Half-way there!

 Yay! Good-bye Bellevue, hello Brooklyn Birthing Center, and hello baby!

As of today, Janet is 20 weeks pregnant out of a 40 week term. We're half-way there! Much has happened since the last post (which is why I'm not so good at blogging) so I'll try and catch everyone up.

First, we were able to transfer from Bellevue Hospital to Brooklyn Birthing Center for prenatal care and the birth. BBC is a facility that primarily specializes in pregnancy and childbirth as well as some basic OB/GYN care.  We were originally planning to birth out of Methodist Hospital, but after watching an enlightening movie called "The Business of Being Born" we decided to go with the birthing center instead of the hospital. Why not a hospital? Short answer: pregnancy and childbirth is seen as a medical condition that needs to be remedied as opposed to a natural process that needs to run its course. I would recommend that movie to anyone interested in having children of just in health issues in general, but I should warn you that the movie can be graphic, as there is live births and women parts. Anyway, the people at BBC are really cool, and we are looking forward to giving birth there!

Second, baby is making his presence known! Janet has been feeling the baby kick for about two weeks now, and I felt my first kick this past Saturday! It's so weird and exciting to feel something moving in Janet's tummy that's not Janet (weird that something's moving, exciting to know that it's our baby!). Baby is about as long as a banana, and should be able to hear outside the womb soon, so I'll have to start playing guitar for baby!

We'll be having our next sonogram next week, so hopefully there will be some really good pics to post!