One Big Ol' Mango!

Very soon there will be one more Dougan in the world. This will probably be our last post before the big day (or two)! Wish us well with the mindful birthing/birthing from within/bradley/hypnobirthing techniques Raine has been practicing! The nursery is all set up with the cloudscape ceiling that Sean painted! Packing the hospital bag, and setting up the car seats! Can't wait to see what comes out of there! Hopefully a healthy, cute, and really calm/sleepy baby!

More like a melon than a mango!

Made it to another milestone- 8 months! All is still very well in prego land. I am loving this experience and am so excited to greet our little one in 8 or so weeks (for those of you who are fuzzy on your pregnancy math, full term is 40 weeks, or 10, 28 day months). Sean and I have received a ridiculous amount of showering this past month with a party in Santa Barbara (thanks, Mom!), a house warming/baby welcoming at our house in Oakland, and then a surprise b-day party to top it all off. Sean is hyper focused (possibly obsessed) with getting the house all baby ready, and my stepdad Richard spent a week here helping him with landscaping projects. We are so grateful for all the love and support from family & friends! What an incredible village this child will be born in to!

7 months!!

I somehow missed this in the library of baby books we have acquired, but the 3rd trimester starts at 28 weeks, which is exactly where we are now. I was mistaken in my last post and either nobody is reading this blog or nobody who knows better felt like correcting me! Anyway, all is still well in the baby making business. I love having this little thing inside me. I love feeling its kicks and tumbles. I love sending sweet thoughts and love its way. I love watching my belly swell and imagining the mango stretching and growing and taking shape as the perfect little being we will meet in a few months. We'll see what's in store for the final trimester, but so far I am fat and happy, and full of gratitude.

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6 months!

We've made it to the 3rd trimester, and the little mango is now supposedly the size of an ear of corn! Our doctor says the baby is big, though- the length of a fetus 3 weeks farther along! Looks like s/he'll be long like daddy, which is good because Sean is already talking about swim training for the 2028 Olympics.

I'm feeling great. Aside from a couple months of morning sickness in the 1st trimester, I am really enjoying being pregnant. It is crazy to watch my body change (I read this morning that my uterus is the size of a soccer ball!) and the coolest thing ever to feel the little mango moving around.

The Ultra Ultra-Sound

Here is the Big Mango! If you look closely, you can see the oversized brain, which is a sign of extreme intellegentz!

Little Dougan

Hi Raine and Sean...Dave and I are so excited that we get to share this magical experience with you! Just think...our little ones will be playing together sooner than we know it! I can't wait to see you next weekend for my baby shower:)

You look absolutely beautiful with my niece or nephew in that belly of yours!

Lookin' good!

Raine, you are a beautiful Momma, already! Sean, we appreciate your keeping pace with your sweetie!

Banana Belt

Today is the 5 month mark! It is pretty undeniable that I'm pregnant at this point. Even the people who stared at my belly, wondering if I'd developed a Dunkin Donuts habit over the summer but politely biting their tongues, are now openly asking. Today our baby is apparently the length of a banana- 10 inches. We won't find out if we are having a boy or girl, but I had a very vivid dream about a boy baby a couple nights ago. We'll see ... in 4 more months!