- Halfway there! WOOO HOO! It feels like its flown by but the road ahead seems soooooo long.
- I'm already feeling stuffed and stretched. I am wondering how my body possibly did this two other times, and if I'm this uncomfortable already at 20 weeks what is another 20 going to feel like? Hell, quite possibly.
- In all of my pregnancies I haven't really felt a huge "craving" desire... like "OMG I HAVE TO HAVE IT NOW!" type of craving. Except... lately I'm seriously craving oranges. I bought a bag on a whim and they are so effing good. One morning I forgot to pack one in my lunch and I swear to goodness I could SMELL oranges in my car. I contemplated stopping at the grocery store, thus being late to work, to buy an orange. I resisted. I got to school and couldn't stop thinking about oranges so I went to the cafeteria and asked if they had any and of course it was apple day... the day before was orange day. I went to Subway for lunch that day and even peeked next door to the gas station to see if just maybe they had oranges. Nope. Tonight... well, I devoured 3 oranges. I have none left for tomorrow (it was a serious debate whether or not to eat that last orange....) but I decided I'd leave a little early for work and stop at the store to buy another bag. This is so wrong.
- For the past 2 weeks or so I've been having these weird "kicking/tightening/pinching" feeling in my left side of my abdomen. It happens when I tighten my stomach muscles (oh hello... muscles... I haven't used you in forever....) and it hurts just for a second but enough to make me jump and take my breath away. Midwife said it was round ligament pain... well that's a new one for me. Weird.
- I've been seeing the chiropractor weekly, and it is much needed. I don't think I could survive pregnancy without the chiropractor. My sacrum (upper hip/lower back/joint or whatever) is always out of alignment, which knocks everything else off and turns into upper back tightness and neck aches and headaches. Fun stuff... nothing new though... went through this with both boys.
- I've gained 24lbs so far. WOWZAS! I'm 4-5lbs ahead of what I'd gained at this point with the boys... so I guess not too terrible. However, the number on the scale is a scary one seeing I started this pregnancy out 15lbs ahead of where I was when I got pregnant with the boys. Do the math... I'm almost at my "delivery weight" when I had the boys. Sick.
- I'm getting so so so anxious to meet this little girl. I can't even begin to picture what she's going to look like since the boys both look SO different. When I was pregnant with Hudson I assumed he'd have brown hair and hazel or brown eyes like Porter. However, we were thrown some far fetched genes in the gene pool and got our little blonde haired blue eyed boy. So... I keep thinking... will she have brown hair like Porter or blonde like Hudson? Or dark dark brownish black like Ryan? Will she have freckles and hazel eyes like Porter and I? Will she have blue eyes like Hudson or brown like Ryan? Will she have a round little face like Ryan and Hudson did or more of an oval like Porter and I? Will her hair be wavy-ish like Porter and mine or stick straight like Ryan and Hudson? (notice the trend... Ryan and Hudson share so many simliar traits, aside from hair/eye coloring... and Porter and I are so similar in traits. Where will this little one fall?)
- We still are undecided on a name... although we both feel like we have a favorite but are having a hard time settling. Or maybe its just me that's having a hard time settling. We have discussed keeping her name a secret until she's born... you know, have some anticipation to look forward to HAHA!
- This week the baby is about the size of a banana....
