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@Ree723: I've said it before, I don't know how you do it. Friends of ours just moved back here from Cairns with their four month old and the poor mite is always cold!
@Mrs Music: haha that cracks me up. My little peanut was like that ALL yesterday - it was exhausting!

I am so lucky guys, I met up with one of my friends today to catch up with her and her almost one-year old. Not only did she bring her Doppler for me to borrow for the rest of the pregnancy, but also brought me a whole bunch of little generous gifts - chocolate, bath bomb, preg-safe antacids, magazines and a pedicure voucher. So blessed (and almost a little teary)!

not sure which ones of you are on number 2 or up but those of you who are: Do your children every put their hands on your tummy and instantly get kicked?

This could go the same for those of you who have pets.

@MrsKoala: Autumn is my favorite season too but I don't like bipolar Michigan. Every other day you switch from heat to air conditioning. Id rather it just remain sweatshirt weather than have it flip flop so much

@MrsKoala: Yeah. One day Im freezing. The next day its like 80 out and then once in a while you get the perfect sweatshirt weather. I like the sweatshirt weather. Then to add to being able to wear your comfy sweatshirts you get the pretty colors of the leaves and everything. I'm hoping that the trees will still have the pretty colored leaves on November 9th. Nothing could make my wedding day better. =)

@Danizaur: It's normal for them to be super active for a period of time and then not move as much for a while. The babies are still weak and small so its possible that he is moving without you knowing it. Sometimes they are moving when you are up and moving around and then they are lulled to sleep by the time you sit down. Call your doctor if you are worried and they should ease your mind. If you get too worried and can't wait to call the doctor then a trip to the ER surely should clear your mind. They can use a doppler and ultrasound to make you feel better. With your anterior placenta it probably makes it a lot harder to feel movement. Best thing for you to do is relax. Stress is not healthy for you or your baby.

His movement is much better today. He is actually higher than my belly button! I'm feeling him do flips today. I can breathe a little easier.

I'm also 20 weeks today! Halfway there!!

My LO is like right at belly button level now but he is stretching from my pelvis to my ribs. Looks like another tall one for me. Only problem i got notice of today was at my U/S the doctor saw his heart rate dipping super low. It looked good today but at the anatomy scan it wasn't. I guess the dr is going to keep a closer eye on him and make sure his heart rate is remaining good

@Danizaur: I have a short torso, too, and I'm feeling (and seeing!) a lot of the kicks right by my belly button.

LO calms down the minute DH tries to feel the thumps, but at least now he's been able to watch my belly a bit. Hahah. Soon we'll have to sneak-attack the kiddo and I'll silently get DH over to feel one. I swear the babe hears me call him over and then *boom* - nothing. Poor hubs.

@indi: same here! I think right now LO doesn't want anyone but me to feel it! Every time DH tries he says he just feels my heartbeat or my stomach going up and down from me breathing!

@MrsKoala: LO is definitely playing kick the bladder he's sitting low too but I did feel him I little higher up for a lil today then low again.

@littleblessings: hope the dr keeps an eye on him but sometime their rate can change so don't worry too much.

@SweetMamaM: I was like that too last week til I told DH we needed a mini vacation so we took a weekend trip to St. Augustine and stayed by the water it was very refreshing. Enjoy the rest of your time.

@indi: @Mrs Music: @Danizaur: same here and DH talks to him every night hoping he'll kick for him but he just won't all day he's moving and kicking but soon as DH come home he stops til DH goes to bed then he's back at it lol poor hubby I don't know why this lil boy does him like that.

@littleblessings: oh ok well hope everything goes good with that

@SweetMamaM: aww I'm glad you're ok! There are like 9 layers of things protecting baby, so baby is most likely fine, even after a fall. I'm mostly concerned with you having landed strangely- I hope your body isn't sore tomorrow. Get some rest

@SweetMamaM: You poor thing Ice it if you can! It's sad when pregnant you can't just reach for the Advil. The things we do for our babies- twisty falls and all!

@SweetMamaM: aw sorry that's happen but good the baby is ok you take care and be careful

Anyone else cloth diapering? I know I said in a previous post I wasn't but I'm seriously reconsidering it now.

@Danizaur: Nope, we are doing Pampers till she's out of size 1 swaddlers and then moving to Target's brand (that's what my LO #1 wears now and we don't have issues with leaks)

@SweetMamaM: So glad you arent more hurt! Definitely one of my biggest pregnancy mishap fears--falling.

@IcebergMom: @Honeygold89: @Danizaur: @Mrs Music: thanks guys. I made the mistake of reading more of Dr Google last night and with LO being a bit quiet I worked myself up into a crying fit that I could have hurt our baby. DH was awesome and cuddled me all the way through it. Bebe has been a solid little wriggler today though, so I am much more positive, despite having a palm-sized bruise on my shin.

@Danizaur: We're planning on cloth diapering, but will probably give ourselves a month to six weeks in eco disposables just to not put too much pressure on ourselves in the first few weeks.

@Mrs Music: I've put that in the "too hard" basket. I'm hoping someone gets an awesome one for our baby shower or I'll just pop out in the post-Christmas sales and pick up something.