grand Lux Cafe.
The following week we didn’t get up to much as we
were preparing for my sister-in-law, Fran, to come visit us in Denver and for
my cousin Shannon’s baby to arrive.
Shannon and Mike also let the gender of the baby
be a surprise and for whatever reason everyone got it
into their heads that she was having a boy. Like everyone
else, I was wrong. Elin Anna Glunk was born on
Friday morning at 11:47am weighing 6 lbs 11 oz and was 20 ¾ inches in
length. Both Arthur and I went to the hospital Friday afternoon to visit
a beautiful and very alert newborn.
Arthur and I both got to hold her. I would
love to say Arthur was instantly a natural when holding Elin, but he didn’t spend
his youth babysitting, although he did liken it to holding newborn lambs (which
he is more practiced in): he will be getting a lot more practice
soon!
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