My baby is gifted...

My baby is so advanced. Well, I can't tell you how smart it is yet, but I can tell you it is growing so fast.
Now, I know when I came home when I saw the doctor last time, I let Mr. W know that baby was growing nicely as it had already gained 6 pounds(and I was...ummm....14 weeks?)
This week the baby has a new development I have noticed.
Teeth.
I keep having searing pains on my left side, and I just could not figure out what was going on. Then it dawned on me. I promptly advised Mr. W that his baby was biting me. He was quite pleased. How about that? Right here in the middle of week 17, our baby has teeth.

Ok, maybe not, but we had a very interesting experience with the doppler. I was lying still in the bed this weekend and trying hard to find the baby's heartbeat. Now, you will hear some interesting sounds in your belly. There is a swooshing noise that sounds like the ocean, which is the placenta. There is your heartbeat, which you can also pick up in various areas of your stomach. Of course, there is also baby's heartbeat which is about double your own, so it isn't tough to pick out. You also will hear a stomach growl and bubble from time to time.

However, this most recent listening event brought with it a new noise that nearly made me toss the probe across the room.

THUD, THUMP!!! BANG!!! For a minute, I thought something blew up in my belly.
Not much feeling on my end, so something didn't make sense. Then I remembered that Baby W can hear the doppler. Unlike before, when little chicken nugget was tiny and swam away, now, things are getting a bit more restrictive in there. The only defense the baby has against me and my noisy device to listen in with, is a kick or a punch.
My baby was hitting me. "Shut up, Mom, turn that crap off. I am trying to relax."

Oh yeah, that was pretty cool. Once I realized what I was hearing, I made a vow to listen in again soon so Mr. W could hear. He had already become bored and gone to the shower when it happened. Later that evening I proudly played the baby sonnet for Daddy...BAM, BAM, THUD. Again, Mr. W was pleased. He can just picture his little gorilla getting bigger and bigger.

Yes, there is a little caveman in there. Or a soccer star, or a boxer or something, but whatever it is, it is moving, and it is getting bigger. My parasite is becoming a threat.