12.19.2013

19 Weeks

looks like I need to repaint my board!
How far along: 19 weeks (rounding the halfway mark!)
Gender: Girl!  DNA + Ultrasound = Believer... Yes, I made them check!
Weight gain: 9 pounds.
Maternity clothes: Finally got them out of the box and hung them in my closet.  But I am refusing to wear them until absolutely necessary. 
Stretch marks:  Nope.
Belly button in or out: In
Sleep: Good.  In fact, one night this week was REALLY good: both kids slept through the night (or at least C didn't wake me when he came into his "little bed" next to mine) and I only had to get up to go pee once!
Best moment this week: Seeing baby on the ultrasound today!  She's measuring properly, all organs looked great, her chest is normal size, her shoulders don't look turned in, her neck and spine look great (in fact she was arching her neck and back!), and she has a cute little facial profile.  So, right now, it looks like just her limbs are affected - basically unchanged from last time.  We don't know everything yet and I'll be playing musical doctors and seeing a perinatologist from now on.  But this is great news, for which we are very grateful, relieved and hopeful.
Worst moment this week: Not feeling baby move all Saturday and Sunday.  That was awful. 
Miss anything: Not really, but there's not a lot I take off the table (that I'm supposed to) when I'm pregnant.
Movement: Wiggles and a few thumps.
Cravings:  German hot dogs!  I'm going to a German deli in Phoenix tomorrow to get some for Christmas eve dinner... 
Queasy or sick: I ate fast food for the first time in almost two months and felt yucky afterward.  It started making me feel pretty sick in the first trimester, so I just didn't do it.  I feel like a snob saying "I don't eat fast food", but it seems like it's just something I can't do during this pregnancy.
Looking forward to: Going to see Christmas lights this weekend.  And Christmas, of course!

~Nichole

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