A Few Too Many Cookies?

Here's what things look like from my perspective. Sort of. Somehow the photo makes my belly look way bigger than it really is - photos have a funny way of doing that. Though I guess the fact that I can still see my feet tells you it's not as big as it will be...

20 Weeks

As pregnant women do, I've been having LZ take a profile photo of me (almost) every week so at the end we can look back and remember when we thought I was fat but really wasn't yet. And so we can make a cool flipbook animated gif type thing. This is the first week there is really something obvious to see!

Ultrasounds

Highlights from the ultrasound pictures:

 13 weeks: creepy open-skull attack baby

17 weeks: he has a spine and ribs and everything

Catch Up

Since I'm just starting to post and I'm 20 weeks, I better do a catch-up of all the milestones so far. I doubt I'll remember when things happened later on so I want to have it all recorded.

• 4 weeks: got a positive pregnancy test, yay!
• 6 weeks: started feeling like crap - tired and nauseous all the time, though I only actually threw up 4 times.
• 8 weeks: first ultrasound - looks like a blob but they say it's a baby!
• 9 weeks: discovered my genetic mutation (familial dysautonomia) - good thing LZ is not Jewish too.
• 12 weeks: stopped feeling like total crap, upgraded to mediocre!
• 13 weeks: first trimester screening, with a much cooler ultrasound including open-skull attack baby picture.
• 17 weeks: AFP screening came back positive but ultrasound reveals a healthy spine and a baby boy!
• 18 weeks: made the switch to maternity pants.
• 19 weeks: wasn't sure at first but I started to feel the baby moving!
• 20 weeks: I might actually look pregnant now, depending on what I'm wearing and who's looking.

Baby Blog

Since I hadn't posted on this blog in 5 years, I've decided to repurpose it into a baby blog. I'm more likely to post here than make a traditional baby book, and this way friends and family can follow along as much or little as they like. So, if you haven't heard the big news - I'm pregnant!

This was my special announcement photo. I think only one person thought I was telling her Lotus was pregnant.