Twenty weeks

Well, I'm officially beyond the half-way mark. I cannot believe it. I haven't even started obsessing over nursery colours yet (nor even started thinking about anything beyond today).

I had my 19 week ultrasound on Valentine's Day. It was a lovely treat to see Alex and Bobbi-Jo. They were both measuring almost to the day of gestation and each weighed 10 oz. All of their measurements were great and I learned that Alex's placenta is posterior and Bobbi-Jo's is anterior, which means all the movement I feel is Alex. At this point, I don't feel like he's (yes, I'm still convinced it's two boys) as active as Cohen was at this point, but maybe I just can't remember all that well--or he's a lazy slacker.

Yesterday I met with my midwife for my 20 week appointment. I've gained 3 lbs since my last appointment 5 weeks ago for a grand total of 10 lbs so far. And I finally found out how much weight I should gain as people have asked me and I had to confess that I had no clue. I was pleased to hear my midwife say only 35 lbs. I was expecting her to say 45 or 50. If the babies start to measure smaller, then we'll talk about putting some extra weight on, but at this point, it's business as usual since they are measuring to their gestational age. The big shocker was when she measured my uterus. I'm currently measuring at 27 weeks! That's one large and in charge uterus I have. My appointments will now be every 2 weeks and I'll start meeting with the high-risk doc who will be performing my c-section. Ultrasounds will still be every 4 weeks at this point since everything is going so well.


And now for my 20 week photo. I couldn't decide which one to post so you've got your choice to gawk at. Enjoy!