May 1st, 2010 to Aug 6th, 2010 marked the second trimester. Wow we are 2/3 of the way done, it seems so long yet so short at the same time. So many wonderful and exciting things happened during this time for us. Also I got to tell my nieces and nephews about you, which is something I had been waiting to do.
I had four doctor appointments during the second trimester. The first was on 5/14/10 I got to hear your little heart beat and it was still pretty fast, above 160bpm. On 5/20/10 I felt you move for the first time. I had been feeling little flutters before this but I wasn't sure if it was you or gas. I was laying down to go to sleep that night and I felt you kick/punch not for sure which. I had been waiting on you to move since the 16th week b/c I had read that some women feel movement as early as 16 weeks, but you held out two more weeks before I could feel you. I would only feel you move maybe once a day at first, it was still very sporadic. I would lie down and push on my belly trying to feel you or get you to move. Your dad would get so protective and tell me to quit pushing on you. He always thought I was going to hurt you. Your daddy would tell me if he saw me push on my belly one more time he was going to go buy a new truck....... You will understand the meaning of this when you get a little bigger.
The second doctor appointment was on 6/3/10 which was a good one because I got an ultrasound and got to see you. This ultrasound was a comprehensive one where they checked all of your organs and physical features and found no visible birth defects or abnormalities. That was such a blessing to hear that you had no known problems. This ultrasound and the previous one I have on a DVD so I watch it periodically it is so cool seeing you bounce around on there. The day after the appointment (right at 20 weeks) I was lying in bed after work watching some cop show waiting on daddy to get off work and I felt you kick on the outside of my belly. I had my hand on my belly rubbing it and you kicked hard enough for my hand to feel it. I immediately called daddy and told him to hurry home because I wanted him to feel you. When he got home I laid down and had daddy put his hand on my belly, he just kinda cupped it there and wouldn't push down. I felt you kick and asked Daddy if he felt you he told me yes.
Around June 25th is when you became my pain in the butt, I mean literally I began having tailbone pain. It was really bad at work because I had to sit for 8 hours a day, it was a dull pain but very much there. My next doctor appointment was July 1st. This appointment was very quick, I just went in and got to hear you heartbeat, it had began to slow down a bit, which is normal, I believe it was around 150bpm.
It seems like every milestone with you happened on a Friday, which was the turn day of the week, like your Monday. You were a week older each Friday and that is usually when I experienced something new with you. July 23rd was the beginning of week 26th and the first Braxton Hicks contraction that I felt. At first I thought you were just rolling over but at about the third time I realize my tummy was actually tightening and staying that way for a few seconds. It was such a cool feeling because it would make you ball up and I could really feel the outline of your body with my hand.
Somewhere during the 27th week was when daddy really felt you kick. All the other times he said he could feel you he was just telling me that. I guess he just wanted me to be happy so that is why he had said he had felt you, when he really hadn't. I was laying in bed that morning, half way asleep when I heard daddy tell me how beautiful I was. I remember thinking, "I'm sure I look lovely with my upper lip stuck to the top of my teeth, hair all a mess and drooling," but that's why I love him, he thinks I'm beautiful no matter what. Then I hear daddy get real excited and say, "I felt her, I felt her again, did you feel that?" He was so excited that I knew it was the first time he had really felt you. I busted him on his previous lies and he admitted that this was the first time he had really felt you. Since then I frequently wake up to daddy rubbing my belly.
8/3/10 was the last doctor appointment for the second trimester. Your little heartbeat was 147bpm and the doctor measured my stomach and you were measuring right at 28/29 weeks. Yippee my little girl should arrive right on schedule. I also had to go take my gestational diabetes test, I will get the results today 8/17/10 on your next visit.
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