19 Weeks

nice Linday...this was basically what I wore everyday while laying on the couch feeling bad.

This has been one of the most amazing weeks of my life.  I LOVE feeling my baby, and I can feel him getting stronger because the little bubbles are a lot more noticeable and a lot more frequent.  Up until now my favorite thing about being pregnant was the ultrasounds with the beating heart.  Sometimes it is hard to believe that we are having a baby and that he is inside of me, the ultrasound could be somebody else’s and the sound can be created with all the technology we have.  The movements inside of me have made this pregnancy more real.  I have had more vivid dreams, dreams with his name, dreams where he is 3 (where I can see his face) and he has a younger brother.  I don’t believe in telling the future but my dreams are so real and a new one starts every time I get up to use the bathroom.  I am so in love with this condition, and totally amazed at what my body is capable of even without the proper nutrition.

A new symptom is the short term memory loss.  I already have a bad memory, but this is ridiculous.  Adam and I could have a conversation and I would ask him a question he would answer it and I would be totally confused.  He has had to remind me what I asked him.  I find myself wandering around a lot wondering what I was supposed to do (more than usual).  They say a pregnant woman’s brain actually shrinks…well I can totally feel that.  Thank goodness I have a husband who wouldn’t take advantage of me…I hope ;).

Back to proper nutrition.  I am eating more and I have gained back a pound.  However at this point I should be gaining a pound a week anyway.  I am just so relieved to not be losing any more.  I have actually been hungry, but my stomach has been shrunk due to lack of eating for 4 months.  So every night I feel stuffed like a turkey (which is a much better kind of miserable).  They say the next few weeks I will grow a lot (which means my boy will grow a lot).

Back to the name…Adam and I have discussed it and we had a short list for a little while.  We know his first name and we are working on his middle.  We want to wait till we have everything figured out before we make the announcement. 

******Cool Week 19 Fact: Our little boy may be growing hair on his head and his brain has developed so he can hear, see light and taste.