Quick Update: Halfway to Baby

It's official! I've hit the halfway point in my pregnancy: 20 weeks. It seems like the first trimester crawled by at a pace that made it seem never ending. I kept looking forward to the second trimester when I would get my energy back and people would actually know why my belly was growing.

Well, although my energy has increased in the second trimester, no one would know it since my joint pain and side aches keep my activity levels very low. I can't walk for very long before my hips start hurting and the side aches set in. The only way to get relief from the side ache is to stop walking completely, which seems silly since we're already walking so slow to accommodate my hips. I also did some baking one day this week, so I was on my feet for most of the day. Then when Jake got home, we did some canning, which meant more standing. By the time we were done, my feet were hurting equivalent to when we walked around New York City all day for four days, and they were swollen. I feel so lame!

What's worse is people keep telling me that they can't even tell that I'm pregnant. So it must seem like I have no excuse to be crawling through the grocery store at the pace of a snail. I know people mean this statement to be a compliment, but my belly is definitely visible by now. So it leaves me to wonder, did people think I had a fat belly before? Or is it still not clear that my belly is pregnant and not just fat? I'll let you decide.

Four Weeks

20 Weeks

Anyway, maybe it's for the best that the second trimester seems to be flying by. I wish it would slow down a little. There is still so much that I want to get done before Baby comes, and I'm sure the third trimester will be less productive. But we are making progress - the nursery furniture is all set up, and now we get to start decorating it with cute stuff! I'll post some before, in progress, and after pictures at some point.

Oh, and I have added a fun baby countdown at the top of the blog. It shows a fruit or vegetable comparable to the size of the baby each week. It's a little silly, but trust me, it's better than the illustrations of actual fetal development - those pictures always make the baby look like a creepy mutant. Enjoy!