Baby Bump Denial?

You be the judge: Baby bump or not?

I think it's there, Kristin still denies it. Despite the fact that she can no longer button most of her pants, she still insists that she's not much bigger than before she was pregnant. I think it's maybe a phobia or something. I might have to take her to Motherhood Maternity for some exposure therapy.
We're at 16 weeks and counting. About a month and we get the big ultrasound and find out the sex. We'll keep you guys all posted.

It's official -- we're moving!

Match Day was last Thursday and after many months of crossing our fingers, praying, and wondering about our future, we found out where we will be spending the next three years of our lives. For those of you who are lucky enough not to be immersed in med school culture, "Match Day" is the day that 4th year medical students across the country find out where they are being sent for residency training. The day is filled with parties, luncheons, speeches, and strange traditions but, eventually, you do get to find out what your future holds.

Jon matched into Emergency Medicine at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, South Carolina! This was his first-choice program so we are very excited for what the next three years will bring. We will be moving to Columbia towards the end of June - right after the school year ends for me here. Our Winston-Salem townhouse is for sale so hopefully it will sell in time for us to move :-)

Everything with the pregnancy is going fine. I should have a new picture up this weekend. I'm still not really showing but you may be able to see a little bit of a bump!

Kristin

Match Day Pictures:

Pregercize: My Kind of Workout

I've decided that I want to be pregnant, at least for the workouts. When I work out, there's a lot of grunting, sweating, and testosterone involved. There are typically pulled muscles, pain, and (if no one is watching) tears. My workouts are manly. Occasionally, I will find that after working out, I have actually grown more chest hair. That's a workout.

Kristin, however, is now doing pregnancy workouts. This typically involves medium-range walks, but this week it has been raining enough for Noah to float an ark. So she decided to do her pregnancy workout video today, and I was lucky enough to watch. It was quite a riot.

For starters, pregnancy workout videos are very lenient. The most common phrase I overheard was "If you feel like it, you can sit down for a little while". Or "Don't do anything you don't feel up to". Love these phrases- you would never find them on six minute abs.

And in case you thought they might be driving these women way too hard (which is why they would need all the breaks), don't worry. It seems that pregnant women are capable of walking in place, arching their backs, and breathing in and out. Mash together a combination of those moves, and you've got a workout video. For extra challenge, you can raise your arms up and down.

I've decided that tomorrow, instead of jogging, I'm going to do pregercize. And I'll take breaks when I need to.

Moving Right Along

We've hit the 14 week mark and things still seem to be going well. We had a doctor's appointment last week and got a good report. Everything is right on track and I've gained two pounds in the last five weeks. The doctor was very happy about that. I still pretty much look the same but some of my pants are getting harder to button and Jon swears he can see a "bump." :-) I'm sure it won't be long before I have a full-fledged baby bump though. We got to hear the heart beating at a healthy 147 bpm which was very exciting. This was the first time Jon got to hear the heartbeat since he missed the 7 week ultrasound appointment (pesky medical school rotations....) so he was excited. He's just holding out until the baby is big enough for him to be able to hear the heart with his stethoscope!

Check out the 14 week picture below. Oh, I'm also putting in a picture of the cookie cake our friends John and Lisa got us to celebrate the pregnancy. John is also in medical school with Jon and, of course, wanted to be accurate by calling the baby by it's proper designation of a "fetus." He did say the man at the store gave him some strange looks when he asked for "Happy Fetus" to be written on the cake but we got a kick out of it. :-)

12 weeks and still hot!

Hey all,

Kristin is now 12 weeks along, and as evidenced by the picture, still skinny as a post. I swear, I've gained more baby weight than she has.

We are officially in the middle of a blizzard, and Kristin has a snow day tomorrow. Good day to stay in and sit by the fire. See ya'll later.