Halfway!

Halfway! For the first time, I think I can see a huge difference between this week and last--or maybe that's just all the junk I've been eating over the holidays. Someone told me today that I am "all belly", and I took it as a huge compliment! I am really trying to watch my weight gain since I already started 10-15 lbs up because of the miscarriages.

I have a lot to talk about today, but I'm going to focus on the positives, since, at the beginning of my pregnancy, I promised myself that these weekly mini-milestone posts would be positive.

So, Mr. Rhody and I registered over this past week. That was fun. We went to Babies R Us because I wanted to start the registry in the store--then I went home and changed everything! I liked being able to handle things though to decide what we wanted. Most of the stuff I changed was just to different patterns of the same things.

We had Christmas with my family this past weekend. My mother and my sister-in-law both bought cute baby things, perfectly in keeping with our theme (jungle animals). We got little outfits and washclothes and bibs and stuffed animals, all very cute!

At my appointment last week, my midwife confirmed that everything about the baby was perfect at my anatomy scan. We asked her for pediatrician recommendations, and she gave us a short list. Mr. Rhody then asked his co-worker, who gave us almost the exact same list! At least we have a consensus. :) I need to start calling and setting up appointments. I also emailed 2 doulas last week. The cost is a little steep, but I'm still interested. I need to call them to follow-up so I can choose one.

I announced on Facebook this past week. I originally wasn't going to, but I realized I was very bad at telling people. I can't seem to get the word "pregnant" or "expecting" past my lips--those words are just too loaded to me and remind me of my losses. So, I did something I may have previously maligned. In my defense, I couldn't even seem to type the words, so humor is my armor. What did I do? I posted an ultrasound picture as my profile picture with the comment, "I can never make heads or tails of these things." It felt good it get it out of there.

Pregnancy around 20w is weird. I feel so good these days that I forget I am even pregnant. It will hit me at an odd moment, and I'll be surprised that I've forgotten. Then I'll mentally check to make sure I haven't eaten or done something I shouldn't have, lol. Yup, I'm pretty much insane.