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Week 24, and another doctor's appointment. Things went well, and I go back again the day after Christmas for my next appointment and glucose tolerance tests. Yum. I only gained a pound since last month, which means I weigh one pound more than I weighed when I got pregnant in July. Wow. I am going to have to work on that. Never thought it would be a struggle for me to gain weight.

I am also suffering from another cold. I don't know where I picked this one up, but it sucks. I've gone through a box of Kleenex just in the last several hours. It feels like my head is going to explode. Man, I miss NyQuil.

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Yesterday was a little tense for me. I didn't hear anything from Cops all day, and by late afternoon I was getting a little worried. I've grown used to his daily patterns and was nervous when they were absent. So I had dinner when we got home, cleaned up a bit, talked on the phone. By 7 there was still no sign so I had a glass of milk and went to lay down for an hour at Mikaele's suggestion. By 8, nothing. So I took a warm bath, during which Mike and I talked and he brought me my fleece jammies. Then we went to watch Nova, and towards the end of the program (which, by the way, was about pregnancy and birth) I finally felt a stirring. I was very relieved, and today Cops is back to his old squirmy self. It's funny how quickly this becomes part of your daily routine, and when it is absent, there is panic. We are, for better or worse, a family of three.

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Week 23, hard to believe we've come this far already. The holiday season is upon us, and it won't be long after that when Cops makes his grand appearance. According to "the book", he's up to a pound this week and is 8 inches long. Wow.

I can certainly feel him growing stronger, as he is active for a few hours each day and making his presence known. It's pretty cool to feel, especially when I'm at work or laying in bed at night and he starts tap dancing. He was most active last weekend when Mike let me have a Coke. Now, pregnant women aren't supposed to have caffeine, and I haven't been. But they say a little is okay, and I love my Coke, so Mike allowed me the indulgence of a rather large Coke last Saturday. OH MY GOD, this kid was flying around in there and doing kung fu all night long, I was up half the night because it felt like he was throwing himself against the walls. Damn. So things are pretty interesting here, and I think the two of us are looking forward to Thanksgiving when we can see the fam and indulge in turkey and stuffing. Yeah.

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Pregnancy tip #128, don't give your pregnant wife coca-cola, for any reason. She will thank you later.

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Things are becoming very round. And by things I mean me...my belly, my breasts, my butt. I have always had what I like to call a "womanly figure", but this is totally different. I was in the tub today, taking a bath, and I look down and I realize that I can no longer see parts of me. Not only that, but I look very much like one of those drawings that used to be on Monty Python, those big bouncy round cartoon ladies with the ridiculous breasts and dimpled cheeks. It's quite humbling, but liberating as well. I am no longer worried about my belly being too round or too obvious, because there is no missing this. I can enjoy my body without being worried what other people are thinking. I'm excited about it, even if poor Michael J. has to help me tie my shoes sometimes.

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I can feel him moving. I've been paying attention the past few days, and I thought I felt him a little bit. But today I am sure. He's been squirming all around in there, off and on, sometimes I'll feel what seems like a little hand or foot poke me. It's kind of cute. He's been especially active the past few minutes while I was looking for crib sets online. I think he was agreeing with me that they are awfully expensive...

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