Half Baked!

We're officially halfway there, 20 weeks preggers! I can't believe I'm halfway done with my pregnancy. The other day I actually started getting bummed out knowing that I only had a few more months of this incredible experience. I know this part is just the beginning, but I'm loving every minute of it and so sad it's almost over. 

We had our 20 week anatomy ultrasound this week, followed up by our 20 week Dr. appt. I read about this big appointment in my "What to Expect..." book and started getting very excited, yet very nervous. AJ and I were excited to get a very long glimpse of our little man, but of course we were worried about what they might find. For those of you who know nothing about this ultrasound (like me two weeks ago), it's used to determine fetal anomalies, the babies size, weight, and to measure the growth ensuring the baby is developing according to plan. We had to actually get this done at the hospital by an ultrasound tech and not our Dr. Our tech was very nice and actually told us what she was looking at because unless it was his face, arms, or legs, we were just seeing black and white fuzziness. She showed us his stomach, heart, brain, spine, kidneys, and his pieces and parts (yep, still a BOY). The tech can't tell you anything one way or the other, but I was able to pick up on some things she was typing onto the screen. When she was looking at his heart she typed in 4 CH Heart, which told me he had a 4 chamber heart, definitely a good thing! Luckily she slipped when she was looking at his brain and said it looked completely normal because I was expecting to see the shape of a brain, but instead saw the fried egg from those old "This is your brain on drugs" commercials. When she was looking at his face he opened and closed his mouth; I'm pretty sure he was saying "Hi Mom & Dad"; it was pretty amazing. He also waved at us! When she showed us a side profile he had his legs completely stretched out, arms above his head, and was in a full pike position. It didn't look comfortable, but he stayed in this position the entire time. Here's a pic of Baby J's cute, little alien face and his tiny feet.

After the ultrasound we had to wait two days before we could get the results. Our 20 week Dr. appt. had been making us nervous for a few weeks because not only were we going to get the ultrasound results, we were also going to learn the results from our genetic testing. Well, great news, Baby J is PERFECT! The genetic results were normal and everything in the ultrasound came back a-okay! During our ultrasound, AJ and I both thought the tech was questioning our due date. She asked a couple of times how the due date was determined and if an ultrasound had confirmed it yet. I told her I'd been tracking my periods so I knew the first day of my last period, plus our first ultrasound confirmed the date. We were thinking either Baby J was bigger or smaller than a 20 week fetus, but we found out our due date is EXACT. Tuesday was our 20 week date and he measured 20 weeks, 0 days. 

One of the things we learned was that I have an anterior placenta. This just means my placenta is growing on the front side of my uterus, instead of it growing in the typical area closer to my spine. I had read about this on a few websites and in my pregnancy book and it's nothing to worry about. Baby J doesn't care what side it grows on and most anterior placentas move to the posterior position before you go into labor. All the info I read had said this could be an explanation for why I don't feel Baby J that much; the anterior placenta creates a cushion between baby and belly. I know it's normal not to feel a ton of movement yet, but everyone I know that's pregnant right now started feeling their baby a lot around 18 weeks. I was getting a little worried, but knowing this makes me feel better. Hoping to feel his kicking more in the upcoming weeks.

In other news, we picked out the paint for the nursery! I already told you we are attempting to do an ombre chevron pattern on the lower half of our walls (under the chair rail). We decided on doing a very soft grey for the upper portion of the wall. We picked out one of the ombre colors to paint our changing table and AJ plans on antiquing it. We are also going to ombre the drawers of our chifferobe/dresser. We were lazy this weekend so no priming got done. Hoping to start/finish the priming this week and maybe paint this weekend. Here are our colors:

Over the weekend we went to AJ's cousin's baby shower and it made me very excited for ours! She got soooo many gifts! After I built the registries based on all the must haves, I went a little crazy adding all of our (my) wants. Our bank account is in trouble because once our shower is over I'm going to run out and buy everything we didn't get!

Last great news of the week, Cooper's eye is FINALLY healed! We took him to the eye specialist (yeah, that's right a dog eye specialist) 10 days ago and he had another procedure done to his eye. He had to wear a contact lens for 10 days to prevent friction from blinking his eye. Monday night we took him back and the scratch had finally healed! Only 2 months and $800 later, but he's well worth it! Lucky for him this all happened PRE-Baby J while we still consider him one of our babies and not just one of the dogs.

We got to see Baby J's Aunty J, who's been away at college. She came home for her birthday weekend and brought a little present for her nephew. Perfect that her college colors match the A's colors! 

Well, that's it for week 20. I still can't believe we are half way to meeting our baby boy!

Only 20 more weeks!

How Far Along: 20 Weeks-HALF WAY!
Total weight gain: 19.2 lbs - only gained 3.2 last month, need to keep it less than this for the next 8 weeks. The BIG weight gain starts around 28 weeks...YIKES!
Maternity clothes? Pretty much everything, but I can still fit into all my socks and jewelry!
Stretch marks? Nope, but getting very afraid that I'll see them anytime now.

Sleep: Finally cracked and bought a pregnancy pillow. It was $65, but oh.so.worth.it; I'm sleeping so much better!

Best Moment of the Week: Seeing Baby J and finding out he's healthy!
Miss Anything? I've been craving spicy tuna sushi rolls and I can't have them-Boo
Movement?: Still very little, but I guess it makes sense because of my anterior placenta. 

Food cravings: Grilled cheese, cereal and now tuna sandwiches 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Had a moment this week with a VERY strong aroma of peanut butter. Used to love it and now the smell makes me sick.
Gender: Baby Boy
Labor Signs: None

Symptoms: Gas, heartburn (it's back), and headaches
Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On-well technically it's off. I lost a stone so it's getting fixed.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy and excited!
Looking Forward To: painting the nursery