18 weeks and 1 day today! My baby's arms and legs should be more proportional and neurons are now connected between the brain and muscles allowing the baby better control of it's extremities, thus why I have been feeling more kicks lately. Tiny kicks. A protective substance called vernix caseosa (vernix is the Latin word for varnish; caseosa is cheese) is developing over the baby's skin to create a barrier between it and the amniotic fluid. This keeps the skin from wrinkling. Interesting....
I've been doing more running again the past few weeks as my energy seems to have returned. Today I lifted weights and then went to prenatal yoga.
I have officially switched from my OB Doctor over to the Nurse Midwives. My OB/GYN office is unique in that it not only has Doctors but also 4 nurse midwives. These women are nurse practitioners who have also received extra training in obstetrical care and midwifery. The big difference I see between them and the Doctors is that they do not perform surgeries. These midwives do not do homebirths, they deliver at St. Luke's only, which is good because Michael and I both agreed that Methodist did not seem as natural birth friendly as St. Luke's.
Tomorrow we go in for the baby's anatomical scan, so we will hopefully find out the gender!!! I'm so excited to find out, I know it's probably great to be surprised but honestly I can't handle the suspense of not knowing! I think knowing the gender will help me get a better understanding of who the baby is before it's born and help me to bond with it. We both think it's a girl but that's probably just because we both really hope for a girl. I've even been referring to it as "her" and "she" so it's gonna take some mental adjusting if She turns out to be a He!
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