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By kate on November 4th, 2005

Zippy has made an exciting change in how she moves. All of a sudden, this week she is actually KICKING rather than slowly turning over. The first time I felt it, I thought maybe I was having a muscle twitch until I put my hand there and felt something kick back out at me. For […]

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Ultrasound #2

By steve on October 28th, 2005

[this entry by Steve] Kate and I had our second ultrasound appointment a few days ago. Most people only do one appointment; we did two because Zippy was a week smaller than we expected at our previous ultrasound. We wanted to confirm the original measurements and make sure that Zippy wasn’t growing unusually slowly. […]

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belly bubbles

By kate on October 27th, 2005

It seems we may have stumbled upon a photography theme for this pregnancy:

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Baby? What baby?

By kate on October 24th, 2005

I’ve been so busy lately, with work and aerial-related business planning, that I haven’t even had time to give much thought to Zippy. Periods of time go by where I completely forget that I’m pregnant. This is despite the fact that she seems to have gone on another little growth spurt and feels like she’s […]

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Movement

By kate on October 20th, 2005

I’ve been meaning to write for a while about feeling Zippy move. It was and is totally different than I had heard or was expecting. They call it “quickening”, the term for the moment that you feel the first movement. But for me, it wasn’t one moment. It was a few weeks of not […]

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Third Grade Flashback

By kate on October 18th, 2005

I need computer glasses! Since the pregnancy started, I’ve noticed I’m very susceptible to eye strain. By the end of the day or week, my eyes are tired and focusing is very difficult. I finally went to an eye doctor today, who hadn’t seen very many cases of pregnancy-related eye strain. She did find a […]