Wednesday 5 February 2014

Pregnancy update 20 weeks



Visible changes in my body: I think I have more obvious bump; one day I think I can see bump, the other day I can't see it)

Other changes: I can't fall asleep straight away like I did before, it feels like it takes me ages; more uncomfortable to lie on my side; have more ligament pains and back pains (by more I mean when I stand up or when walk on a treadmill, or sit awkwardly); and the most important I feel my baby, for the past few weeks I didn't know if it's a baby or gas, but now I know it's my little L)

How do I feel: headaches are gone (touch wood); feeling less sick in the evenings; also still have increased sense of smell, but its not so bad any more comparing to what it was before; feel tired quicker.

Cravings: still none

Fitness: before I was pregnant I tried to do a bit of running on a treadmill at home, at the beginning of pregnancy I started walking instead of running and still try to do walking everyday for 20-25 minutes, plus we started going to a swimming pool once a week.

Baby: At 20 weeks baby is about 25cm long, and weighs about 340g. Baby is becoming very active inside a womb, s\he can step, hold him\herself erect and even grab and squeeze the umbilical cord. From around now there will be slight differences in baby’s activity between morning and night with the busiest being around midnight.

Gender: We had our 20 weeks scan on Monday, baby is perfectly fine! And we are having a girl!!
It was a huge shock for us, if you read my blog from the very beginning you know that we wanted and tried to follow old wives tales and Shettles method to conceive a boy, after doing everything the right way we were 99% sure it's a boy. How naïve we were and how shocking it was to know it's a girl, I don't even know what to do with a girl!) I know that we should of considered both options, but we were totally obsessed with an idea of having a boy! I had a good cry, spoke with my mum and it helped, I am ready to welcome and to enjoy having our little girl! Yesterday I felt so sorry for her that we were upset, I love this baby already and don't want her to feel that mummy and daddy are not happy or didn't want her, it's not true, we wanted this baby, we planned it, and I know we will adjust to an idea of us being team pink!

8 comments:

  1. Aww bless you gender is a tricky one isn't it. We'd love a little girl when we have number 2 but are pretty certain we will have another boy. Of course we will be happy if we are lucky enough to have another baby at all and will love them no matter what their gender. A boy certainly wouldn't be any less loved or wanted, but I wonder if there will be a part of me that will still wish for a girl... only time will tell I guess! Congratulations though and I hope all goes well with the rest of your pregnancy xx

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    1. Thanks, I think we definitely needed time to adjust to this, but we are fine now, yay!)

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  2. Congratulations on your baby girl! I'll admit that with my second I really wanted another boy, the first had worked out so well and I felt I really knew how to parent boys better. But I am so happy we had a girl instead, she is our little princess and I can't imagine life any other way.

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    1. Thanks! I was always more around boys than girls, therefore had a tiny panic moment "What to do with a girl?!" )

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  3. Congratulations on your pink bundle! #MMWBH

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