20 Weeks

(the questions from this post, and any others that use this format, were borrowed with a few tweeks from the blog Healthy & Homemade)

We had our full anatomy scan this week. Somehow I thought it would be a much bigger deal than it actually was. The whole thing took about 15 minutes. He was being coy and hiding behind my hip bone so the pictures that we got of his face are a little blurry. We got some cute little feet pictures though. My placenta is fully out of the way now and I am no longer considered previa! My midwife told me that it is now located on the anterior (front facing) wall of my uterus so I might not feel him move as much. That certainly does not seem to be the case though!

How many weeks: 20 (halfway!!!)

What size is baby: banana, 6.5 inches and 10.6 oz.

Movement: He has really started moving A LOT now! The gentle pokes are starting to turn into full blown kicks that can startle me sometimes. I’m also noticing a pattern to when he moves. It seems like early afternoon and into the evening is when he is most active. But I have also noticed more movement when I eat something different than usual (like chocolate cake! Yummy!) or drink something super cold (like a smoothie.)

New symptoms: My back and my bum ache, especially at the end of the day. The heating pad has become my BFF.

Cravings: Carbs (especially breakfast scones, cake, and waffles), salty things (like popcorn and these yummy pickled asparagus that my Opa gave us for Christmas)

Sleep: Oh sleep! My whole life sleep has always been a battle. It's an unfair irony that I need so much of it yet it is such a struggle! Every night for the past few months I wake up between 1AM - 3AM and then usually again around 5AM. And when I do sleep I’m very restless. A solid 8 hours of sleep is a thing of the past for me I think.

Stretch marks: I have some from when I was heavier but those are mostly faded. No new ones yet!

Rings on/off: on

Best memory of the week: Arthur felt him kick for the first time! I think it made him pretty excited!

Looking forward to: him getting bigger and stronger and healthier. I find myself sometimes getting impatient for him to be here already and then I remind myself that this time that I have him with me and growing is so short and so special.