19 weeks

19 weeks (almost halfway there!)

 Baby Meyers is the size of a large mango!
 About 6 inches long and almost half a pound! The OB said he is measuring at the average 20 weeks size in length though so he's about 6 1/2 inches from his head to his bottom.
His lungs are not quite developed yet, but everything else is looking good. We did more genetic testing for spina bifida and I think neural tube defects. No phone call from the doctor and I did get it done yesterday, so that usually means nothing bad has been found.
My husband and I were just laying in bed resting about an hour ago and talking about evening plans. He had his hand on my belly and all of a sudden our little boy started kicking his thumb. I said "Did you feel that on your thumb?" He said "Was that another contraction?" I said "That was a kick" and as soon as I said it our boy kicked his thumb again and again. Corry kept asking "was that another kick?" Me: "Yep" Him "And that?" Me: "Yep." A little after that I asked him if those were the first real kicks he has felt, and he said yes. I thought he had felt some before, but I realize I've only really started to feel them more the past two weeks. It was a really special moment and it kinda made me cry to know that he finally felt kicks.

Here's the baby bump now in all it's glory. It looks huge in the picture, but it's not terribly big. If you saw my 16 week bump picture, imagine that with a few more inches around. Not much change since then. This is 19 weeks.

I still weigh 153.5 which is still about 22 pounds less than my weight at the beginning of the pregnancy. I am happy to be maintaining weight now instead of losing or gaining.

Well, not much else has happened this week. I decided to keep the newest ultrasound pictures off the blog until the 20 weeks post just to have good content each week. But starting tomorrow (Monday) we are officially in week 20 which means we are officially HALFWAY THERE! Scary thought that we are getting closer and closer to labor. My doctor and I just discussed my birth plan this week and I'll be submitting paperwork to reserve a spot in the family birth center around my due date. Exciting stuff! Maybe I'll talk about my birth plan in one of my posts. I'm sure I've already mentioned parts of it though.