20 Weeks

20 Weeks

Total Weight Loss/Gain: I hate not having a digital scale, so I'm going to have to guess, but I think I may be up 4-5 pounds.  Depending on how I stand on the scale it varies by a pound or so.

Size of Baby: Our baby is about the size of a banana.

Maternity Clothes: All maternity pants, but still wearing mostly regular shirts.

Sleep: Still awful. Please pray I can start getting some sleep.  I really need some energy.

Movement: Yes, and I love it!  Most of the time when I'm still, I'll feel some for a least a little bit.

Cravings/Aversions: My sweet mother-in-law made me some chicken & dumplings on Monday and they everything I had hoped for...only problem is I want more!  I may attempt making them myself on a day I'm feeling well.  Still craving my mom's apple pie as well, but my b-day is just a couple weeks away, so I'm hoping for that then :)
 
What I Miss: Same as last week - I miss feeling rested and not nauseous.

Gender: We find out on November 7th - that is just 9 days away!!

Mood: It varies, but isn't that normal for a pregnant woman? Ha :)

Milestones: Brandon got to feel the baby kick last week. And, we are half way there :)
 
Medical Concerns: None that I know of, but still having anxiety about every little pain, contraction, weird feeling, etc.

Differences From Past Pregnancy: The tiredness seems so much more this pregnancy.  I've always had sleep issues, so I was very used to being tired when I was pregnant with Logan and it did not really affect me.  Once I quit working, the relief of the stress from my job significantly improved my sleep and restfulness, so I'm wondering how I ever functioned like this before.

What I Look Forward To: November 7th - finding out if we are having a boy or girl and hopeful that the 2nd half of my pregnancy will be a little easier.  It was with Logan, so I'm hoping that proves the same here.  Ready to start knocking things off my "nesting" to-do list.

Anything Else You'd Like to Share: This didn't happen last week, but I had forgotten about it, and want to document it somewhere.  We have told Logan that there is a tiny baby in Mommy's tummy and he understands that to the extent that a 22 month old can, but one day when we were talking about it, he asked if he could hold the baby.  I told him that when the baby was bigger and out of Mommy's tummy he could, but he would have to use both hands.  Multiple times since then he has told me he is going to hold the baby with both hands and he actually holds out both hands and shows me.  I just think it's the sweetest thing :)

Here's an updated picture from yesterday...

I'm not facing the same way, but here's a picture of me at 19 1/2 weeks with Logan....

It's hard to compare, but I think I'm a little bigger this time around than I was with Logan.  I think that's pretty normal though.