The Half Way Point

Warning: this is a long one :)

I reach the 20 week milestone tomorrow (Tuesday December 4^th). Time is going by so quickly. I am updating the blog today, because this week is insanely busy and I want to get a post in before I get overwhelmed with things to do. Which means gender reveal won’t be for another week…………….. I know, I know it’s not fair – I said I was revealing the baby’s gender at 20 weeks – but I haven’t had time to figure out a fun reveal post. So you will just have to wait just a little while longer ;)………….. Patience is a virtue....right?!!!  I’ll keep that poll running for another few days J - so if you haven’t voted yet, go to the previous post and cast your vote.

Things I am doing

Exercise: swimming, swimming, swimming, I seriously thought I would be running all the way through – but I guess my body had other plans! Thank goodness for swimming is all I can say – although I am beginning to remember the toll it has on my shoulders when I swim every day L. Then today I had a slight mishap in the pool but managed to save myself in time…………… which is a good thing, because the poor lifeguard didn’t have a clue what to do. I was half way through my workout when I started to feel weird, so I stopped to see if that would make me feel better, but I started to feel really heavy and hot. I got myself out of the pool and my vision was really blurry. I managed to get myself in a seated position and then asked the lifeguard to get me some water! The problem at this pool is there is only one lifeguard and she had to leave me to go and get water, by the time she got back that blurry vision had turned to complete blackness. I have never passed out or blacked out before, so I was really scared, thankfully I recognized the symptoms and managed to keep doing yoga breathing. I didn’t fully pass out because I could still hear the faint sound of water in the background, but  I was in complete blackness. It was quite scary ! Lesson learned………………. Take something to drink and eat during swimming I guess – although I did not feel dehydrated or hungry before I started.

 Baby Moving: yes, yes, yes – it feels like little flutters – nothing that I can see – but each day those flutters get stronger and go on for longer! I am thinking if baby thinks it’s getting cramped in their already then we both have a long way to go!

 Food – I LOVE IT – and I EAT ALL THE TIME!!!!!

 Things I am surprised at:  that I am 20 weeks already – oh my goodness – can you believe it? I am already half way – in 20 weeks (if everything goes as planned by the doctors – we will be holding our little baby in our arms). EEK!!!!!

 Am I/Are we ready?:  Oh how many times will I get asked this question, it just make me laugh every time. One day I will answer – why yes, I am ready, I am ready for something I have never experienced before, and the possible and highly likely sleepless nights and worry etc etc etc –haha,  is anyone ever ready – I doubt it, yet people survive.

 What annoys me : everything, most of the time for no reason – if you were to ask Jesse this question he would probably answer ‘me’………………. He doesn’t really – he just happens to be around when I am annoyed ;).

 What makes me happy – my two good friends (besties from Undergraduate are pregnant. Emma is 21 weeks and Joanne is 15 weeks. It was so exciting I got in touch with our other roommate Nicola – she has the most gorgeous little girl to ask if she was too, she said to watch that space – eek. Emma and Joanne both have toddler boys right now and they are fabulous friends and equally fabulous mums J. I am going to get to see them at Christmas and I CAN’T wait!

Friends I know that are expecting right now

Liz : you all know this already because she is the most awesome person and friend ever……… there isn’t a day goes by when we don’t talk (several times a day). I love her to bits and I can’t wait to find out what she is having J

Sandy:  graduate school friend, we started grad school at the same time and finished at the same time. We have always been good friends and we always manage to see each other at least once a year. She is expecting TWINS in March……….. oh how exciting, I can’t wait to meet them. A boy and a girl, how perfect!

Emma: my roommate from undergrad. I feel like we have been friends forever and we have been through A LOT together! She is expecting her second baby due in April.

Joanne: my other roommate from undergrad. Same as what I said about Emma, its so great when we get together because it’s just how it should be, like we have never been apart.

Kelly: one of my old swimmer friend (yes yes less of the old I know), she is expecting her fourth in March! Wow 4……….I can’t even imagine! Well sort of because I am one of 4, but still!

Linzi: This is one of my sisters ( Natasha) best friends, I shot her wedding in the summer, she is the sweetest girl. She has an adorable little boy named Max and he is going to be a big brother in April.

Meredith: she is the Wife of ones of Jesse’s cousins ‘Kyle’, she is absolutely fantastic and I am so excited that she is expecting in June!

Doherty: this makes me smile. Doherty is one of my old swimmers from IU (yup, I claim some of those swimmers, especially the ones I coached for 4 years). I went through A LOT with those guys, and I am still in contact with most of them. Doherty is due in May.

Kate Middleton (Duchess of Cambridge) - a Royal baby is due in 2013 too......... thats lucky and so exciting for my home country :)

Finally although not still technically pregnant – my cousin had a beautiful baby girl last week – her name in Anya………. How beautiful!

 That’s a whole lot of babies!

Am I wearing Maternity Clothes : absolutely……….. I put it off for a while, but now I am for sure showing and I finally succumbed to them. But now I am wearing them, I have no idea why I waited so long – they are the most comfortable clothes EVER . I still fit my regular jeans (on good days)         

Am I Sleeping?: better than it has been since week 6 – I am now able to sleep 3 hours without waking up to pee! I never thought this was EVER going to happen to me again………….. so right now I am thinking this is nothing short of a miracle ;)

Excitement for the week – hearing the hearing beat and knowing the anatomy scan is just around the corner. Andi, Shannon and Christine and I also had our girls weekend in Appleton. We go to hang out, shop till we drop (literally) and eat good food. It always fun, and I hope it continues to be an annual tradition! I wish I wasn’t so superstitious because it would have been fun to baby shop with them, but I refuse to do it till I am past 20 weeks.

 I will post picture updates in the next post.