Saturday, March 23, 2013

19 Weeks - Movement!


How far along? 19 weeks

Baby size? 6 inches long (head to bottom), 8-1/2 ounces

Total weight gain/loss: I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.

Maternity clothes? Yes please! And I think I've officially retired the "demi" maternity pants that come up half way (about belly button height) because it cuts into belly space too much. I've initiated a new over/under rule. Pants must come up over or under my baby gut. 

Stretch marks? Nope. But only time will tell with this one! I've been using this Burt's Bees Mama Bee lotion, which I still find hilarious every time I use it. "It puts the lotion on it's belly skin!!!"

Sleep: Still up a couple times every night, using a different arrangement of wedged, hugged and propped pillows every time. I'm pretty certain Joe will be sleeping on the floor by the time I'm ready to pop because the bed will be filled with pillows and me.

Best moment this week: MOVEMENT!!! This time I'm sure it was! It mostly happens when I'm sitting and more so when I'm driving - baby hates my commute as much as I do. I feel these adorable little "knocks" in my lower belly. The ultimate greatest part about this happened Thursday morning. 6 am Joe was getting ready to leave for work while I was being lazy still and lying in bed. I had been feeling the "knocks" especially high that morning, about 2 inches below my belly button, so when Joe came to kiss me goodbye I told him to put his hand on my stomach. well BOOM! baby gave dad a BIG high five and Joe felt it!!! His facial expression was priceless. This early in the pregnancy, feeling baby move from the outside is super rare and I think that was the only time it was strong enough to do so, but this kid definitely just wanted to say hi to dad. That was the most incredible thing so far of this whole pregnancy. Joe just made contact with his child for the first time. Swoon.

Miss anything? Runny egg yolks on my toast. mmmmmmm...

Movement: Ah-yup!

Food cravings: Anything and Everything. Really, it's more like what am I NOT craving?

Anything making you queasy or sick? Still milk. bleh.

Have you started to show yet? Yep, a little bit! I must have had my baby Wheaties or something cause my belly grew quite a bit this week. Hooray! I will most likely curse these words at 9 months, but I cannot WAIT to get a huge baby bump! 

Gender prediction: I still think girl, but we'll have to wait a few more days because we find out THIS WEEK at the anatomy scan!!! AHHHH!!! Finding out the sex of the baby just seems like it will make everything that much real and amazing. I am soooo excited to have a girl. or boy. or girl. or boy.

Labor signs: No! sheesh.

Belly button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!!! It's crazy how much feeling the baby move brightens my day.

Looking forward to: Feeling more movement and finding out the sex of the baby this week!!! Also I'm just praying that everything looks good in general at the anatomy scan. They count fingers, toes, chambers of the heart, all of it!!! and make sure baby looks good in general. This will be the last big photo shoot for this kid until he/she comes out to greet us!

Half of that is baby, the other half must be pizza from last night.

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