19 Weeks

This week was great!  I have to start with our anatomy scan on Monday because that was the definite highlight of the week!  Austin is clearly ALL boy and he wasn't afraid to show us!  Even if we had never seen an U/S before it would have been easy to notice his little boy parts. Even more importantly: Everything looked healthy and well and his growth is right on track for how far along I am.  At the time of the U/S I was 18 weeks and 3 days and he measured exactly that!  We couldn't have asked for anything more from the anatomy scan and we feel so blessed.  One thing they will keep an eye on is my placenta because it is currently low line.  It's not completely covering my cervix but a small lip of it is covered. We will check it again in a couple months and if it hasn't moved then I will likely have to have a c-section. Honestly, I'm not worried about it at all. It's nice knowing about it because I likely won't feel him move as soon or as often but now I won't worry that I'm not.  I feel very peaceful about it and if I have to have a c-section then that's just fine.  As long as our boy is healthy, I'll be happy no matter how he comes out!

I can't remember if I already mentioned this (and I'm too lazy to look back) but I'm definitely continuing to feel Braxton Hicks and other fun stuff going on in my lower abdomen.  I wonder if I started feeling those things sooner this time around because my placenta is low line.  My doctor said it's all normal and nothing to worry about.  I'm hoping that within the next week or two I start to feel stronger movement but my doctor said to not be surprised if I don't because of where my placenta is.  I'm still convinced I've felt him here and there but nothing that has completely sold me yet.  

Throwing up is still a recurring event each morning but I do feel pretty good for the rest of the day afterwards.  I have a feeling the nausea is starting to slow down (hopefully!) and expect to be completely over it in a month or so like my last pregnancy.  My energy is slowly starting to pick back up so that's nice.  I'm not back to making regular dinners yet but I did make a home cooked meal last night for the first time in ages!  I hope, for Logan's sake, I can keep it up! 

I may be crazy but I'm pretty sure my inhalers are already making a big, positive difference.  I can breathe much easier and my blood pressure at my appointment on Monday was quite a bit lower than it has been lately.  Yahoo!  They repeated my OB blood work at my appointment to make sure nothing has jumped too high so hopefully we hear good news regarding that.

The nursery is coming along faster than I could have hoped for and it's so exciting!  Tomorrow will mark 3 weeks since they started working on it and the drywall is already completely up!  All we have left is mud and tape, paint, finishes, and carpet.  Ooh it's so much fun :)

Weight: 132.4 (This week: +.8 | Total: + 11.6) MUCH better!  **One thing I need to keep in mind as far as my weight goes is that I've been keeping track of it since I was 2.5 weeks so my weight gain is going to be a bit higher than if I had started tracking it at my first appointment (around 11 weeks) like last time.  According to my OB's records, I've gained 7 pounds so far this pregnancy.  Hearing that made me feel better for sure :)**

19 weeks down, 21 to go!