*I forgot to take front belly pics and had to take it this morning.
How I’m feeling: Psyched! I’m 1/2 way through pregnancy. Working out regularly (light weights and cardio). Lots of walking. Sciatic nerve pain is almost gone, I’m thinking due to the Preggle Pillow! Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed reddish blotches on my face after I remove my makeup. After much denial, I have come to terms with the fact that I now have the “Mask of Pregnancy”. Fun stuff. At this point, it’s not noticeable to anyone but me since I regularly wear foundation and/ or bronzer on the rest of my face …phew!
New and exciting: After our 20 week ultrasound on Wednesday, we can officially say we are Team Green! My sister is still in shock that I didn’t find out. I am notoriously bad at surprises! Also, to up the cuteness factor in our little bean sprout, we have noticed that he or she is a thumb sucker!!
I die at the cuteness. Seriously. Funny side story: my mom looked at this photo and though the baby had a snout like a dog! I gotta admit, ultrasound photos are kind of like an ink blot test and hard to read. Sorry ma, I had to blab about this! We have also discovered that this kid is definitely Italian. He or she moves their arms and hands around a lot (I talk with my hands soooo bad).
Yep, we have an animated, bossy baby. I love that it’s personality is already evident.
Weird Stuff: Aside from the fact that I “wear a mask” under my makeup (I am convinced I am an undercover superhero now), I am the new (not-so-proud) owner of compression pantyhose. I picked them up yesterday and I’m wearing them right now (just to give you a lovely visual lol). My doctor clearly thinks I’m lacking in the sexy department, because she prescribed me to the slut of all compression garments. Yep, you guessed it. Thigh-high compression pantyhose…meeeeeoooooow! The silver lining *wink* on this scenario is that my legs look skinnier! They are like Spanx’s hoochie big sister.
Cravings: Lots of the same stuff. Tomato sauce, ice cold milk in Cheerios, soft serve vanilla icecream with rainbow sprinkles. Really, it’s out of control at this point. If you follow me on Instagram (@FindingSilverLinings), you already know about my cereal problem.
Aversions: asparagus (still), grilled or dry or plain chicken.
Baby is the size of:
- It’s got working taste buds.
- Now, it’s gulping down several ounces of amniotic fluid each day — that’s significantly more than before.
(Image and info from thebump.com)
Any other preggos out there? Let’s babytalk.
LOVE ALL THE INFO! I’m glad to say I can finally make out the ultrasound pic the “right” way!
HAhaha! Me too 🙂 Woof!
It’s cute that the baby already has a trait from you! Probably the 1st of many. Are you thankful that Baby decided to use an appropriate finger for their pic? 😆
Hope you enjoy your weekend!
LOL! Yes!!!
Hi! I commented on your team green post a while back about how my husband and I kept it a surprise. Well, I had a c-section the next day, and we are now proud parents of a beautiful baby boy 🙂 It was so exciting not knowing, and it was special because my husband was the one to tell me it was a boy – not the doc or an ultrasound tech – seemed a little more special that way. So I just wanted to tell you that I’m happy to hear you went team green! Yes, it’s a long time to wait, but you’ll be so glad you did! We always said we would find out for the 2nd one, but now we definitely don’t want to. Side note – I’m Italian too (totally talk too much with my hands!) and I have some very similar ultrasound pics 🙂 Also, my boy, Grayson, was born with a TON of hair – he had a little mullet at birth! But in a totally cute way 🙂 Good luck to you guys!!
Congratulations!!! So glad to hear it all went well. That’s so funny that you guys had similar ultrasound photos lol! Our friends are giving us a lot of lip about team green but we are excited!
Don’t feel bad about the mask. I’m getting it from my birth control. Getting old is hard.
You look fantastic! It always makes me happy to hear of people working out during pregnancy. All of my real life friends don’t move and I was sort of starting to think that’s the way it was!
Thank you! I’ve been catching a lot of heat from people that hear that I exercise while pregnant. My doctor said that it’s is very good for the baby and will make delivery (and recovery) much easier. Plus, I need all the help in the circulation dept I can get!
My dr was very supportive about working out and basically said if you were doing it before, it’s fine to keep doing it. I’ve definitely been watching my breathing, heart rate, etc. I really think working out is the reason I’m feeling as good as I do right now at 18 weeks! Also, my new body pillow is doing wonders for my sleep!
My cravings this week have been for watermelon, peas (I know, so weird!), and fruit snacks. I haven’t eaten fruit snacks since I was a kid so I’m not sure where that craving is coming from 🙂
I love my body pillow too! Cravings are usually weird, but what’s weirder is that I have been craving fruit snacks too! I think working out is so important. I have read that expectant mothers that regularly exercise will less likely have a colicky baby.