Mini-Cat-Phooey

The little one is kicking with real power now. When Cat is at rest, if you put your palm over her belly you usually don't have to wait more than a couple of minutes before you feel the characteristic rumppumpbump of multiple baby movements. At times, it is so strong that you can see the surface of her belly visibly move. I like to imagine her doing karate style air kicks and punches with a few Muay Thai style roundhouse elbows to boot.

There is an advert my Maltesers here in the UK in which a heavily pregnant women places said choccy item on her bellyonly for it to jump several inches into the air due to the baby kicking. I am not sure if that was set up or for real so I will definitely be trying that little experiment soon.

By popular request, I have finally uploaded the 20 week scan for all to see. It is not as clear as the 12 week on since she has obviously grown much bigger and I guess she moves around a lot, contributing to a fuzzy picture. But you can still see the head profile, belly, umbilical cord and internal organs.



Some have mentioned that the profile already looks like me, but I doubt that. People see what they want to see. It is a well known psychological phenomenon - for example seeing faces in clouds or fuzzy noise. The brain automatically interprets recognisable imagery out of chaos. Regardless of this - Cat and I still have fun playing the 'I wonder who she will look like the most' game, that all couples go through before their baby is born.

Well, it is not long now - only three and a bit months to go and the baby name still rages on.
Cat seems to hate all my suggestions so far and I have hers. We're hoping from inspiration from Dad, who returns from China soon, will help. But then again, it may add to the growing list of possibles.