How Far Along? 20 weeks 0 days: EXACTLY HALFWAY DONE!
How Big is Baby? According to thebump.com, the baby should be approximately the size of a cantaloupe at 6.5 inches long and 10.6 ounces. However, at my ultrasound last week (at 19w0d), Neven was measuring 7 inches long and 11 ounces. He was estimated to be 19 weeks and 1 day old, which is only one day off of his predicted growth. This is almost perfect, since ultrasounds have an error of +/-10 days. Now I'm thinking thebump.com might be a little off, oh well.
Physical Changes in Me: I've gained 2 pounds in the last 2 weeks. I should be gaining a pound a week, so this was perfect!
I am in maternity and sweat/yoga pants full-time. My belly also sticks out the bottom of some of my shorter shirts, so I've packed half of my shirts away for the next 6 months. On this note, I've washed all my maternity shirts and began wearing them a few nights ago. Some of them are still a little big, but soooo comfy.
How Big is Baby? According to thebump.com, the baby should be approximately the size of a cantaloupe at 6.5 inches long and 10.6 ounces. However, at my ultrasound last week (at 19w0d), Neven was measuring 7 inches long and 11 ounces. He was estimated to be 19 weeks and 1 day old, which is only one day off of his predicted growth. This is almost perfect, since ultrasounds have an error of +/-10 days. Now I'm thinking thebump.com might be a little off, oh well.
Physical Changes in Me: I've gained 2 pounds in the last 2 weeks. I should be gaining a pound a week, so this was perfect!
I am in maternity and sweat/yoga pants full-time. My belly also sticks out the bottom of some of my shorter shirts, so I've packed half of my shirts away for the next 6 months. On this note, I've washed all my maternity shirts and began wearing them a few nights ago. Some of them are still a little big, but soooo comfy.
I'm still getting comments "I don't even see a belly", but I assure you it is there... especially at night. Shaun's mom even pointed out to me that my belly is nonexistent in the morning, but full-blown sticking out at night :)
I don't have 20 week belly pictures yet, because Shaun isn't here to take pictures of me. I will have to set the timer on my camera and do it myself... just haven't done it yet.
How I'm Feeling: I feel relatively good! I've had a crazy busy week last week with family in town for Aria's 2nd birthday, so I've been more tired than usual. But I blame the fatigue on the go-go-go of my schedule. I still get dizzy if I stand for too long, and my doctor said this might stick around for another month. The partial cure... drink, drink, and drink water!
A week and a half ago I really started having a hard time sleeping at night. I can no longer sleep on my stomach, and I also cannot sleep on my back (risk of occluding my vena cava, which prevents blood from returning to my heart, thereby reducing blood flow to the fetus). Hence, I unpacked my snoogle pillow (a pregnancy body pillow), and now I'm sleeping much better :)
Best Moment these Past 2 Weeks: Obviously, finding out we are having a baby boy, and that he is perfectly healthy! I did a happy dance in the ultrasound room after we found out, hehe. Also, telling our family and friends our news :)
Baby Purchases: Today I stopped at Buy Buy Baby and bought Neven his first set of new clothes. See my previous post for pictures.
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A week and a half ago I really started having a hard time sleeping at night. I can no longer sleep on my stomach, and I also cannot sleep on my back (risk of occluding my vena cava, which prevents blood from returning to my heart, thereby reducing blood flow to the fetus). Hence, I unpacked my snoogle pillow (a pregnancy body pillow), and now I'm sleeping much better :)
Best Moment these Past 2 Weeks: Obviously, finding out we are having a baby boy, and that he is perfectly healthy! I did a happy dance in the ultrasound room after we found out, hehe. Also, telling our family and friends our news :)
Baby Purchases: Today I stopped at Buy Buy Baby and bought Neven his first set of new clothes. See my previous post for pictures.
I love reading your blog....I hope you can get a good nights sleep every night because once you have two little ones its hard to get any zzzzz!!!!
ReplyDeleteI have been having alot of fun picking up little clothes for our little grandson! Its fun shopping in both the little girl and little boy sections!
Love you all so much!~