Week 20 [ May 14, 2012 ]

How far along? 20 weeks 6 days - - - HALF WAY THERE!

Baby is the size of: a banana
Total weight gain: dun dun dun... here comes the poundage! {123.8 to 126}

Maternity clothes? some
Stretch marks? nope but lotsa stretching!
Sleep: has gotten better. i finally invested in the "back and belly" pillow and its helping alot!
Best moment this week: seeing our little girl and knowing its a little girl in there. also, hearing that everything is measuring really nicely. it's also pretty cool that our little one goes by "she" now, instead of "it"
Movement: lots of kicking going on! love feeling her sqwiggle around in there... such a wildly awesome thing that i wish bru could feel. it feels like twitching in my tummer.
Showing? i guess so! people have been asking if im preggo now and telling me i popped!
Food cravings: slurpee! brown sugar and honey breakfast sausage, lar nar noodles, cocktail sauce (plain!), cherry anything
Anything making you queasy or sick: not really
Gender: IT'S A GIRLIE!!!

Labor Signs: no but i did get scared this week... the pelvis pressure was getting worse and so i started reading online about what it means and got myself all scared i was going to go into preterm labor... im crazy!

Symptoms: back ache, tiredness, nausea here and there

Belly Button in or out? feels like its getting flatter

Wedding rings on or off? on

Feelings: slightly overwhelmed on where to begin with the nursery...but very excited to start seeing it come together. i have this visioin in my head and im looking forward to seeing how its going to turn out.

Looking forward to: registering this weekend!!!

This weeks developments: taste buds are now working. she is gulping down several ounces of amniotic fluid now.

we had our 20 week appt and it went really well. my cervix is still measuring fine at 3.8 (got longer since last time). we got to see babes girl parts so we could be sure she was infact a girl. :) also, the tech measured everything about the little one. she passed her first test with flying colors, her heart test and the chambers. again, she was called an overachiever because this measurement usually takes some time to see everything, but she did it first and fast! when it came time to measure her spine she flipped around for us to see if all by herself, like we'd told her to. :) and when it came time to see her hands she stuck both of them out to show us... such a good girl! we were proud parents. they also meaured her humerous, femur, brain, head, stomach, kidneys... everything and it all looks great!!! she is measuring about 12 ounces and her heart rate is 153. the only thing of concern that we heard is that my placenta is still low... doc said we have plenty of time for it to move up but... its still low. we will now have to monitor that along with my cervix.

Yay for my first mother's day! bru got me some really cute onsies for baby girl and mom and grams bought her some way cute stuff too! she's spoiled already! eek.

i finally did a little shopping for beebs. I found some ridiculously cute little shoesies! and this A for her nursery.

sooo i finally broke down and watched birthing videos.... OMG!! what have i gotten myself into? i am freeeeaking out now. knew i shouldn't have watched :-/

kinda hard to see my belly in this one...

jenna's wedding!