Happy halfway mark to me! 20 weeks pregnant as of today. It’s been 18 weeks since my retrieval. It will be another 20-22 weeks until the baby is here. I am… in shock and awe… that I am at this point. I am blessed, truly blessed.<\/p>\n
Devin is celebrating today. I can feel him, I think he’s throwing a party in there. Perhaps he’s invited friends? The funniest part is that his kicks now move<\/i>. One minute they’re down low in my belly, next they’re higher and off to my right side. I have to “chase” him with my hand to feel it. :lol: It’s so awesome. I like to sit here and poke at my belly to see if I can’t get a response. Frequently I just zone out for half an hour at a time, hand on my belly, waiting for the little bumps against my hand. Once today among little bumps and pushes he really booted me – it made me laugh.<\/p>\n
I have to change my point of view. What did I do today? It feels like “nothing”. I’ve just been laying here… I feel like I don’t even have the energy to pay attention to a TV show on DVR, I just zone out. But I didn’t do “nothing”! I’m growing a baby! Whew. I’m exhausted.<\/p>\n
I can’t really understand the girls who say they wish they had their body back, they just want the baby out. I feel better than I have in years! I mean, beyond the nausea and the heartburn and little aches and pains – and I know those are going to get worse (minus the nausea, which I HOPE is going to get better… see, still trying to be optimistic here!). I suspect it’s going to feel very strange<\/i> when Devin is on the outside, no longer a part of me. I’m getting so used to his daily movement. It’s going to be so weird to have that gone.<\/p>\n
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Oh, by the way, I didn’t nap on the futon at all yesterday (since our mattress is finally dry)… and I slept on our mattress all night too. And look at that, no back pain today at all. So I am definitely placing full blame on the futon.<\/p>\n
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PS – Weekly belly pic is up, for you obsessors. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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