Almost to Viability

I have been getting into the habit lately of waking up at 4am and staying awake as Nathan ninja kicks my side and then rolls around (currently 23w3d). I can distinctly feel my belly move up and down in the rolling motion with him. It's kinda neat...but he only likes to do this type of show at night, during the day he snuggles into my lower abdomen, occasionally moving higher. At night, he prefers the higher portion of my uterus.

I told Daniel that I feel like I cry wolf when I tell him to touch my belly, because Nathan will only kick once or twice more (normally when the dogs are distracting us) and then fall into a deep sleep for the next hour or two. I guess Daniel has "the touch" when it comes to putting Nathan asleep. We hope it stays that way so Daniel can be our baby whisperer.

I have been convinced until a couple days ago that my belly button wouldn't pop out until closer to the end if it did at all. Well, I can say my belly button is on its way to an outie. I was feeling it on Sunday and gave Daniel a look that said "this is so disgusting, feel it!" Daniel thinks it is cool and humorous. I think it is gross to think my belly button is coming out! I can still shave my legs though!

With being able to finally eat more I am gaining weight much more quickly, but now that I have had my time allowing myself to eat whatever sounds good (my reward for toughing out the nasty puke time), I am officially back into eating well. Thank goodness.

I have been getting small migraines daily for the pass 4-5 days. They aren't severe, but I will bring them up to my doctor at my appointment May 28th. I think they were occurring mostly from poor diet, possible dehydration, lack of sleep, and being out in the sun too long on those days. I am just a sun lover by nature. But now I am limiting sun exposure and eating much better (now that I have an actual taste for vegetables instead of wanting to hurl at the thought of them).

I pray every day this sweet child makes it safely into our arms. I have learned over this past year (yes, I got pregnant a year ago with the first one at this time) that everything is not guaranteed and I have to accept that, so here is to having faith that Nathan will be our biggest miracle of our life so far. I am praying the anatomy scan shows no abnormalities. It is scheduled for May 27th. I am not really excited about it, just nervous...I guess my feelings are a response to my losses since everyone else I have talked to raved about how cool the scan is. I know no matter how cool it is I will just be praying Nathan has been developing well.