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A bit late, but here is my week 15 belly shot - actually taken at week 15 and 2 days ;) Week 14 belly shot Week 11 belly shot Week 5 belly shot It's coming along! I feel a difference, but I don't think it's looking all that difference from last week. We'll see about week 16 though :)

lol - check out this cartoon: http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/l/labor_wards.asp So, I have been meaning to write about this for a bit; those who are following me on twitter may have also seen a few tweets about this. I finally talked to my mom the other day for more details about how labor was for her. As in - how much does it actually hurt/what does it feel like? I still think that it's going to be one of those things that you have to experience for your own - I still don't feel like I know what it's going to be like too well. (of course, part of my problem may be that I always 'defined' my pain in categories due to sport injuries and so I probably have a different way of going about pain than other people! lol ) But, also - people don't often say too much about the pain. I mean, they say it does hurt (and open their eyes really big to get that point across), but at the same time, they then focus on the pushing and how tired you can get... So, the ...

"Bubbles. Butterflies. Gas. These are all words used to describe what a baby's first movements feel like to a mother. Quickening is defined as the first time you feel your baby move. This is a long anticipated event in every pregnancy. If you are expecting your first baby you can expect to feel your baby for the first time between 18 and 24 weeks gestation. If this is not your first baby you can expect to feel your baby a bit sooner than you felt your first. This is usually said to happen because you know what you're feeling for and your uterus is more stretched out than it was the first time around." From http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/fetaldevelopment/a/aa082999.htm So, I wanted to write about this because I'm either having a new kind of gas/growling belly or I'm actually feeling baby :) I know, I know - it's early and probably not it, but it certainly is different! :) About 3 days ago - at the start of the weekend - I was lying in bed before getting...