It's time to start off the 3rd Trimester... with a bang!

We had some fireworks last week a day before I started my 3rd and final trimester. I have been very lucky and have been feeling great. My body has still been letting me go on long walks and occasional jogs a few times a week. Last thursday I was going on my usual very slow 2.5 mile run when I tripped on a curb and took quite a header. I was very lucky to have been able to fall on my side and my left hand and leg took the brunt of the fall. However, I did call the Dr. since they said if you ever take a fall you need to let us know, not to mention I'm taking a blood thinner throughout the pregnancy. She immediately told me to go to Georgetown to be monitored.

Upon arrival they took such good care of me. We both were very nervous but I could feel baby Moore moving so I knew the little one was most likely just fine. Jessica was our nurse and she was so fantastic. She got me on the monitor and we could hear a perfect heart beat. According to the contraction monitor though, I was having a few contractions. This made me nervous but they assured me it was most likely just irritation from the fall and it would stop. Around now is when Dave started bringing attention to my swelling hand. They could tell that our little guy or gal looked great and they did a sonogram to see that my placenta was intact and amiotic fluid was OK. All looked good so they sent me to the ER for a short time to have my hand looked at.
Never have I had a broken bone... till now of course. Everyone knew I was going to have to be monitored at L&D for 4 more hrs so they were so great getting me through and getting my hand splinted quickly. Then it was back on the fetal monitor till about 3am. I had a few more contractions but no signs of active labor and baby moore continued to look fantastic. Dave managed to nod off a few times in his little reclining chair and kept me from stressing out too much. Finally, a little after 3am we got the O.K. to go home.
So, needless to say, I've decided to just stick to walking for the rest of this pregnancy. I doubt I would have made it much longer anyway. Hopefully my break should heal very quickly within a few weeks. More than enough time to have both hands for our little one's birth and after. The most important thing is that our little one is still just perfect :). I have a couple of pictures below from the past few weeks!

Our Baby's Eyes are Open!!!

So the time is truly flying by. We are almost 26 weeks pregnant which is when the baby reopens their eyes after they have been fused since almost week 8. Everything has been going wonderfully the past few months and I've even felt up to working some overtime at the hospital. This is a big change from the early months when I was far more sick and stressed.

There was lots of good new today as I passed my Glucose Tolerance Screening. I'm eating a big bowl of chocolate cookie dough ice cream as I type. As many of you know, I'm taking Lovenox, a blood thinner throughout my pregnancy and all the lab work to make sure that is going ok came back perfect too.

Now the preparation has truly begun before a very hectic and exciting summer. Dave spent 2 weekends ago putting our crib together and rearranging the furniture in our second bedroom. Then it was a trip to New Jersey for Devon and Greg's Bridal shower. A lot of family and friends got their first feel of Baby Moore moving around and kicking in my tummy. He or she is usually quite a lively little one and I've been so lucky that I have been able to feel he/she move since about 18 weeks. Now Dave and Belle the Cat are often frightened by sudden jolts in my tummy visible through my tee shirt!

So its time to enter my 7th month, wow is it going quickly. We are so excited for everyone to get to meet this little one soon. I'll be posting some more belly pictures soon. It is growing exponentially, that is for sure!

20w6d Pictures

We went in for our 20 week sonogram and here are the pictures.  A video will follow shortly.

For these (pics 3 & 4) the baby is facing you laying on his/her left side.

These are profile pictures from the right side (i.e. nose on top).

The first is the spine and the second is the bottom of the foot.

20w6d

20w6d

18 week belly picture

Baby Moore is 17 weeks old.... in utero of course!

So finally you all (meaning probably the one person who reads this) can get to hear from the momma of this expected little one. Dave has been in charge of this site (why there are a lot of ridiculous baby names... please don't encourage him). I have been feeling pretty under the weather the past three months and am just finally turning the corner. As you could see from the prior post, despite my lack of gaining weight and being sick, there is a growing belly :)!

We had a Dr. Appointment today and the Dr. said it sounds like a healthy little baby in there. I never thought a whoosh whoosh noise of a belly doppler could ever make you feel so good. Dave has been a model future dad (despite those name choices), always coming to the Dr. with me, enjoying all the extra chores he has been helping do, taking me to IHOP whenever I want crazy pancakes, and enduring my sudden mid conversation runs to the bathroom cause dinner isn't sitting so well its actually coming back up. Its gotta be pretty hard to have a pregnant wife, I sure as heck wouldn't want one!!!

We are almost to the halfway point and it is truly flying by. August 21st is the big due date. We are only 3 1/2 weeks away from the "Big Ultrasound", but must warn that we are not gonna find out the sex of the baby. We are looking forward to finding that out on the big day. We will be sure to post lots of picture and video from that exciting day, you might even see something we don't, or be able to make your guesses on what we are having. I've already had two people at work tell me that they can tell by the way I'm carrying it that its a girl... funny cause most people when I'm in scrubs have no idea i'm pregnant!

We will continue to post pictures and updates often. We can't wait to share all the events to come, feeling the baby move, pictures, my growing belly and of course the delivery and after. Thanks everyone for all the thoughts and we can't wait for you all to meet our little one! Its only a few months away!!!!!!

Belly Pics - 16w0d

Baby Name Idea

This one comes from our friend Jody Abbott:

• Davidicus

I like it!