On one hand, having a baby growing in your uterus feels like the most safe and secure thing possible.

On the other hand, if you think for a second something wrong with that little one, you feel totally helpless.

This little girl certainly likes to keep things interesting. Most of the time, she is a little jumping bean in there. She is a distraction during church – for both Rafa and I – because she makes my whole midsection move so much. She usually gets the hiccups around 10 every evening and gives me plenty of reminders she is there as I fall asleep.

On Saturday, we went non-stop all day. Lunch out at a restaurant, final baby item prep, some extra cleaning, shopping and laundry. When I finally sat down at 10 p.m. to fold the last of the clothes, I realized I hadn’t felt baby girl kick in forever. I really couldn’t think of the last time I felt her move.

At this stage in pregnancy, the docs tell us to do “kick counts,” which means to count how many times the baby moves in an hour. If it’s less than five, they say to call. I drank some juice and laid down to feel my baby move. Nothing.

Nada.

Deep breaths. I placed the call to the on-call service and laid back down. Another half hour passed and still…nothing. The doctor said to come in, so we did. She apparently likes to sleep for long stretches – everything was absolutely fine.

There is nothing more beautiful than that precious sound of your baby’s heartbeat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SHldqGSf4E

We had a follow up visit today and here is our beautiful girl! We’re ready to meet her any day now 🙂