WEEK 24

WEEK 24

January 3rd 2011. Baby Mark is now about 1.1 to 1.3 lb.. and about 11 inches long, size of a papaya.  Baby Mark is very energetic, constantly moving and kicking me.  At this stage he is able to easily turn upside down and vice versa.  Depending on the position taken by baby, I can feel strong left and right kick into the bladder.  I am able to recognize  when he is active and when he is silent and not moving.  Late at night around 12 am to 2 am he is kicking and moving a lot, and in the morning around 10am. Sometime after I eat I can feel him more too.  I've started going to the bathroom non stop, like every 15 minutes, at least that's what it feels like.  My belly is getting really really big,  and my heart burn is horrible, every time and everything I eat.  Lower part of my belly hurts when I get up to fast or try to turn over in bed, from all the muscles stretching.  My hubby Toly bought me some belly buds which are really cool for baby Mark to listen to music.  We try to listen to music every night or in the morning for about an hour.  Tuesday morning I had an Dr. appointment which when pretty good, we heard Mark's heartbeat which was nice and strong.  The Doctor made me get a flu shot which I was not to happy about, I never had one and didn't really want one but she insisted for me to get one for Mark sake.   The shot left my arm sore for about 3 days.  On friday nurse Suzan came to see me, she is so nice and sweet.  My blood pressure was normal 120 over 68, and I weight in at 132.5 which is a total of 10 pounds that I have gained from getting pregnant.  It was Ukrainian Christmas on friday and it snowed again which was so nice.  We had church that night and had a Christmas play that my mom and dad where in, they did such a good job, i was so proud.   Saturday morning and it was still snowing, we left to Ohio to visit Andre, Gina, their kids, and Dina.  The ride was a bit snowy but beautiful, all white and covered in snow. But thank God we made it in one piece and in 6 hours as planed.