Greetings Family & Friends:
We just reached our twenty-fifth week of the pregnancy and everything is looking good. Calculating those weeks out means I'm almost into my third trimester and have about 3 1/2 months left until the baby arrives. It still seems far off, but then again the last three months went by really fast. We have signed up for a birthing and new baby care class that is for two hours every Thursday night and lasts for six weeks. Plus we just signed up to tour two hospitals in the area. Both of them have new birthing centers with the option to have a midwife instead of a doctor. We are going with the midwife as we would like to do everything as natural as possible, but still feel like we have access to doctors if need be. We did play with the idea of an at home birth but decided that we would prefer to have the first baby in a more supportive setting. Maybe next time. :)
So things are moving along quite smoothly and the pregnancy has been a positive experience all around. But things are changing...breathing is getting harder and yesterday I tried to get off the couch from a laying position and didn't quite make it all the way up. We both got a good laugh out of that. So much for core strength, guess those stomach muscles aren't what they use to be. I am still running and swimming, and biking to work, but much slower and not quite as often/far. It is getting hotter outside here so I'm pretty sure that water aerobics is just around the corner for me.
Michael is doing great and has a pretty solid job prospect. But we will give more details on that when we know for sure. But while that goes through, he is gearing up for a late season peak for his road cycling mixed in with a little mountain biking, which will set him up for a Fall cyclocross season. He is taking a few classes through the University of Maryland online and only has a few more left before he graduates. The finish line is insight!!!
I'm attaching a few pictures. One is of me a few weeks ago, as you can see I am starting to show. I guess it is the real deal. The other is of Michael on Father's Day. I bought him the bike onesie for the baby as I could not resist it. Too cute!
Hope everyone is doing well.
Love,
Michael & Jessica
We just reached our twenty-fifth week of the pregnancy and everything is looking good. Calculating those weeks out means I'm almost into my third trimester and have about 3 1/2 months left until the baby arrives. It still seems far off, but then again the last three months went by really fast. We have signed up for a birthing and new baby care class that is for two hours every Thursday night and lasts for six weeks. Plus we just signed up to tour two hospitals in the area. Both of them have new birthing centers with the option to have a midwife instead of a doctor. We are going with the midwife as we would like to do everything as natural as possible, but still feel like we have access to doctors if need be. We did play with the idea of an at home birth but decided that we would prefer to have the first baby in a more supportive setting. Maybe next time. :)
So things are moving along quite smoothly and the pregnancy has been a positive experience all around. But things are changing...breathing is getting harder and yesterday I tried to get off the couch from a laying position and didn't quite make it all the way up. We both got a good laugh out of that. So much for core strength, guess those stomach muscles aren't what they use to be. I am still running and swimming, and biking to work, but much slower and not quite as often/far. It is getting hotter outside here so I'm pretty sure that water aerobics is just around the corner for me.
Michael is doing great and has a pretty solid job prospect. But we will give more details on that when we know for sure. But while that goes through, he is gearing up for a late season peak for his road cycling mixed in with a little mountain biking, which will set him up for a Fall cyclocross season. He is taking a few classes through the University of Maryland online and only has a few more left before he graduates. The finish line is insight!!!
I'm attaching a few pictures. One is of me a few weeks ago, as you can see I am starting to show. I guess it is the real deal. The other is of Michael on Father's Day. I bought him the bike onesie for the baby as I could not resist it. Too cute!
Hope everyone is doing well.
Love,
Michael & Jessica
