ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION

This blog has moved!

Blogger is OK, but it isn't really working out exactly how we want things to be. So, we have moved. I have put all of the posts from this blog onto our new website, and am in the process of moving your comments. (thanks for making comments) This new website has a baby blog, and is done in such a way that we should be able to update things more frequently. This new website will also act in place of our Flickr websites.

So, to anyone that reads our stuff, delete everything on your computer that points to this website, or to our Flickr sites, and replace it with the information for the new site. The address for our new site is:

http://www.themadridfamily.com

Now, go there and check it out. Thanks.

-Becka and Eric-

Maybe working on something new

in anticipation of the baby I am trying to figure out some sort of multimedia solution that will allow us to share videos and pictures and stuff like that of the baby. I guess that between Blogger and Flickr we should have everything that we need but I am not sure if that is really how I want to do things. Any suggestions?

I guess this is something that my parents didn't have to worry about - how do I put baby on the internet?

I am not sure if I want to put everything everything into a public place, but I also don't want to make it difficult for people to view stuff. I'll keep thinking.

Distracted by Gestation

Sorry all its been so long since our last post, I've been a bit distracted by the human being feeding off me (not talking about Eric). Over the last few weeks, I've gotten big. Not that big, but the "baby bump" look more like a "baby hill". I know, I know...just wait a few months, before long my stomach will have its own zip code. As far as baby goes, though, he's just doing a lot of growing right now. It seems that if not all, a huge percent of vital development is complete. He's always has something going on (breathing liquid, creating neuropathways, urinating and still working on that first poo), but most of it is "cosmetic". He is putting on a lot of weight, going from about a pound and a half to at least two pounds in just one week (this coming week) and getting "taller" (he'll get nearly an inch longer/taller over the next week, too). Other milestones have also been met by this point (25 weeks): all five senses have been developed, his facial features have formed, and his hair has a color and texture. In mommy news, I'm doing fine. I eat a ton - or it seems like it anyway. Nearly once an hour I'm putting some type of food into my mouth: a bowl of cereal, a piece of fruit, a nutrition bar, some cheese or whatever. The doc says a pound a week is normal weight gain from here on out (of course, she means a pound max). Oh, and she said that the ultrasound was absolutely normal and I'm measuring normal and all that good stuff. My next appointment is at the end of August (28 weeks prego) for a gestational diabetes screen. I'll try to be more regular with my posts, so as to keep everybody in the loop.

It's a Boy!! part II

Yes, it's a boy with two legs, two arms, one nose, and all the other stuff he needs. The entire appointment (about 25 minutes long) was a Radiology Technician doing an ultrasound, looking and measuring. The set-up was pretty nice, Eric and I sat in front of a pretty big screen and watched the lady swirl around and find stuff. She could change the angle of the ultrasound wand, the depth and zoom, so we had lots of angles to watch. Baby boy Madrid is facing towards the right, back to the left at somewhat of an angle, with his back towards mine and his face and limbs towards my belly button. You'll see a picture labeled "Its a boy", the boyhood looks like a little nose (no offense, baby) pointing to the left. In one picture, you can see his legs sticking straight up over his head; he moved from a seated indian-style pose. Towards the end of the appointment, Eric and I (and the tech), watched him yawn. So either he was tired or bored. Either way, we left with a lot of pictures. I tried to keep an eye for the notes she made as she took pictures, one of them noted "long spine". Oh crap. The estimate weight for the baby is 14 oz. That sounds healthy. When I refer to my baby book (the one written by a doctor), a baby at 21 weeks is about 10 1/2 oz and 7 1/4 inches long. So I am further along than I thought, right? Not really. The measurements that our Rad Tech took estimate the baby at a developmental age of 21 weeks, just where I should be. Oh.......oh really. Well, all that worry about not gaining enough weight at my last appointment....for a whopping huge baby. Eric and I are small people, how could this happen? All those tall genes on my side of the family...blast them and their long, slender physiques. There were a lot more pictures taken that my OB will review for any possible issues (and call me if she has any concerns), but all of the fundamentals are there. You could even see the four chambers of his heart beating! It was quite the experience...

Its a Boy!!!

We just got back from our ultrasound appointment. We can give more
details later on, but for now here are the ultrasound shots.

20 Weeks

So, I have entered week 20 as of Tuesday, so this is the last week of month five and as all the books and websites like to say "You are halfway through your pregnancy". Kind of scary; for five full months, I've been pregnant, in four and a half months I won't be pregnant anymore (hopefully). I'd like to keep this short since we have a pretty important appointment coming up. I would include average fetal measurements, but I think we'll have our own in just a few days. Some sources do say that this week is a big growth week for the baby, but not much else seems to be going on developmentally. We'll have tons more to say in just a few days!

Week 17

I have officially entered week 17, which is the start of month five. So this week, the baby's skeleton is changing from cartilage to bone. These joints are now moving a whole lot and soon enough I should start regularly feeling these movements. The baby now weighs about five ounces and is about five inches long from head to bum. Even though the baby is getting bigger, quicker than before, I don't really have much showing along the lines of a "baby bump." I still have plenty of gas, and am hoping that I start showing soon. That way my gasiness will blend in with babiness and that will be nice. Some other sources (not well cited) claim that babies at this point can have REM sleep (and therefore dream), that the retina has become sensitive to light, and fat is being stored. I can't find images of a 17 week old fetus, apparently not a very interesting week (like week 16 only bigger).