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Bonobo Milestones!

Bonobo’s Pregnancy Milestones!

A list of some pregnancy milestones we’d like to remember.

  • June 30, 2009 We made a baby!  (but don’t know it yet)
  • July 2, 2009 We fly to Colorado for a visit with Jenny and Thomas, Jim and Dorothy (I out fish James in at 11 Mile Canyon)\
  • July 4, 2009 We celebrate our 6th anniversary!
  • July 10-12 2009 We hang out in Western MD for the weekend with Mom and Aunt Kathy.
  • July 13, 2009 First and second positive pregnancy tests
  • July 14, 2009 4 weeks: Third and fourth positive pregnancy tests
  • July 15, 2009 Fifth positive pregnancy test… ok it is official- there’s a fetus in there!
  • July 16, 2009 Consult with our midwife, we like her- she tells us to come back in a month for our first real visit
  • July 28, 2009 6 weeks: Coffee no longer tastes good to me.  It is a sad day.
  • August 4, 2009 7 weeks: First ultrasound- everything looks good! Bo is officially a little blob
  • August 20, 2009 9 weeks: First appointment with the midwife- heard the heartbeat on doppler- going strong at 160
  • August 24, 2009 We get our doppler and start listening to the heartbeat at home (here is the 11 week recording)
  • August 25, 2009 10 weeks: Bo takes his first trip to NYC
  • August 29, 2009 Bo takes his first trip to SC to visit Liz, JJ and Anna-to-be
  • September 04, 2009 11 weeks: Bo takes his first trip to Michigan to visit the family
  • September 08, 2009 12 weeks: First trimester scan and genetic screening
  • September 10, 2009 First maternity pants!  Finally!
  • September 11, 2009 We announce Bo to the blogging world and explain our absence from this blog the past 12 weeks
  • September 15, 2009 13 weeks: First trimester is over and on to the second trimester!  Results from the screening show Bo is healthy and almost 3 inches long!  We celebrate!
  • September 18, 2009 Bo takes his second trip to Michigan to attend Jessy and Sean’s wedding and gets his first clothes from his great-grandma Liz!
  • October 05, 2009 Got my flu shot!
  • October19, 2009 Got my H1N1 shot!
  • October 27, 2009 19 weeks Second trimester scan- Bo looks good and we find out Bonobo is a GIRL!!!
  • November 1, 2009 20 weeks I feel Bonobo moving around for sure.
  • November 13, 2009 22 weeks James feels baby Bo moving around finally.
Milestones to come:
Thanksgiving with the family (23 weeks)
Christmas with the family in Alabama (28 weeks)
My 32nd birthday- 32 weeks pregnant- how fun!
Winter Olympics (35 weeks)
Rapidly approaching due date… March 23, 2009… the family starts gambling on the actual birth date!

3 Responses to “Bonobo Milestones!”

  1. Jessica said

    OH I love the celebration at 3in!! That’s how he should celebrate!

  2. xmasinbama said

    First guess at Bonobo birthday – March 26, 2010.

    • Amber said

      Who are you, xmasinbama? I mean- you’re clearly one of the people with the password to xmasinbama but which one are you?

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