Jin mentioned that I haven’t posted in a while. Since our last ultrasound, it’s been nothing but monthly doctor appointment with 2-3-minute glimpses to see how she’s doing, what position she’s in, and how she’s progressing in the most general ways.
A few days into the twenty-second week of pregnancy, I felt her move for the first time. It was a teeny, tiny blurp, and it felt weird, shocking, and amazing.
Of course, I cried.
Since then, she’s been moving more often, and her movements have gotten bigger. I am now fully accustomed to getting kicked awake in the middle of the night, and she is not shy about doing the happy dance after a meal. There have been times when the kicks are so hard that it gets hard to breathe, but no matter what kind of mood she’s in, she immediately calms down when Jin starts talking to her. It can be a song, his “word of the day”, or just a recounting of his day - she seems to be soothed by her papa’s voice.
Today, we reach the 30th week of pregnancy, and she is about the size of a bunch of broccoli, a zucchini, or one of those old school Slinky Dogs. She’ll be approximately 16 in. long, and weigh in at around 3 lbs.
And I feel every bit of her growth.