20 Weeks & Ultrasound!

So much for letting you guys following along in my pregnancy huh? I've been slacking! Well now that I'm half way I thought I'd do a little update for you.

We're should I start? How about with the bad! Ok ok don't worry there really isn't anything terrible. It's just all those things that come along with pregnancy that you either didn't know about or thought you were going to magically escape.

It all started with morning sickness. I didn't have terrible morning sickness i.e. no throwing up but there were days that I felt miserable all day long. I even would go lay in the back of my truck at lunch when I was at work. I might have felt better with I would have thrown up, but I'm just not one to do that. I figured out if I skipped the gym in the morning it wasn't quite as bad so I switched to going at night for a while. I also came to the realization that I felt better if I didn't have an empty stomach. Guess what came next? Weight gain! Woohoo. Let's just say I'm definitely going to gain more than they say you should. The most amazing thing is it didn't go to my stomach. Nope it went to my butt and things. My belly still isn't very big, which I'm thankful for BUT I'm not so thankful for the lower region! My poor hubby has to put up with my every changing moods. They've gotten a little better but I half expected him to move out or send to my parents to live for a while. I'd blow up and then feel horrible for snapping at him, don't get me wrong he deserved some just like any other man :)

Now onto the awesome things the come along with pregnancy. Boobs! Wow how I love these. I'm dreading the fact that they will deflate and go away. Something positive from weight gain I guess! The amazing fact that a little human being is beginning to take shape and you are responsible for it. Don't get me wrong. Sometimes this is completely over whelming and scary but I try not to dwell on that to much. How about that shopping? I've been holding off but I think I'm going to break down and buy things now. I've ordered the diaper bag and the crib bedding so far and have accumulated a long wish list of other things I went.

The most amazing parts? Definitely hearing the heartbeat for the first time. I may have had a "moment" that was between me crying/hyperventilating at the doctor office. My hubby just rolled his eyes and the midwife let me recover. The ultrasound ranks right up there with the heartbeat. An entire 45 minutes of getting to peak at your baby while the tech tells you everything she is looking at. It amazes me how they can tell what everything is. My hubby was leaning forward the entire time taking it all in. We made the decision not to find the sex out before we went in and the baby was being quite modest with it's legs up the entire time so it's a good thing we didn't want to know! We also found out we have quite the little fist/thumb sucker. Baby "E" is also very active. The tech decided it might be a good thing I can't quite feel all the movements right now because I might not ever get any sleep! I've been hearing horror stories of how "busy" my hubby was when he was a kid, so I'm quite nervous about this!

Just last week I started feeling the definite flutters from the baby. It scared me a bit at first and then I got used to it and now I just enjoy it. The hubby is waiting to feel it from the outside. He's so excited. Every night he has to try and see if he can feel it. Just a few more weeks and he will be able too!