We are now 19 weeks. The baby bump app says baby boy or girl is a little over half a pound and half a foot. Still seems so small, but my tummy is starting to round a bit more. I am very blessed that our little nugget is growing, but in all honesty, adjusting to a protruding belly is somewhat difficult. I don't know if women do not talk about this because they feel guilty, or if they don't feel freaked out about it at all and it is just me. Either way, having a tummy is, for me, kinda scary. Do I feel guilty saying that? Yes, I know some women would give up anything to be able to experience pregnancy. Do I feel ashamed? NO! I am by no means a fitness guru, nor do I have a rocking body. But I care about my body and I have worked on it from time to time over the years. It seriously is like you go to bed being able to see your pubic bone, thighs, knees, and toes; and then you wake up and you can see your thighs, knees, and toes but your pubic bone is gone. Then later you wake up and your thighs are gone...you get where I am going with this. It says some adjusting to, and every once in a while I feel "fat" not pregnant and get discouraged. But then he/she moves and I think this is OK, my body is no longer just MY body.
Oh ya, baby girl/boy flops around. I can't feel distinct kicks but I feel flops, almost like the feeling you get while on a roller-coaster, a weird dropping feeling. I am probably going to make this kid feisty because when I haven't felt anything in awhile I push on my tummy to get him/her to move. Doesn't always work.
Harvey is still all up in face ALL the time. Follows me from room to room and sits, if not on me, right next to me. I don't mind, he's warm. Tomorrow we find out if the old wives tale is true (Harvey around me all the time means it's a girl) but I still think boy. We are excited to find out, I thought maybe I would have some second thoughts and might want to be surprised. NOPE, I have to know!
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