It is amazing to me how utterly hungry one can feel when growing a baby. The change of how they grow should explain it and it does, but that in itself (how exponentially they grow) is mind boggling.
Fruit & Veggie "baby" This is an awesome site that helps put the minute size of a baby and it's rapid growth in some perspective. Right now, my baby is halfway between a turnip and a bell pepper (17.5 weeks).
Last night I could feel the baby moving a little. Jon can't wait to be able to feel our little one moving, but it'll still be some more time before that happens. I whispered to my growing belly "I may regret this, but kick as much as you want. I love feeling you move!" It's true. Even when Joseph changed the shape of my ribcage, I always enjoyed feeling him move around and kick.
We will get to see it a week from tomorrow and hopefully no longer have to use the pronoun "it" anymore. Everyone keeps asking me if I feel any inclinations about what it may be. My hopes are stronger than any real feelings. I unabashedly am hoping for a girl, almost as much as Jon was hoping for a boy. I will be happy either way, especially after what we went through last year, a healthy baby is perfect. One "old wives tale" that seems to be very true is that boys sit lower in the uterus than girls do. Jon did say that he thinks I'm carrying higher than I did with Joseph. So, we'll see. Quite literally. We are also planning on bringing Joseph to the ultrasound. We think he'll like this "movie" and hope it will cement that there's a baby in Mommy's belly. He's getting it better and better and the bigger my belly gets and his stays the same, the less he thinks he has one too. We will also have pictures next week that we can bring home and share!
Pray for a girl!
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