We got to hear the heartbeat again at the monthly checkup yesterday. When the nurse put the probe on my belly, baby started kicking at it, knocking it out of place. I'm surprised by the strength of this little one already. Brandon finally got to feel him move this morning, I guess as the boy was doing his morning stretches.
The doc also said the baby is in a breech position right now, which makes sense because I feel a lot of movement lower in the stomach. Apparently he will continue to flip around until the last couple of weeks before birth. I wonder if the baby was still in that position, if the doc would try to turn him externally.
At the next appointment, due to having Rh negative blood, I get the Rhogam shot. Yay! Shots! I read this one website where a vegan lady refused the shot on the premise that if she had a natural birth it was unlikely that her blood and the baby's would mix. But it seems like the benefits outweigh any risks of getting the shot. I mean, I don't want any stillbirths, and if this shot successfully eliminates that, then I'm okay to get it. Maybe the vegan lady is just scared of shots.
My students are becoming increasingly curious about my belly and baby, and have started to tell baby stories or ask baby questions in the middle of class in an attempt to get me off task...and I have fallen for it. One will raise his hand, I'll stop what I'm saying, and he'll launch into, "I was watching 16 and Pregnant and..." and I will have to say, "So, Pablo Neruda's Ode to My Socks..."
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