Halfway there!

Spike is half-old today. Only 20 short weeks (give or take a few...) and we will have a baby in our arms! It was a pretty uneventful day, although I had my first stranger (a patient) ask when I was due. It made me feel actually pregnant and not just fat. I've watched people eye my stomach for the past few weeks wondering if they should say something but none have dared....until now. My scrub tops are all getting a bit snug and the maternity scrub tops look like tents. I'm still trying to figure out how to solve this problem. I can probably squeeze in the ones I have for another week or so...as long as I don't eat too much.

A few other highlights of the past week:

Our Ultrasound was last week. Spike is healthy and growing normally...as far as they can tell from a bunch of blotchy looking 2D black and white pictures. It's kind of like watching a movie from the 50s, except it's live...and of my uterus. Spike was moving all around in there even though I couldn't feel it. Part of me still thinks it was just a replay of someone else's ultrasound...how would we know? I'll post some more ultrasound pics soon.

Our first "Group" was last Wednesday. Back Cove Midwives have a pre-natal group where you meet with other soon-to-be parents due around the same time. This week was just introductions mostly but they will discuss labor and delivery, post-partum care, and other need-to-know baby things as we get closer to the due date. There were 7 couples total and we are all due at the end of October or beginning of November. Emily and Chris have said great things about Group and I think it will be really neat to go through this at the same time as these other couples. Plus, there's snacks.

I felt definite movement this week. Spike tends to wake up when I'm just lying down to go to sleep...this better not be a foreshadowing of the future... Spike hasn't quite made big enough movements for Rob to feel but there is no question that something is in there (see pictures...).

Since I never posted a 19 week picture, here it is:

These are today's 20 week pictures. I've only gained about 5lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight!

18 Weeks!

It's getting more uncomfortable to sleep and I'm thankful for Jessi's body pillow that is now taking up much of Rob's side of the bed. Speaking of Rob, I thought I'd include of picture of him since there aren't many. Here he is grilling on his birthday. Spike is excited that Daddy likes to grill.
Here I am at 18 weeks. Steph and I spent 4 hours today shopping for maternity clothes and you can see why. My regular pants do not fit anymore and my shirts that do fit are not long enough to cover the elastic panel in maternity pants. Good thing Steph is here to help me purge my other clothes to make room for these new ones (that's her specialty...at least with my clothes). I walked around the mall in maternity jeans today and a now snug fitting T-shirt and actually FELT pregnant for the first time. Up until now I think I just looked fat.