We've reached V Day!

Also known as viability! I want him to stay in there for at least the next 14-16 weeks. I'm not quite ready for him to come out yet.

From one of my pregnancy website/emails that I get each week:

Your baby's the size of a cantaloupe!

At week 24, your baby's see-through skin is gradually becoming less translucent and is starting to look more opaque, like your own, but with the beauty of a new pink glow, thanks to the small capillaries that have recently formed. Plus, he's getting heavier and now weighs 12.7 to 20.8 ounces. He's 10.5- to 11.8 inches long now, too -- nearly an entire foot!

There's a lot happening inside baby as well, and while his lungs have developed, they couldn't work outside of the womb yet. But the fact that his lungs are fully formed means that he's closer to being ready to survive (and thrive!) in the outside world!

I think I'll continue posting these for the next few months. We'll see. Till next week.

Daycare has been figured out!

Mike and I went and toured our first (and only place I looked into online) daycare facility yesterday morning. We really like the facility and it helps that it is really close to our house. And I know a couple families that send/sent their kids there. I mailed in our registration form this morning, and we should get one of the few spots remaining for the fall. There is a very good chance that friends of ours will have their newest addition to their family with ours.

I've also started feeling him kick a lot more. It has been mostly on my sides or the lower part of my stomach. The problem with the placenta being in the way is it mutes many of the kick feelings. Orange Juice gets him moving a lot more. Mike was finally able to feel him this morning. I was feeling him kick in a few spots so I grabbed Mike's hand and put it on my side. Mike had a surprised look and asked me what was that. He then got to feel him kick a few more times. Mike told me that feeling him makes it feel a bit more real.

He's definitely starting to get stronger with his kicks (course I can't tell what is a foot and what is a hand). I did have to yell at him to stop kicking my bladder this morning. A few of those jabs hurt. I haven't really been able to figure out his waking/sleeping schedule. Hopefully as he gets bigger and stronger I'll be able to tell.

Well, not much else to report. My next appointment is in about a week and a half. It's amazing how quickly the time is passing. June will be here before I know it!

We're officially signed up for all the classes that we want to take as well as the hospital tour/meet the doctors. My OB is one of many potential doctors that could deliver our little one. They are on a rotating schedule so they have a night where you get to meet all of them. We're also taking a tour of the L&D area of Beth Israel after the meet the doctor's part of the evening. This way, we'll know where to go, where to park and have a little familiarity come June.

The classes that we are signed up for are:
-Prepared Childbirth (4 weeks, total of 12 hours of information)
-Caring for your Newborn (1 night, 3 hours). It's been awhile since I've helped take care of a newborn and even then, I was about 10 at the time that Cabe was born.

I also signed up for a Breast Feeding class (1 day, 2.5 hours).They also offer a class after you deliver but everything I've read or heard recommends taking a class before hand.

Everything is slowly coming together. June is going to be here before I know it.