20 Weeks - HALF WAY THERE!

Today I am 20 weeks pregnant!

Pregnancy Highlights:

Size of Baby: Baby H now weighs 101/2 ounces and measures 6 1/2 inches long, about the size of a banana. 

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +5 since my last doctors visit.

Baby's heartbeat at last visit: 146 BPM

Maternity Clothes: Most of the time, they are so much more comfortable and my t-shirts are starting to get tight, so I may have to start wearing Tom's.

Gender: The technician yesterday at our 20 week U/S was 99% sure the sex of the baby. She put this in an envelop and now my brother and sister-in-law have it. We will all find out on the 26th of November! I can't wait!

Movement: I'm still not sure on this one, sometimes I will feel a twinge or something and not think anything of it, then I'm like "oh wait, that could've been the baby" but then I don't feel it again for a while. I'm sure the movements are coming. The doc said I should start to feel something real soon.

Sleep: Still sleeping great however I used to always start on my stomach but that's getting harder to do, it's just not comfortable now so I'm forcing myself to sleep on my left side, that's supposedly the best side to sleep on, but I like my right side better, so either way once I get to sleep I'm sleeping pretty good.

What I miss: Still beer! And the other day I bent over to cut my toe nails and wow, I could definitely tell my belly is growing and I don't think its going to get any easier.

Cravings: No real cravings, again I'm still feeling hungry all the time and can't seem to eat as much as I'd like which is probably a good thing, but I just can't figure out what I'm hungry for.

Symptoms: Nope, just a growing belly.

Best Moment This Week: Besides the shopping trip to Schaumburg with my mom, my 20 week ultrasound. Getting to see baby H and hear the heartbeat was the best. Also knowing my baby is perfect, 10 fingers, no cleft lip and the baby's brain and heart look perfect. We also saw two kidneys and they looked good too. So overall it was a great checkup and I'm so excited to be half way!

Here are a few pictures of Baby H!

Here the legs are crossed at the ankles. I love this picture because I'm always sitting or laying like this.

Here the baby's arms are up near his face, this is the way Tom sleeps all the time. So cute!

It's so amazing how they can see something so small. I'm so excited for this little baby and I can't wait to meet him or her or to just find out the sex, then I can start planning