Halfway

I can't believe it, but I'm already 20w4d. I have no clue where the time has gone. I'm still up to my eyeballs in freelance work, but I keep reminding myself that it's going to pay for my extra 4 weeks of maternity leave I want to take. It's all for the baby:) Because I've still been a bad blogger I'm going with the bullets...again. I know, they're getting old.

•We had a 20-week appt and second anatomy scan on Monday. Everything went really well. The Woowoo (or Baby Will as we call him now) is growing just like he's supposed to. He's still measuring a few days ahead and is a chubby little guy weighing in at 14oz (80th percentile). He's breech but that doesn't stop him from being a little wiggle worm.

• I started to feel him kick around 18 weeks, but Hubby was able to feel him Monday morning before our appt for the first time. Most mornings, if I lay flat in bed, I can feel his little legs kicking me. I love it. Ask me again in six weeks if I still love it and I might have a different answer, but now it's the highlight of my day.

•I have still three fibroids in me, but they've gotten a bit smaller which is a good thing. Dr. Goo.gle has told me they can go away during pregnancy and I'm hoping mine do! But the fibroids are giving me the chance to see Baby Will every 4 weeks because the docs want to monitor their size.

•I've gained 11lbs so far and my bump is still small, but the doc said this is totally normal for my height and activity level. So screw all the people who keep judging me on not eating enough. Trust me folks, I'm eating for two! I've still been running (well ok, run/walking) twice a week and with the warmer weather I'm still loving it. I've had some minor hip discomfort towards the end of the runs, but the doc said that was to be expected as I get bigger and my joints start to widen and loosen even more. I'm also trying to do a yoga class once a week and throwing in a session with my trainer and elliptical so I'm definitely keeping active.

•I'm amazed at how much my body changes from day to day. Some of the changes I love (seeing my belly grow bigger with my sweet boy) and some not so much (the red, itchy bumps I've got on my abdomen and chest just in time for summer and lower cut shirts).

•Regardless, seeing my belly reminds me just how thankful I am to be in the position I'm in. I haven't forgotten all the pain, tears, worry, frustration and anger I felt going through the process to get here. I'm experiencing some of it again as my sis-in-law is going through a similar situation. My heart aches for her and I'm trying to be as much of a comfort to her as she'll let me be. I'm also reminded of all my blogger friends who are still struggling with their own IF issues. I am not taking any of this for granted and try to remember everyday what a gift it really is!

Hopefully I'll have baby and baby bump pictures up in another day or two. I need Hubby to scan the baby pics first!

Thank you

Thanks for the kind, reassuring comments everyone left! While I do know I'm eating enough and growing at the rate my body and baby want me to, it's always comforting to hear from other people who've gone through (or are going through) similar situations.

Everyone has a different experience with pregnancy and I need to keep reminding myself of that. I'm just happy to finally feel pregnant as opposed to just fat the way I did a few weeks ago. It still amazes me how quickly my body is changing!

There really is a baby in my belly

I've had three co-workers come up to me and say "oh, now I can see that you're pregnant!". Hmmm, how should I take that statement? My typical response is "yep, there really is a baby in my belly." I know they mean well, but I think that's an odd thing to say. My initial thought it to take it as a criticism that I'm not as big as I should be at this stage.

This is my first baby, I'm tall (5'8"), fairly thin and still working out regularly, so I've only recently popped (and I still feel like it's too early for me to "pop"...I'm 17w4d). I keep reminding myself that as long as my doctor says the baby is fine and growing the way he should, I don't need to worry about other people's perceptions of my belly and pregnancy in general. Easier said than done...

I'm probably being overly sensitive about this, but my emotions seem to be on a roller coaster lately and I have no clue whose doing the driving because I'm definitely not. Anyway, I'm going to make my blog photo debut and post a bump pic from last week when I was 16w3d. I'd say the "popping" has occurred over the weekend so I look bigger now than I did in this pic.

Regardless of peoples comments and my reactions to them, I'm falling more and more in love with  Woowoo everyday:)