I'm HUGE!

Went to the doctor today.

Slightly depressing thing #1: I'm heavy. In spite of my worries about weight gain early on, I cringed when the nurse moved the BIG weight thing this morning. That's never, ever, ever happened to me before. Last time I crossed into previously-uncharted territory, but now I feel like I'm in another world. The doctor was not the least bit concerned, though. She said that I haven't gained too much, I'm right on track. Still it threw me off a little bit.

Slightly depressing/frightening thing #2: I'm huge. When the doc pulled up my sweater she was like, "Woah - you've got quite a belly there!" Nice. Then she measured me and I was big for dates (remember on Christmas Day I got the same diagnosis?), by a significant amount. So apparently after 20 weeks the measurement in centimeters is supposed to be roughly the same as the number of weeks. Right now I'm 24 weeks 5 days, so I should be 24, almost 25 cm. But I was 28! Doc said we'll have to keep an eye on that, and I'll almost certainly need another ultrasound. She thinks it's probably just a big baby, but it might also be uterine fibroids. Interesting. She's not concerned, we'll just check it out when I come back in 4 weeks and reassess (at that point I should be 28 cm!!).

Awesomeness #1: This doctor is awesome. I had been seeing one doctor of a 5-doc practice, and I really didn't like her all that much. She was pretty short, not personable at all, and was kinda dismissive. I love this doc though. She was awesome. She explained everything that was going on, and answered my questions very thoroughly. And it didn't take a long time for her to do so. I wish I could keep her. But next time I have to go to another one. Hopefully he'll be just as great!

Awesomeness #2: I got a great bacon, egg, and cheese bagel from Finagle when we left, and it was delish.

Awesomeness #3: I get to take my glucose test mostly at home - in the next 2-3 weeks, whenever I feel like it. I just have to go to the lab to get blood taken about an hour later. (Bryan almost passed out when the nurse explained this).

So, in short, I'm heavy and huge but the doc is great. And I'm not so heavy and huge that I have to give up delicious Finagle a Bagel sandwiches. :) And I'm about to embark on a wonderful journey of gestational diabetes testing. I'll let you know how it goes.

Hello, mommy!

Woke up this morning and Baby E was kicking really strong. I sat there and enjoyed it for awhile, and then pulled the covers off my belly to see if I could see it. Sure enough, my belly started jumping with every kick! It was so alien - so surreal! But really awesome too. I couldn't get DH to wake up enough to look (he is certainly not a morning person) but he felt her and was very impressed!

I loved that!! It was amazing! I can't wait until it happens again!

Weirdness

OK this might be TMI - but if you're reading this I either have no idea who you are or are comfortable enough with you that it's OK with me that you know this... :) But don't say I didn't warn you!

Lately the little one has been kicking me very weirdly! It started last weekend, at church. She was kicking really, really, really low - it felt like she was trying to escape! I've googled it, and it seems to happen to other people too, so I'm not that concerned - but it's weird!! I just had to get that out.

Also - last weekend I was shopping with Ruthless and it felt like the baby was pushing her butt or something straight out, just below my belly button. It got really tight and painful. I massaged the spot and got it to stop, and then she started kicking my side. Now that I think about it, though, I think it might have been a contraction. Wow! We're moving right along!

What a difference 14 weeks makes!

This is two weeks ago - at 20 weeks. I'm even bigger now but I'm just getting around to posting this for comparison.