Halfway point
As you can see by our nifty little baby widget in the sidebar, today marks the 120th day of our pregnancy. This is the halfway point (assuming the baby comes exactly on time, which is highly unlikely). I have mixed feelings about this. Part of me is thinking “Woohoo, we’re halfway there, yippee, so exciting, woohoo!” But the other part of me says “Only halfway done. Argh! I’ve been prenant forever already. I have to do this for another five freaking months. This is a bunch of crap!” And the logical part of me knows that the half that lies ahead is going to be much harder than the half that has past.
I know I shouldn’t complain, I’ve been really lucky so far. My baby bump is just starting to become evident if I’m wearing the right clothes. I was getting a bit anxious about this, as it seems everyone else was bigger than me by this point. I went to prenatal yoga last week and the two women who weren’t as far along as me had much more pronounced bellies. They were also much thinner than me to start with, which probably explains a lot. I prefer to think it’s just that I’ve got really strong ab muscles, not that my belly fat is hiding the baby ;) My weight gain (or lack there of) has been good so far, I’ve gained less than five pounds which, considering I was already carrying a little extra insurance in that department, is good. I started feeling the baby move last weekend; Matthew was even able to feel it with his hand on my tummy. Now it seems like the baby is moving a lot, especially after I eat. It doesn’t hurt, just feels a little strange.
Next week we will go for another high detail ultrasound. If the baby cooperates, we should be able to find out if it’s a boy or a girl. After some consideration I decided I want know, whether it’s suprise now, or a surprise at the time of the birth doesn’t make a difference to us. And this will allow us to start getting all our ducks in a row by finding baby stuff and picking out names.
In case you’re curious, here’s how my belly looks at this point. Didn’t take any before pictures, but you get the idea.
You’re Beautiful!!!!
You look great April. I ate so much in the first trimester because I had the most wretched morning sickness and thought the consumption of large quantities of food at all times of the day would help this. It didn’t! Enjoy the next 2-3 months, because after that you will groan with every step and get slower and slower.
Thanks Sinead! I think I got really lucky withe morning sickness, but I’ve known a lot of people who experienced the same thing you did!
Not really looking forward to trying to work in the tissue culture hood with my belly sticking out three feet!
I still can’t believe you two are going to be parents!! You’ll be great!