20 Week Bumpdate!

20 Weeks, 4 Days 

I'm officially looking round. And Jim had lots of fun with the 20 week pictures :) 

Size of Baby: Small Cantaloupe. About 6.5inches and according to our ultrasound on Wednesday, he weighs about 12oz! I can't remember what the ultrasound tech said his length was but I feel like it was more than 6.5inches. The lab results we got don't make sense to me, so we will go with 6.5 for now :) 

Symptoms: Well, there is the bump :) Still sometimes nauseous, but it has really improved. However, over the weekend, I randomly woke up at 12:30am and started throwing up. Felt great the next day, though! I've also had a somewhat stuffy nose most of the pregnancy so far from the hormones and all. That's still here. And now I'm getting pretty regular kicks :) They are still gentle, so they're fun, not yet annoying. 

Cravings: Lately, I think I have been craving fruit more than anything. Can't get enough pears and oranges :) Much healthier than the potato salad and jelly beans I couldn't get enough of before! 

Something I miss: Coffee. So the past 2 days I have returned to having my daily cup of decaf, which is totally allowed :) I could even have a cup or 2 of regular coffee (up to 200 mg/day), but I feel weird about that....and decaf does it for me. I also miss having a flat tummy...but something tells me my tummy is going to get much less flat and MUCH more round. 

Milestones: We had our second, and actually first "official", ultrasound on Wednesday and it was confirmed again, we are for sure having a BOY! Very clear this time :) However, he posed much cuter in our first ultrasound. He didn't want to give us a profile this time around. It was still fun to see him again. I have also been feeling lots of little kicks tap tapping in my tummy. So fun :) AND on New Year's Day, Jim and I got the baby room mostly organized. Still want to flip flop the crib and the bed so they are on opposite sides of the room. My dad bought us the crib mattress and bedding for Christmas and we just finally decided to order it and it should be coming by next week, hopefully. So within the next 2 weeks or so, we should have a nursery reveal!!! :) So excited! We also bought the dresser, which will be the changing table. So the nursery is set to be finished soon! 

Looking Forward To: Setting up the nursery COMPLETELY! Should be really fun! :) And our OB appointment next week to go over our ultrasound with the doctor. I did get the print out saying no abnormalities (or something like that) but it also said I have a low-lying placenta and this should be re-checked in 6 weeks. From what I have read online, it looks like this is something that can change as the pregnancy progresses, and its most common in women who smoke, do cocaine, have had surgery on their uterus or previous c-section births. So, since I don't really fit into any of those categories, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will move up! 

As long as the placenta doesn't cover the cervix, everything should be fine. From what I have read online, if the placent doesn't move up, women with this usually have to have a c-section and may need to delivery early. For now, we are still planning for an EDD of 5/21/13 :) Praying it moves its way up!