Thanks to this handy dandy baby app called “BabyBump” we are able to keep track of the “exact” age of Baby B. I’m pretty positive that without the app, I’d just guess – yea, I’m about 4 months pregnant 🙂

In a world that is smothered in technology, it’s pretty interesting to hold in palm of my hand daily updates on what’s going on inside my body.

This week:

Baby B is 4.6 inches, weighs 3.5 oz, and is the size of an avocado.

Baby – Our baby’s limbs are much more developed, legs and arms are longer and are becoming more controlled in movement. Our baby’s skeletal system is developing more as calcium is deposited in the bones. Over the next couple of weeks, our baby’s weight will DOUBLE!

My Body – the app says that if you’re lucky, you may have felt your baby kick for the first time. This experience is also called quickening, and I may begin to feel this fluttery sensation now or in the coming weeks. The other night, my stomach felt a little queasy/fluttery/odd – so I laid down on the floor, tried to slow my breathing, and concentrated to see if I could feel Baby B move. At that moment, my anticipation of movement made my heart start racing and I was unable to feel any movement. It’s ok though, soon… very soon.

My stomach is having a blast right now playing tricks on me. I wake up in the morning and my stomach is pretty flat you can see the remnants of my abs. By about 2:00-4:00 in the afternoon, a little baby bump has begun to form and makes it’s daily appearance. I go to sleep with a view of the home our baby is making in my belly, but when I wake the game starts all over again.

Since it’s winter and freezing, most of my clothes are pretty bulky, layered, or flowing for work so not many have gotten to see ‘THE BUMP’. Yesterday I learned that I hugged a friend over the holidays at a party and he could feel my bump. He said, usually Beks’ stomach is flat, but I could definitely feel a little belly in our hug. He didn’t say anything at the time for fear of embarrassing me or bothering me.

Truth be told, I’m super excited about the bump! It makes it even more real because we can see our baby growing!! (I’m def. still nervous about losing the baby weight, but I’ve decided not to worry about it right now because I don’t want my nervous thoughts of the future to affect my growth and enjoyment in this growing season) Grow, baby, grow!

– Beka