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Simba has learned the routine of taking a picture every week and he is such a ham!  Especially since he lays down in front of the board on his own every time we go to take a picture 🙂

How far along?  20 Weeks
Size of Baby:  Banana
Total weight gain/loss: 5 lbs.
Maternity clothes?  Yes! For the most part, I have everything I need in a comfy maternity version; however, I am STILL on the search for maternity jeans that actually fit!
Sleep:  For the most part, it is getting much better.
Best moment this week:  Knowing I am at half way to meeting our little one!
Miss Anything? My bike… the weather has been beautiful and I would love to go for a ride but with my balance starting to become off, I am not allowed..
Movement: Still fluttery and coming and going
Food cravings: Not really
Anything making you queasy or sick:  I quickly found out that taking my iron supplement with my other vitamins is not a good idea!  I have to take the iron all by it’s lonesome 🙂
Have you started to show yet: Yep, and loving every bit!
Gender prediction:  Feeling like it is a little boy in there more and more… I keep unconsciously saying ‘he’ when referring to the baby
Labor Signs: Nope
Symptoms:  Constantly peeing, itchy skin, cramping, and indigestion has begun!
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!  This week I have been preparing to head to the beach and am so excited!  The only moodiness is having to say goodbye to my pup for the longest stretch of time, but I know he is in puppy heaven thanks to a wonderful and generous friend!
Looking forward to:  Starting to get supplies for baby!  We are just about done with our registries!! 🙂 Because of our registries, we keep getting coupons in the mail so we are beginning to collect some needs!

How far along?  19 Weeks
Size of Baby:  Mango
Total weight gain/loss: 4 lbs.
Maternity clothes?  Yes! My belly band is starting to be very uncomfortable and rolling on me since I am getting bigger so I am now on the hunt for maternity jeans!
Sleep:  It comes and goes.
Best moment this week:  Seeing our little one!! There is an update below.
Miss Anything? Not this week
Movement: Oh yeah and it is starting to be more daily and not as sporadic.
Food cravings: Fruits and I’m starting to really like water 🙂
Anything making you queasy or sick:  not really
Have you started to show yet: Oh yeah!
Gender prediction:  Actually it has gone back to boy this week
Labor Signs: Nope
Symptoms:  Peeing a lot!!  Bruising really easy, hip/low back pain, round ligament pain/cramping and getting stiff/achy if I don’t move around
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!  I have been having a great week since the weather has been so nice.  I have spent many hours outside already and I love it!
Looking forward to:  Feeling more of a stronger and consistent kick than a flutter
Appointment Update:  This week we had our anatomy scan ultrasound and appointment.  The main reason I am writing all of these details is so that I don’t forget as this blog is currently serving as our baby book but read on if you would like 🙂  My blood pressure is still great at 110/62 and finally starting to gain weight.  My placenta is normal width and does not show any evidence of gestational diabetes.  The amount of amniotic fluid is also normal.  The one thing that changed in my appointment today is that I brought up the fact that I am bruising really easy and the bruises are not fading as quickly as they had been.  They pricked my finger, and come to find out my iron has dropped.  So I will now be on an iron supplement and they will check my level again at 28 weeks when they do the sugar test for gestational diabetes.  But enough about me… Baby looks perfect!  During our ultrasound, the tech did see the gender and had us look away.  He basically glanced at the area since we looked away for maybe 3 seconds before he told us we were good to watch again.  The head is round and looks great.  The cerebellum was measured along with the skin thickness at the base of the neck to determine the likelihood of Down syndrome.  The cerebellum looked great and normal.  The skin was less than 2mm which anything less than 6mm is normal.  Therefore, there is a very low chance of Down syndrome.  Also, another sign of Down syndrome is if there is a hernia next to the belly button, which there was not so another good sign!  We saw all of the facial features with no gap at the upper lip, therefore no evidence of a clef palate.  The baby had his/her hands up by it’s face (one under the head propping it like a pillow and the other one next to the eye/cheek).  The baby was lying on the placenta like a bed and looked comfy.  Baby did keep looking down into the placenta and covering their eye and back again playing peek a boo!  The abdomen looked good and all four chambers of the heart were working strong.  We could see the stomach and the bladder; which means the baby is swallowing and the kidney is functioning properly.  Lastly, we saw the baby’s feet crossed at the ankles.  The baby is measuring 19w6d, which is exactly what I am, so right on track!  The baby is also weighing in at about 11oz with a 145 bpm!  The tech also seemed pleasantly surprised that the baby’s legs looked to already have muscle tone on them!  So overall, an amazing appointment with nothing but good news!  We are thanking God for all of his many blessings!