I'd like to say I can feel baby more and more. I mean, I'm sure once in a while that's definitely baby, but I'm pretty darn sure it happens a lot. I'm not sure why I doubt myself so much, but it's like I'm afraid to say "that was baby!" The movements are getting more pronounced, but still...I don't know. I think I'm waiting for someone to tell me that baby is perfectly fine in there before I get too wound up over movements. I still sometimes feel like I'm going day by day, waiting for the other shoe to drop in the back of my mind. There's a nagging voice I can't get rid of...but luckily I've learned to shove it back. I'm so excited over this baby, I just wish I could completely make that doubt go away. There seems to be a lot of evidence that things are in my favor - the movement feelings, the fact that my stomach is continuing to grow, I can feel the fundal height rapidly getting bigger (seriously, it's measured like a month ahead this whole time, sometimes more! It's currently beyond the 20 week mark.) and I've had ZERO signs of anything going wrong. I'm still sick, things still ache...I feel very pregnant. I feel like there's no logical reason to have any concerns, but ugh. I think I'm still traumatized from what happened last time and it's hard to let go.
But, on with the awesome stuff this week brings. Last week, baby could probably hear the outside world. This week? They say baby definitely can! Not just hear, but get startled by noises like Sophie barking or Katie crying against my belly. How cute is that...baby can already get startled! Such a little person already!
Baby now looks more like a baby, with the head on par with the rest of the body instead of being so big, and the arms and legs growing longer. Next baby appointment is in 5 days, and then ELEVEN days after that, we'll finally be able to stop saying baby and replace it with one of the names we've chosen. Not much longer! I feel like once we're in July, things will start moving faster. We have so much going on each week that hopefully it'll fly by. Okay, not fly by, I have a little girl's birthday to cherish in there, as well as celebrate my own and prepare for two parties in one...but still, a little quicker than this wouldn't be bad! lol
I started selling hats again! This time, it's infant hats! It's been really fun to make such tiny hats and imagine a newborn in them. In the last week, I've made Star Wars infant hats, a Steelers Football hat, and a sunny hat for a little girl who will be named Soleil (mean's sun). I'm now working on Christmas themed hats, different Santa hats, snowmen, Rudolphs...whatever doesn't sell in those will be a lot of fun to use myself! Though I've already received quite a few requests for them. Usually during pregnancy, I can't bring myself to crochet, but now it's really hitting me! After we find out the gender, I'll be making this baby a crochet bear, blankets, and a bunch of hats because this time I have a winter baby who will actually need nice warm hats!
I can't believe how big the baby looks on the ticker. That's such a fully developed baby! It's sometimes hard to imagine that an actual baby is inside me and it's getting so big. It's definitely time for another ultrasound!
Also, another bit of good news, I have been going a good three days in between throwing up. Which doesn't sound like much, but IT IS! Compared to daily throwing up and constant nausea, I even drove to the store last night and didn't get sick once. I mean yes, it's like a three minute trip, but it usually sends me breaking my blood vessels violently in the parking lot, and I totally didn't do that last night. Yay me! Any improvement is great improvement. Between those puke days, I usually only feel like I"m going to get sick once to twice a day now. So much better than all day from when I wake up to when I try to go to sleep!
Today's belly pic:
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