Halfway

As of midnight, I am now at 20 weeks! Now admittedly I had no idea what was happening for four of those weeks (and since I apparently ovulated early I guess technically I got to skip a week) but it does seem to have flown by.

According to Baby2See (a site that’s less flashy than some other baby sites, but seems to have really accurate information for me, which I like) my baby now weighs 11 ounces. The site also mentions that mothers will probably start feeling the first fetal movements about now if it hasn’t happened already — which earlier today I did! I had felt little tickle-y feelings many weeks ago that I thought might be movement (about 13-14 weeks, which really would have been 14-15 weeks since I was a week off) but wasn’t sure, and that went away. And I’ve felt several painful jabs in the last couple weeks I am pretty sure were kicks, but on Thursday I felt real movement — the kind where when I put my hand on the spot I could feel the movement with my hand, too! It was neat, but nothing like anyone had described. (I’d reference the movie Aliens, but with a wondrous tenor instead of horrific, heh. I mean, there was something clearly moving under my skin — I think maybe she was rolling over.) It’s the first feeling where I have absolutely no doubt at all it was the fetus, and it was pretty neat. I’ve felt a few echoes of that since, too — subtler movements that I’m noticing, maybe since I have a gauge on what to feel for now.

I haven’t gained much weight lately — I’m holding steady at about 8lbs gained. That’s probably good, as I gained that earlier when I was more hungry. I’ve pretty much left it at “I eat when I’m hungry, and I try to eat good food” rather than overstressing it, and I figure I’ll keep that attitude unless the doc tells me to do differently. I did crave spaghetti dinner earlier in the afternoon, and it was awesome, which I may blog about separately.

Halfway! It’s hard to believe.