18 weeks.

Hello everyone!

I'm getting such a late start with this it seems, but we have been soooooo busy! I wanted to start this blog a while back because I know there are some people that want to be updated with the pregnancy that I don't get to talk to a whole lot and I don't feel very inclined to update everything via Facebook.

Well, for those of you who don't know... Today marks 18 weeks pregnant. So far, I have had a fairly easy pregnancy-- which is a pretty great thing. We found out we were expecting mid April and are due December 8. I think I was blessed in my first trimester (and so far, in the second) because my symptoms were so little. I have had the very normal/common stuff and besides that, I have only gotten sick a handful of times and my tailbone hurts every once in a while. I get the feeling my back pain will get a lot worse but it hasn't been unbearable yet.

I've been waiting to feel the baby in any way possible. I've read that it just feels like flutters or gas at first. At my genetics screening the u/s tech told me that the placenta is anterior, so it could be towards 20-22 weeks that I feel the real kicks. But this morning I was laying in bed and I think I felt like three little movements. It felt like bubbles in my tummy. It's really hard to tell if it was the baby though, so I don't know. Hopefully I feel something more discernible soon. It's still exciting though because I know it's coming!

I have my third doctors appointment July 14 and my anatomy ultrasound July 15. Can't wait!!! We are so excited to find out what we are having and I can't wait to let everyone know. For the record, we would like a boy but are expecting a girl. So, we'll see how it turns out. ;)

I'm going to include the picture Seth took of me last week and today.

17 weeks!


18 weeks!

Hahaha! Next week I will try a different pose.