20 weeks

The betting can now begin...boy or girl?? (See poll at top Right)

Look at the top picture...3D is crazy!

We had our ultrasound today and it was AWESOME! I mean, seeing the baby in 3D is the coolest thing...it's not just this fuzzy image like the other one here. It's features are so clear!

The little guy/girl was moving all over the place in there this morning prompting the tech to say "Gosh, you've really got an active one in there!" Tell me about it. I kept telling Chris how I can feel it kick all day long and I think now he really gets it from seeing it move all over the place. I didn't realize all the measurements they take during the visit, so it was really neat to be able to lay there for about 30 minutes just watching the little thing. We got to see it's little face, the belly, heart, brain, spine, hands, and the feet just casually hanging out. She said the heart's looking good and beating quite fast, the brain looks good, and the baby's putting on weight rather well. So well, in fact, that it's in the 95th percentile for it's weight! What the hell?? He/she is about 15oz and the average for 20 weeks is about 10.5oz. And I don't hit exactly 20 weeks until Wednesday, so I think it's safe to say we've got a big one one our hands! She asked me if we think we may be off on our due date, and we just had to laugh and say "no, we're 100% on the dates of everything." Then we told her how big we both were at birth (me: over 9lbs, Chris: 11lbs). She kinda laughed back with that 'You're screwed" kind of look. Sweet. My kid needs to go on a diet already:) And I'll tell ya what...Chris is going to be in for it during labor. I will figure out a way to make him feel it all with me! Ha!

How I look: Still just a little bump on my front...not really a ball yet. I haven't gotten on the scale at home lately to see if I've gained more, but I don't feel like I've gotten any bigger in the last couple weeks since my last doctor's appointment. At least my clothes are fitting the same they did a coupld weeks ago. I'm sure that'll all change pretty quickly in the next few weeks though...especially with a sumo wrestler growing in there.

How I feel: Great! My appetite hasn't really increased all that much so thankfully I'm not starving all the time right now. I hadn't been sleeping the greatest at night, but last week (we went to Florida for the weekend) my sis-in-law, Amy, gave me her awesome body pillow to borrow. I've been sleeping so much better now that I have that! I think I want to buy one just to use all the time instead of a regular pillow. And now I catch Chris trying to nap with it when I'm not there:) So thanks Amy!

18 weeks

I had my monthly check-up today. Not too much to report at all. Everything looks and sounds great. Got to hear the heartbeat again..150bpm is just so fast! Doc said that she only hears one heartbeat so we're set with only one in there. I scheduled my ultrasound to be in a couple weeks so that'll be even more exciting. We only know what we saw at our first one but it was just the little blob on the screen. This time we'll get to actually see features on him/her, so we can't wait.

Something new this week...and so cool. I started to feel movements down there! That is the coolest/weirdest/creepiest thing! I noticed some funny feelings this past Sunday but didn't think too much about it. By time Sunday night came it dawned on me that it was the baby moving in there...after remembering what all of my books describe. I checked with the doctor and explained what I felt and she said that's exactly what it was. It's like having a butterfly in there that all of a sudden flaps it's wings and then stops real quickly..or like having a muscle twitch way inside for a couple seconds. Very cool. Chris got really excited thinking he'd be able to feel them but then I had to tell him that he probably won't get to feel them from the outside for another few weeks. Sorry dude, they're only for me:) I notice that I feel them most when I'm at work during the day sitting at my desk.

Also, I had my first experience clothes shopping for 'belly-friendly' stuff. It's so weird walking to the maternity section of a store thinking "Does that tent really look good on people?" Good Lord. Thankfully there is some really cute clothing to choose from also. I'm at the point now where my regular shirts are riding up on my belly so I'm needing some coverage. We don't need to look like white trash walking around now do we? From what I hear the saving grace of most preggies are spaghetti strap tank tops that are snug and long enough to pretty much wear under anything..I got a couple of those and they've made all of my shirts wearable still...and they cover up the unbuttoned jeans that are starting to be necessary:) Oh yeah, and Target is my friend. They have the most comfortable non-maternity gaucho capri knit pants that work perfectly for an expanding belly. I'm going to wear those out this summer. So, for this stage I'm getting by wearing 'regular people' clothes since most maternity pieces are still too big and puffy.

Hairy situation

Ok, so this is creeping me out. What's with the hair that starts to grow on the belly???? I used to have barely noticeable little blonde peach fuzz all over my stomach and now it's this much more noticeable brown hair that's growing all over (sorry to gross the men out here). These hormones are really screwing with me now and I'm pretty sure they think it's fun. Please, someone tell me that it will go away after the baby is out!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA BANANA!