19 weeks

 

How Far Along? 19 weeks and 1 day!

Baby Size: Okay, I kinda stopped keeping up with this. I think we're a Mango?

Total Weight Gain: Not sure. If the scale at work is right - I'm about 2lbs under what I should be.

Maternity Clothes: I love them.

Stretch Marks: None yet. 

Best moment this week: hmm... I woke up one morning and placed my hand on my belly - as usual. (It's still a shock to feel how big my belly has gotten!) BUT, this time... as soon as I put my hand on my belly, my little baby curled up into a ball and rolled to a stop right up under my hand!

The funny moment of the week was probably last night. Ben was talking about a Pachelbel song and how it was used in a Coolio song. Ben then decided that since the baby could hear now... and everyone said that music is good for babies... that he would play and sing some Gangsta's Paradise to our little one. Who ever said that our baby wouldn't be cultured?

Miss Anything? Not really.

Movement: Yep! It's all quite regular now. I can even feel baby when I'm up and moving around. I think the baby thinks it's the Karate Kid! I don't mind - it calms me down whenever I'm worried that something could be wrong -  and Ben can feel the baby move!

Food Cravings: Sweets and cold food right now.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really.

Started to show yet? Yep! If it hasn't "popped" yet - it's been working on it this weekend...

Gender: I can't wait to find out...

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding Rings on or off? On!

Weird Pregnancy Stuff? This weekend kind of blew me away. I was extremely tired on Friday night. I went to bed super early and Ben came to bed much later. When he came to bed I noticed that my belly was achy and hard. It lasted for at least 5 minutes. This freaked the mess out of me! I was worried I was having a contraction. I was awake for over an hour trying to see if it would do it again. The next day my belly ached ALL DAY LONG. It was all stabby on the sides. I ended up taking Tylenol, resting, and drinking enough water to drown a whale. This morning it was still achy - but I did some stretches and it eased up! I've figured it up to be that round ligament pain that everyone talks about. I had one or two other little concerns - so I'll probably call the nurse tomorrow morning just to ease my mind. I know, I'm a worry wart... but I never imagined I could worry about someone that I've never really met so incredibly much! I mean, I loved my baby from the start... but ever since I've felt those little rolls and kicks... I cannot explain it and I'm so worried! Especially since the last doctors appointment didn't go as I expected - and it's such a long time until my next appointment!

 

The dreams are getting BEYOND weird. Example: I dreamed the baby was moving around in my belly and I lifted my shirt to show Ben... but the baby started going nuts! Before I could put my shirt back over my belly, the baby's legs popped out of the left side of my stomach! Then baby's head popped out of the right side of my stomach! It had a head full of dark hair and was screaming it's poor little brains out - everyone kept telling me I needed to "soothe the baby" (no one else thought that it seemed weird that it looked like I had been stabbed with a baby in the abdomen)  but I started freaking out - I knew I needed to put my baby back in my stomach  - but I didn't know how!

 

It's amazingly hot. Worse so since neither of our cars currently have working AC. Ben's truck does have this amazing little side window... and when he opens it, it blows cool air directly on my tummy. I have a tendency to pull my shirt up over my belly when we ride around. (Sexy. I know.) Ben just laughs at me - especially when we see someone we know and I'm rushing to cover my belly back up... but I can't explain how hot it gets now! I woke up this morning and told Ben that I was seriously contemplating joining a nudist colony.

Looking forward to: Finding out what baby is!