June 14, 2009: 19 weeks and kicking!

We had our monthly checkup on June 10th with Dr. Kathryn Born. We got in and out really fast this time. It was my first confirmed weight gain and we got to hear the heartbeat again. All is well - my bllod pressure is still really low and there aren't any signs of things going badly. They confirmed the results of the second part of our screening and said that our risk of downs and a number of other things is lower than usual for parents at our ages. All good news.

On Friday (June 12th) while I was at a workshop in Baltimore, I felt the first kick! Pretty cool... Now it's a fairly regular occurence (although still pretty random). The baby seems to generally kick pretty low and in the middle-ish (today it was more on the left side and it seems to be getting a bit harder). We can also tell which side the baby os on by feeling around. Count down to sonogram... T-4.5 days!