20 Weeks: Halfway There

We’ve made it to the halfway point in this pregnancy. On one hand, that seems like it happened crazy fast, but on the other, it seems like I’ve been pregnant for an eternity already. I think the latter feelings are due to the fact that I have been pregnant all winter (found out right after Thanksgiving), and this winter has been THE.WORST. Honestly, if the weather doesn’t break and things don’t start looking like SPRING around here soon, I am afraid I might lose my mind. Seasonal depression has fully set in, and this year it is fierce.

I didn’t take a 19 weeks photo, or write a 19 weeks post! Sorry, baby. I just had a really busy week last week, and kept forgetting. By the time I remembered to actually take a photo, it was Friday, and I figured by that point I was too close to 20 weeks to bother with 19. Soooo I skipped a week. It is what it is.

20 Weeks Pregnant

I didn’t realize until after I uploaded this week’s pic that I wore the same outfit just two photos ago. WHOOPS. I think I managed to go through my entire pregnancy with Nora without wearing the same outfit twice for photos, and here I am repeating already. It just goes to show how limited my wardrobe is right now. Most of my maternity stuff is for warmer weather, not these 30-degree crappy temperatures. Have I spent enough time complaining about winter yet?

*sigh* Sorry. It’s just really that depressing to me.

It’s a miracle I even got the photo taken today, given that I am still not feeling all that well. I had some kind of bug this week, starting with nausea and a horrible headache on Monday afternoon and lasting all the way through Tuesday. I had to call in sick to work, but I toughed it out today. Thankfully, I’m better, though not 100%. Still, this was me yesterday:

…so today is an improvement, for sure.

Compared to two weeks ago, I am definitely feeling bigger again. And I’ve noticed a definite increase in the frequency of the movements that I feel. I can feel this baby jumping around in there several times a day! It seems like he/she is most active after I eat, and while I’m relaxing on the couch at night. Michael got to feel him/her for the first time this week, which is always exciting and cool.

Tonight, after dinner, Nora was dancing around in the family room and I was lying on the floor. I felt the baby moving, so I said, “Nora, come here. Your baby brother or sister is kicking in my belly.” Nora ran over and proceeded to kick me in the stomach! What a goof! She didn’t mean to hurt me, but I think she thought I was inviting her to join the baby, as if it was a game. It gave Michael and I a good laugh. Thankfully, it didn’t hurt.

My next appointment isn’t until the first week in April, so I don’t have much else that’s new to report. It’s funny how the second pregnancy is different from the first. There is so much less to do this time. No searching for daycare, or pediatricians. No hospital tours. No breastfeeding or birth classes. No baby gear to research for the sake of the gift registry. We do, of course, have to get a nursery together, but I’m not in that much of a hurry for that. We’ve been tackling other house projects lately, plus I am running low on inspiration for another gender neutral nursery. Even Pinterest has not been much help. If anyone has any ideas, send them my way! :)