19 Weeks....Helloooo, Belly!

Well, y'all, the baby belly is officially "Whoa, Nelly!" popped. Look at this:

  

 

I mean, compare that to the pic taken (in the same skirt) 5.5 weeks ago, at 14 weeks.

 

 

That's quite a bit o' belly in just shy of six weeks! At this rate, I figure by the time baby comes, I'm going to be HUGE. Oy...

 

Baby is the size of a: Large mango! Finally another "cute" fruit. About 6 inches long (head to rump, not counting legs) and just under 9 ounces.

For reference, that's also the length of a Subway sandwich.

And a dollar bill:

And, apparently, this Chihuahua (sans the tail):

Aaaallrighty, then.

Development: She's working on her five senses. Nerve cells for taste, hearing, sight, and smell are developing in her brain.

Weight gain: Finally got the nerve to weigh, and I'm up six pounds from my starting weight!

Maternity clothes: Yes! I was mourning because my (non-maternity) skinny jeans were just, this last week, officially retired. Sad. Even with the rubber-band trick, there was no way I could keep wearing those things; my belly was pushing them down so far that I got plumber-rear every time I bent over, sat down, stood up, etc. So...I caved. I busted out the maternity skinnies. And, people...let me tell you...I will NEVER go back, pregnant or otherwise. (Ha.) These are my new maternity/Thanksgiving/Cheesecake Factory/fat pants. They're soooooo stinking comfortable. Three cheers for elastic!

Sleep: It's been rougher this week. I'm up multiple times a night (yep, lots of peeing) and also generally having trouble staying asleep. Also, Alex keeps stealing my body pillow...not to mention the bed sheets...the punk.

Morning Sickness: Gone! Hallelujah.

Aversions/Cravings: Nah, not really.

Bump: Er. Yeah.

Symptoms: Those freaking leg cramps...sheesh. Though working out (and lots of stretching) seems to be helping with them somewhat. Other than that, not much.

I miss: Being able to paint my toenails without going all Chinese contortionist. (If it's already hard now, what's it going to be like in a couple of months? Yikes...)

I feel: Tired, but not too bad.

Looking forward to: The anatomy scan (which will be our final ultrasound of the pregnancy, most likely) on Wednesday. And celebrating baby being officially "half baked" on Monday!