Half way!

I need to get better at posting these on time. In all fairness, I did have a bit of a dilemma this week. On Friday I have my 20 week appointment so I was going to wait until then to write a post. But, on Monday we also meet with the specialist to have his heart checked out again. At our last visit with the specialist in February the heart wasn't as big as they would have liked it to be, not because anything was wrong with it, it was just hard to see in great detail. Which I guess is what the doctor wanted to check out. I thought it looked great, but I suppose that's why I'm not the doctor.

This week his gentle movements have become much stronger flutters this week. He kind of feels like he's tumbling instead of kicking. He's the size of a banana and weighs in at a healthy 10 1/2 ounces. His sleep schedule is set and from what I've read, this schedule can greatly mimic what his schedule will be when he is born. I had a bit of a scare this weekend with some pain in my abdomen, I called the doctor on Monday and she reassured me that it was just the way he was lying. I never would have guessed that this early on that would really make a difference, but then again, I am half way there. He still really likes my Lamictal (my epilepsy medicine) and I had to have a level taken at the lab last Friday. The results usually take about a week to reach my neurologist who then determines how much we need to increase the dosage. At this point it is an increase every time I have my levels checked. For devoted readers : ) you may recall that my last level measured in at 5.1, the last one I had done measured at a bit lower at 4.9. Not at all ideal.

We've started to read to him daily. I'm reading through The Chronicles of Narnia series and Marcus reads Charlotte's Web to him. I've also been singing to him, quite poorly I might add, but he responds well to Les Miserables (his Nana is excited about that) and some tunes I sing to him when the mood strikes. He definitely likes the former better.

That's it for now. Unless something monumental happens at my 20 week visit I'll probably wait until Monday to post anything. Also, we're supposed to have our 3D ultrasound that day so I'll definitely be posting pictures from that. I can't wait to see him again!!!