We're Having a Baby!

You may have heard the news that Benny and I are expecting a baby at the end of the year! We are over the moon excited and have been enjoying most everything about this pregnancy. Our official due date is December 28th so it could be a 2019 or a 2020 baby. We also found out at our last appointment it's a girl! We are thrilled, and Eric wasn't the least bit surprised.

(Pictures from 11+2 weeks, early June)

I have been feeling great overall. I've had some nausea/headaches here and there but I feel pretty lucky. I realized that trying to stay active and drinking tons of water has helped with some of that. Earlier on I slept a lot and had very little motivation to do anything. This made things a little tough when we were in the middle of a cross-country move and I was trying to get my online business back up and running.

I am 22 weeks now and have some of that energy back but still take naps every so often. It's still not yet super obvious to the general public that I'm pregnant, it kind of just looks like I had an extra slice of pizza. I can definitely tell, and am mostly wearing loose fitting clothes for now. I'm trying to hold off buying anything maternity-related until the weather gets cooler.
My back definitely hurts when I'm sitting/laying down for an extended period of time, which has made sleeping a little more difficult. I'm typically a belly sleeper so I'm trying to get used to sleeping on my side. I am still exercising moderately and we take long walks just about every night which has also helped with some of the sleep/back pain. I have been feeling her move pretty consistently since around 20 weeks and Eric can feel her now too which has been fun. It's mostly in the morning or at night. It was a crazy feeling at first, and I feel like has since helped me connect to the pregnancy. Everything at the 20 week anatomy scan seemed to look good so far but we'll have to go back for another ultrasound at 24 weeks because they weren't able to get a good view of her head/brain.

(Pictures from 20+4 weeks, mid August)


Thank you for all the love and support - we are in heaven, and I absolutely love being pregnant with this little girl.