20 Week Bumpdate

Dear Baby,
Today is a late letter day. Why? Well the weather was nice so I opened windows and cleaned and organized like crazy. I'm not sure it that was because of the weather or if I'm nesting early. Either way I got a bunch accomplished today! 
This week makes 20 weeks along! It's so exciting! This means at any point we can have our ultrasound and find out if you are a boy or a girl. As our appointment gets closer I get more and more anxious and excited. I can't wait to know so we can start the next phase of planning. We have names to discuss, clothes to buy or unpack and wash, and just general excitement to be had!
Last week I stopped feeling you move for several days and I felt like I got smaller. Not a good feeling when I'm suppose to be getting bigger. I called the midwife to see what they wanted me to do and they had me come in so they could check your heart rate. So Rex and I piled into the car and headed down. They found your heartbeat right away and it was very strong. It was the best sound I heard that whole day. The midwife said that you probably just moved into a position where I can't feel you yet. That made sense because I felt smaller too. You just decided to scare Mommy and move around in there. The good news is I'm starting to feel you move again. It's very soft but it's great to feel you moving again. Now you just need to not scare me again and let me keep feeling you in there so I know your growing and healthy.
I gained another 2 pounds according to the doctors office. Not a bad thing. I'm gaining at a good rate. I found some cute and comfy jammies at Wal-Mart the other day. I only bought one to make sure that they would work. I plan on heading to the store to get more very soon because I'm running out of things that are comfortable to sleep in. 
Sleep is hit or miss for me right now. Daddy was sick this weekend so I slept on the couch to avoid all his germs and that concluded in little to no sleep for 2 nights. Most nights I can get comfortable enough to get most of the nights sleep. However, even though I'm asleep I dream and wake up so tired from my dreaming. I'm also only comfortable on my right side. I know that the left side is best but I can not fall asleep or stay asleep on that side. I plan to talk to the midwife at my next appointment to see if this is the big deal that I'm making it out to be for myself.
I'm still not having cravings. Food overall is just gross. Spaghetti is my go to food if nothing else sounds appealing. I have been bad about drinking enough water lately too with all the extra activity I have been doing so I'm trying to make sure that I do better with that too. Water just gets old after a while. 
Wisdom I would share with other mom's that are pregnant is this. If you are stressing about something, like me not feeling the baby move, and trying to just deal with it yourself or thinking that you are just being over cautious, it's not worth it. When I saw the midwife she told me it is better for me to come in and have my stress relieved than to just try and suppress it. Suppressed stress just comes out in other areas of your life. I saw it happening to myself. I would stress out every time I missed a phone call because I was sure that it would be someone calling to say that Rex was hurt or M had been in a horrible car wreck, or my dad was in the hospital for something serious. Even though I was telling myself I wasn't stressed about the baby not moving I was and it was coming out in another area. So if you are mom that is expecting try to handle stress head on and deal with it so you don't cause any harm to yourself or your baby. 
Three in a half weeks before the big announcement on your gender! I know that there are some people out there that don't want to wait until then to find out but to bad! I'm not telling once I know!
Love you little lizard, Your Mommy
To understand the lizard nickname read last weeks post!