Week 19: Mango

How big is baby: Baby is the size of a mango this week (6 in and 8.5 oz).        

Weight gain/loss:  +8 or 9 lbs.  The doctor said I'm right on track.  

Stretch marks: No.

Sleep:  The hip pain is starting to get worse.  I bought a body pillow which is equivalent to the size of another person sleeping in bed with us.  I'm hoping that it looses some of it's fluff once I've had it for a little bit.

Diet/Cravings/Aversions:  Fruit.  Pizza.  Still.  I am still insanely hungry all of the time.  I feel like I eat and am starving 30 minutes later.  Thankfully, fruit still is the snack I crave the most.

Exercise:  Walking and some minimal weight lifting at the gym.

Gender: We'll find out in October!  I will say that Aaron is leaning toward girl after the ultra sound.  There is one picture that I'm wondering if there are some visible boy parts.  But we didn't see anything dangling between the little legs, so we really have no idea :)  It's all just speculation.  The Chinese gender predictor says girl.  My mom thinks boy because I had pretty much no morning sickness.  So really, we're all over the board :)

Movement: Still just here and there.

The belly:  It seems like it's getting bigger, but people keep saying I still look really small for how far I am.  A girl at work said she didn't really show until about 25 weeks, so I still could have a little ways to go.

What I'm spazzing about:  Drum roll please....NOTHING this week :)  I should really knock on wood because I know next week something will freak me out and I'll be kicking myself for saying this this week.  

What I'm loving:  Starting to feel Baby T a little more.  Starting to see my belly get a little bigger.  Having reassurance this week that everything is perfect with baby :)

Symptoms:  Gagging.  Sore hips at night.  Some weird pains around my belly button..maybe means things are stretching.  STARVING.  Can that be a symptom?  And major acid reflux after I eat anything.  

What I'm looking forward to:  Hitting 20 weeks on Tuesday!! :)  I can't believe I am almost half way there.  In some ways I feel like this has gone so slow and in others it's gone so fast.  With summer and busy season at work, I can only imagine how quickly the second half will go.  Also, vacation in one week!  We still have no idea where we are going (other than in Michigan).  It's weird how ok and actually excited I am for the unexpected.  Normally, I have to plan for EVERYTHING.        

Best moment of the week:  Our big ultra sound!  It was amazing getting to see Baby T for so long.  The tech said that everything looked great.  The baby is right on track size-wise and still measuring right at 19 weeks.  The heart beat was perfect too.  We asked the tech if she could tell the sex (she had a patient the day before who really wanted to know, but no matter what she did she couldn't get that baby to show the goods).  She did say she could tell if Baby T is a boy or girl, but she wouldn't remember 5 minutes after we left because she doesn't write it down anywhere or put it in our file so it was our last chance to find out.  Now, I really can't stand the suspense.  I guess it will make the delivery that much more exciting :)  I'm sad this was the last time though that we'll see Baby T though for 20 more weeks.  I can't believe I have to wait that long!

And now, I'll leave you with a few pictures from the ultra sound.  

Aaron loves that Baby's arm is above his/her head.  Aaron sleeps like that ALL of the time and is constantly elbowing me in the face so I have to put his arm down multiple times at night.  He thinks that Baby T is taking after him :)  He also thinks that Baby looks like him here.  I said Baby has his forehead :)