19 weeks today - we're almost halfway there! I can't believe it! I am now sure that I am feeling Avery move around in there and it's SO weird! I feel her every day and usually in the morning and afternoon. Sometimes at night, but not as often. Derek said she's probably cramped in there and is trying to stretch it out like you would a t-shirt that shrunk in the dryer...LOL.
Yesterday I also found out that the other girl in my department who's due 2 days before me and has a uterus that is cosmically aligned with mine for some reason is having a...GIRL! Of course! She really thought it was going to be a boy, but we should've known better. We were both pregnant together and due the same day earlier this year and then miscarried within a week of each other...now pregnant together again and due within two days of each other. How weird is that!?! So of course, we are both having little girls. It's been an exciting two weeks at work to say the least :)
Today I almost passed out, which was REALLY weird. We were having a meeting and this lady was talking to us about organ donation and I started feeling really uncomfortable and odd. Then I got that tingly feeling and felt like I had a bubble around my head and felt woozy and shakey. I got up and got some water, walked around, stood, sat - nothing helped! It was so random, but I never did full on pass out. I hope that's not going to happen a lot!!!
Next week we are going to meet with the midwife, who I am sure I will fall in love with immediately according to everyone else who knows her. On Friday we have our actual "big" ultrasound! It's the typical 20week anatomy scan to check on Baby's organs, limbs, etc. and make sure everything's okay. We did get our risk levels for Downs and Trisomy 18 back and they are both 1 in 10,000...so wonderful numbers! Spina bifida was 1 in 2,500, so also good. I'm hoping the rest of this pregnancy goes just as smoothly!
This week Avery is the size of a mango and is covered in all that gross white stuff to keep her skin from getting all pruney in her hot tub.