Getting to Know Elsie

We've seen ultrasounds of Elsie (***not her birth name***) twice in the last month; and in the last few weeks, I've been able to feel her when she's particularly active. So we're starting to get to know her just a little.

We haven't seen much detail or much action during the ultrasounds. They were both done during her nap time, and she wasn't in a good position for a closeup. Her position was the same at both ultrasounds. She loves having her feet above her head, essentially pike position. At the last ultrasound, her arms were also over her head. The ultrasound tech thinks she was playing with her toes. It's good to know she can entertain herself.

Our other way to get to know her is her movement. She has definite sleep patterns. I can pretty much count on feeling her 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m. I haven't noticed any clear food preferences yet. Gomen wot at the Ethiopian restaurant and the garlicky chard I made the other day got pretty big reactions, so perhaps she likes hearty greens with garlic. Overall, I haven't noticed any music preferences, but she seemed to find the score to the latest Star Trek movie rousing. My talking to her doesn't seem to make a difference, but Matt's voice is incredibly exciting to her. She goes wild on Thursday nights when Matt gets home from game night. He comes home talkative and kind of jazzed, and it gets her wound up. Matt says she probably just likes deep voices, but I think he's flattered.

We're just approaching week 24, so we've got quite a while to get to know her better.