20 Week Ultrasound
Let's pretend that I posted this when I'd originally written it (first week of Dec) instead of when I'm actually posting it (2nd week of Jan). I'd intended to post pictures from the ultrasound, but we have ever converted the pictures to a digital format, and I don't want to wait anymore.... so, here it is :)
We just had our 20 week ultrasound with my Doctor! We found out that the baby is healthy, which is an answer to prayers. The baby still has lots of room to float around in, as its legs were stretched out fully! We chose not to find out the sex so we could be surprised in the delivery room! We both really enjoyed that moment with Kayla and want to have that surprise again.
As for this pregnancy, it has been really tough for me. I am finding this one so very different from my pregnancy with Kayla. I had no complications with Kayla, nothing to complain about and until the last trimester I was feeling great (totally comfortable, etc). With this pregnancy, I continue to feel sick in the evenings (although my throwing up has decreased significantly). I feel like I am more tired in my 2nd trimester than I was last time around too. And I'm already noticing I need to be careful not to eat too much at the same time because I find myself too full and uncomfortable afterwards (and this didn't happen until late in my 3rd trimester the 1st time around). I don't know if it's just a different between a subsequent pregnancy or what. They say that every pregnancy is different, even for the same woman... and I am finding this to be true. I'll be curious to see if this turns out to be a boy, which might explain some of the differences. If it's a girl I'll be confused! We have not decided on how many kids we will have, but I keep joking that this pregnancy is doing me in and I don't want to be pregnant again! We'll see!
***As an update, since I'm now 27 weeks pregnant (!).. I am feeling much better these days. I've only thrown up a few times since Thanksgiving and no longer am feeling sick during the evenings. I typically don't feel great (stomach) when I'm getting ready for bed, and have not been able to begin to brush my teeth at nights yet. But otherwise I'm doing really well. The baby is kicking quite a bit, and David has been feeling the movement since about week 22, which has been fun for him! Week 22 seemed to be a pivotal week for me, as I started to notice a big change in how I was feeling, and also starting feeling more and more movement (previously it was all feeling the baby from the inside, but that week I started feeling it on the outside too). I do not think that this baby is as active as Kayla was at this stage in pregnancy. This baby is moving plenty, but I don't think it is moving nearly as much as Kayla did. We'll see if that changes during the 3rd trimester.