18 weeks: smallish update

18 weeks
Baby Meyers is the size of a bell pepper!

Dang, this week has gone by really fast. I'm glad it did though, because I am beyond excited to find out what the gender is on Tuesday. (Day after tomorrow) I'm so excited for the ultrasound to see how big the baby has grown and to see more of his or her features. The last ultrasound we did was back at 13 weeks. 6 weeks of waiting to see our little love again. 6 weeks of growth and development. We are beyond thrilled for Tuesday afternoon.
There's not much to update anyone on. I'm still a little sick. Had a rough day the other day and the few days up to today have been less than desirable, but not awful. I still only weigh 154.8 pounds and my belly has grown 5 inches at least in the past 2 weeks. So, while I'm not putting on baby weight, at least I'm maintaining and at least I am able to eat more. I found this week that drinking lots of water and eating small meals along with all of my medications keeps the worst of hyperemesis away. Which is nice. I wish I could say it's helping a lot, but it is helping me enough to keep me (and my husband) sane.
On that note, I just have to really applaud my husband and express how grateful I am that he isn't a loser. That may sound weird. Let me explain...
I know some people with baby daddy drama and let me tell you what, those women do not deserve any of the crap being dished their way. Sometimes my husband and I have had little disagreements in this pregnancy, but never anything major. Seeing the hardships my friends have had to endure with their babies dads has made me so grateful for the man I am married to. Even though this was a planned pregnancy, he still could have made the choice to ignore me or decide he didn't want a part of it. Of course I knew 100% that he wouldn't make that choice. I had complete faith in him. He could have chosen to be freaked out or less supportive. He has so much to focus on already, but he chose to shoulder the yoke of new responsibilities with me. I am so grateful for that. I've learned so much from him in the past 4-5 months.
Anyway, not much of an exciting post. The excitement will all come on Tuesday. I'll post on Wednesday probably. We'll see.