20 Weeks

Already half way there!  I feel great being pregnant...wishing I showed a little more like a cute pregnant lady but I guess I'm starting to...I feel like the baby is growing up into my abdomen more than growing out...the only way to explain it is it feels like I'm filling up.  I feel like all my stuff is getting squished up into my ribs (I esp. feel this at the end of a long day and I haven't had the best posture that day.  The bottom of my rib cage feels sore) and everything is expanding.  My slimmer waist is filling out like a block, haha, oh well.   Like I said I feel great, not too sick as long as I eat every few hours.  Nathan cheers me on and tells me that I should have a dozen kids cause I carry so well and so far its been pretty smooth sailing.  I still jog fairly often...most days I walk/jog to try and keep my heart rate around 150...not easy when jogging..that's why I have to walk, to bring it back down again even though I'm feeling good.  Nathan has wanted me to wear a heart rate monitor...I did once then told him it was impossible for me to jog and keep it below 140 and 150 is not easy either.  I was having to jog so slow....so now I just try to pace myself and be smart   (Don't worry Mom, I can feel it when I'm starting to push my body too hard and I tone it down)  Jogging still feels so good for me though and its a wonderful way for me to let my pregnancy emotions out.  I totally miss jogging when I don't do it so I hope I can keep it up!  ..I've also thought about joining a gym to take a pregnancy yoga or such class...any advice or personal experience on that?

I felt the baby move for the first time Wed. September 28th.  I don't take the time I probably should to sit and be still, waiting to feel the movements but that evening I decided to go to the Provo temple to do some work.  While I was sitting waiting I felt a little something...so slight, like a little gas bubble...I got this huge smile on my face but still wasn't for sure that that's what it was.  I felt a few of these while I sat there that night.  When I picked up Nathan from school I told him that I either had some funny little gas bubbles in there or I had just felt the baby move for the first time that night! :) We both just couldn't suppress our smiles and giggles!  Oh Fun is this!!  Well by the next night (of course I'm paying lots better attention to what my body's doing now) and I felt those same little movements :) That's the baby alright!! :)  What an incredibly neat feeling!!!  It will be fun when Nathan will get to feel them too!  ...as for now I'll just soak up this special connection that only the two of us have with each other.

*something that I didn't know is that I'm most likely not feeling my baby kick me because it's still so small but that I am feeling the baby do somersaults.  It's kicking, obviously, but those movements are so faint that I can't feel them.  But when the baby completely turns over, now those are big enough to catch some attention...cool fun fact huh?! 

I bought my first maternity clothes (mostly pants since my pants were starting to...umm just not quite work) and I just have to say that they are AWESOME!!  I got the kind that have the smaller elastic band right right below the belly.  As soon as I put them on I wanted to start singing!  Heck, I would highly consider wearing these type of pants forever, no joke!  They fit nice and snug but have the give and stretch for my growing tummy...I am pretty thrilled about them :) But honestly the best part is really that I just feel kinda cute again instead of fat and frumpy...like I said i'm not totally showing yet but feel like I'm thickening up and that's kinda hard to feel.  So call me a dumb girl but some new cute pants are making a big difference for this new little mamma-to-be!
(*I'm also grateful for a husband who understands and supports me in these purchases, heck, is even excited for them! Thanks Honey!)

We go to the doctor again on October 19th (unless we need to reschedule it).  This will be our Ultrasound visit!  We are looking forward to it and finding out what we are having.  I think we are having a little girl.  Nathan would like a little boy but also thinks we are having a little girl...so we'll see how that goes!  of course either way we are completely thrilled!  We are going to clean out the study (with help from the family) and transform it into the baby's room!  With some new paint possibly, curtains, rugs and all the cute stuff I can think of  :) HEHE!  I am excited to do that!  (want to find out what we're having before I go and do all that)

Yay!!  20 weeks and as excited as ever!