Marination Time: 21 Weeks
Size of baby: LB is the length of a carrot this week.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 15 pounds.
Maternity Clothes: I’m excited to be in maternity clothes most of the time – I do love my elastic waist bands! When I get home from work or being out though, even those can feel too restricting. That end of the day bump swell just calls for yoga pants ASAP.
Sex: Little Bean is a BABY GIRL!!!!! We are thrilled to know she is a SHE. For sure, that is. We did have the sneak peek and I may have purchased a few girly things on super sale after Christmas – I’m glad I won’t need the return policy!
Movement: Yes – her kicks are a nice reassurance that she’s growing and thriving in there!
Belly button watch: Innie.
Sleep: I’m sleeping well this week.
What I miss: I found myself missing raw sushi more this week and well, had some. I picked some salmon (low mercury) from a reputable restaurant we frequent often, along with the tempura and unagi choices we’ve been making since I’ve been pregnant. This is probably going to become more regular now that I’m further along, in reason. YUM.
Cravings: Sushi. Spicy/stinky cheese and crackers. Ribs and pulled pork grilled by DM. Luckily with DM’s folks in town we will be accomplishing a lot of good eating this week (Kyoto and Publican, in addition to food at home).
Symptoms: Filling up fast when eating, only to be starving another hour or two later. This started to some extent around week 16, but it is pretty regular now.
Best Moment this week: Our 20 week appointment was awesome. We watched LB on the screen for over 45 minutes while the tech took tons of pictures. I had to shift around a lot and even go back in for a few more pictures after the fact – fortunately all looked great. Of course, in your mind, you are wondering if there are more pictures than normal being taken of any particular part, and the tech was actually very cognizant of this and reassuring when she simply needed a different angle. It was surreal – heart, brain, spine, limbs, kidneys, everything. And we found out our LB is indeed a girl! Our daughter!!! She measured right at the 51st percentile, which made me feel great to know the little one was neither too small nor trending towards being a 10 pounder, at least not right now. We received a list of natural childbirth classes to consider and are adding that to the to-do list, along with our reading list.
We got to share our news about the baby’s sex right away with my parents, and then shared it with DM’s folks in person with some cute pink frosted cupcakes (for Valentine’s Day… and for our little girl!). We also got to send some texts to siblings and friends that “our little Valentine is a GIRL!” We had a lot of fun with that. We’re glad to have DM’s parents in town this weekend to start nursery preparations and just spend some quality time together. Time is going fast.