Half-Way There

I thought I'd make a little post since I am @ 20 weeks & half-way thru my pregnancy. Things are going great. I am pretty much on track with the weight gain & no sickness to report. I have been walking a mile on my lunch break everyday, and I think that has really been helping in a lot of ways. But I still pee, like all the time. Yesterday I counted 12 times!!

I can feel the baby move now, & it's really weird I'm not sure how to describe it. Some people told me it was like butterflies or a flutter. I have felt a muscle spasm feeling like when your eye spasms if you read for to long. But mostly it feels to me like my baby is streching or something, more like he/she is kicking or flipping inside there. I can't wait til Adam can feel it from outside my belly. Anyways, it's still kinda hard to imagine there's a little person inside me.

I know I probably shouldn't be worried about the big D-day yet, but I think about it all the time. I'm positive I want to do it as natural as possible. I shudder at the thought a a needle in my back. ughh. I don't want to even go to a hospital. I have been contemplating a home birth and doing a lot of research on it. I also found this random girls blog who gave birth at home and it kinda inspired me even more. The only thing is since it's my 1st I'm not sure of what complications could happen. But still, I really would rather not be in a hospital even though I think Adam would. So for now i have found the most "natural birth" friendly hospital I could.

I think Adam's getting excited even more now that I'm showing. It's so cute because he'll look at my belly and smile at me all googley-eyed. We scheduled the ultrasound for his birthday June 10th, to found out if it's a boy or girl and decided no more shopping til then.

Welcome to my 1st blog

Okay, so apparently i got sick of myspace and facebook and decided to start a blog. It seemed like the cool new thing to do. So I guess i will occasionally get on here and talk about my ever so important self and give pregnancy updates for my friends and family.
First, after six months straight of billing errors and a Better Business Bureau claim, I finally ditched Sprint! I can't believe I put up with their shit for so long. Not only are they the worst cell phone company I think the are just the worst company period. So for my mother-to-be Mother's Day present I went and got a new company (US Cellular, they had a really great deal)& a new phone. Our phone numbers are the still the same and incoming calls and texts are free, so call (or text) me as much as you want, okay!
So in pregnancy news, I am in my second trimester (18 weeks). My 1st tri went by pretty smoothly, I got a little nauseous sometimes but never threw up. Fatigue is what got me the most, I wanted to sleep all day everyday.

So here's an ultrasound and pic of me from the first trimester.

So far the only big complaint I have in my 2nd tri is heartburn. I carry a bottle of tropical fruit tums everywhere I go. And even though I know it's okay to gain weight because I have to, it still sucks to feel fat.
Otherwise I have been enjoying my first time being pregnant, its really exciting thinking of names, wondering what he/she will look like etc. And thanks to my mother in law I will never have to buy maternity clothes. Which is good because I hate shopping and lucky for me she has good taste. I have been hospital & dr. shopping and I finally made a decision, so now (like all 1st time mom's) I just need to sign up for all the mommy classes, can't wait!! So anyone with advice or questions just write.
Oh and last night I watched "The Business of Being Born" great documentary about maternity care in he U.S., I highly recommend all pregnant women to watch it.