More than one person has commented to me this week that all of the sudden, I seem very pregnant. I take this to mean a couple of things - 1) the belly is definitely getting bigger (duh!) and 2) my general tiredness/crankiness/backachiness is lending more of a pregnant feel to my demeanor. I have to admit...I feel more pregnant. It's harder to pick things up; I toss and turn all night: my back hurts constantly; there is no comfortable way to sit, stand or sleep; I have to kind of roll myself out of bed, etc, etc, etc. Although all of these new developments are annoying, I still feel pretty darn happy about the whole thing.
How Far Along: 19.5 weeks
Size of Babies: Small cantaloupes. I freaked out a little when I saw cantaloupe because hello, cantaloupes are much bigger than last week's mangoes. So, thank you, editors of What To Expect When You're Expecting, for specifying small cantaloupes.
What I'm Doing: Obsessive nursery Pinterest-ing... :) (Note to kids 20 years from now if you are reading this - Pinterest was a timesuck of a website where your mom wasted hours and hours learning how to make home-made soap and looking at pictures of crafts she probably shouldn't even attempt to make)
Cravings: It's not really a craving, but Nick is getting really tired of me eating all of his energy/protein bars. In fact, I just finished a texting exchange with him about this very topic. Luckily, 'but the babies were hungry' is an effective excuse.
Sleep: Not great, not terrible...it feels like I have to sleep longer in order to feel rested, which I attribute to the many times I'm waking up during the night.
Sex of Babies: Hooray! We finally know! We are so excited it's a boy and a girl...in fact, I'm going to have to dedicate an entire post to it.
Symptoms: Other than being more uncomfortable, one of the babies is on my bladder which is SUPER fun.
Fetal Movement: I am feeling them pretty consistently but Nick is still DYING to feel them move. Hopefully in a few weeks!
What I'm Looking Forward To Next Week: We have our big 20 week ultrasound, so I'm hoping maybe we will finally see Bad Baby B?! We also have our first official high risk clinic visit; between both appointments, the scheduler told me to expect to be there for 3-4 hours. Yay. What I Am NOT Looking Forward To - I have an early glucose screening on Saturday. I guess having polycystic ovarian syndrome and multiples puts me at higher risk for gestational diabetes. Cross your fingers all goes well.
Best Moment of the Week: Obviously the gender reveal party. :)
Special Thanks To: My Nook...as it has been keeping me company when I wake up in the middle of the night and can't sleep. I am going to be a very well-read pregnant lady. (P.S. If you haven't read any of Gillian Flynn's books, you should. They are super creepy and amazing.)
What I Want The Babies To Know This Week: Everyone says that parenthood teaches you so much. What's amazing is that YOU AREN'T EVEN HERE YET and yet...you are already teaching us. Case in point...as you know (because your father and I will remind you on a near daily basis), it took four rounds of IVF to get pregnant with you. The first three rounds, I felt like we HAD to succeed or I didn't know how we would go on. I mean, obviously we did each time, but I was always gripped with a sense of 'thishastoworkthishastoworkthishastowork'. That last cycle - it did not go well. At all. By all reasonable expectations, it shouldn't have worked. However, once we learned that the cycle might be a bust, I realized...we were going to be fine. We were going to have a family, one way or another and I needed to stop worrying about it and just let it happen. Maybe it was just coincidence (but that doesn't make for a very interesting story) but when I finally gave up trying to plan things, that's when we got you. When I am freaking out and over-planning some day, please feel free to remind me of this story. :) XOXO, Mom
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