Quickening

What a stupid word. Really. I mean, the pregnancy books pretend like it's sophisticated medical slang that all the cool obstetricians use, but really? No. I know obstetricians. I've worked with them. I've even examined pregnant people in clinic before. I never heard that word until I read it in some silly pregnancy stuff. Anyways, "quickening" supposedly refers to the first time mom can feel baby move. It usually happens around week 20 in first time moms, a little earlier in repeat offenders (because they actually recognize what they're feeling and don't dismiss it as gas).

For Libby, it happened a little out of the ordinary. At least, it's the first time I've heard of it happening this way. She went to a normal pre-natal visit May 24th (20 weeks and 4 days... almost right on schedule) with her family doc, and the doc was examining her, and said, "Hey! Can you feel that?" Libby said, "Feel what?" (Take this all with a grain of salt, since I wasn't there.) "That's the baby moving!" the doc replied. So Libby reached down and felt baby moving from the outside... and recognized that she was also feeling baby from the inside, too... So, simultaneously feeling baby moving from inside and outside for the first time all at once!

Not only that, but that night, guess who else got to feel baby move the SAME day? That's right. The Baby Daddy. And let me tell you, that was super cool. Super cool, indeed. Our baby's a good kicker (or puncher or flipper or something acrobatic).

This story has not been reviewed by the main character, so if you're reading it shortly after it's posted, check back in a few days to make sure it hasn't gotten revised at the insistence of the Baby Momma.

Mexico (catching up)

We already had one brief post about our baby's trip to Mexico, so I thought maybe one more brief post would be enough to address the issue... granted, it's coming a month late, but better late than never. And since there have been several requests for Pregnant Libby pics, I can oblige.


We had a good time in Cancun, and of course, Baby did, too. It was intermittent weather, raining every day, but never for more than 30 minutes at a stretch. When the sun came out, though, it was gorgeous. Don't worry, Baby was well protected in his/her God-given natural sunblock (uterus), and never even came close to getting a tan, much less a sunburn. Libby got some time on the beach, but her primary focus was learning about Family Medicine around the world.

Libby with a bump in front and a pack on the back in front of the conference center

Meanwhile, I (Jonathan) got to experience some of Cancun's other pasttimes...

Margaritas and WHAT?

Even though I got a fair bit more beach time than Libby, she got to enjoy the sand some, too... and we both got some time for sightseeing.

One of the Seven New Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza

Beach Time!

Shopping mall elevators... for people like Libby!

We got to do and see some other cool things, but as they weren't really Baby related, I'll let this post be mostly about seeing Pregnant Libby pictures. After all, she is the star of the blog... well, her belly is, any way.