2nd Trimester Update

Wow, it seems like things have been so busy around here that I just haven't had the time to update the 'ol blog!! Mostly, I've just been working like crazy. Luckily my new manager is giving me almost the maximum hours that I can work a week, which is great seeing as my paychecks are finally getting bigger, and also because I need to have 1,250 worked hours under my belt to qualify for FMLA leave (which for me is maternity leave), and I should have that many by October.

Now on to the update: I am 19 weeks ago, so in another week I will be halfway through this pregnancy and I have to say, so far this has been really easy. Of course, it isn't always a piece of cake, but compared to some of the horror stories I have been hearing from different people since become pregnant, things for baby and I are going very well. I am finding that I am not as tired as I was in the beginning, but I still do rest a lot because when I am active, especially when I am at work all day, there is nothing better then coming home and getting in bed, and sometimes getting a wonderful foot and back massage from Phil. And I am finally starting to feel the baby move!! I feel little flutters every now and again, sometimes it feels like popcorn popping, and yesterday at work it felt like it was doing somersaults. I know that in the next coming weeks I am going to start feeling it on a regular basis, and those little flutters are going to turn into punches and kicks, and honestly, I can't wait.

The biggest thing coming up is on the 23rd, when we will be having our level 2 ultrasound, where they check the anatomy of the baby and we should also be able to find out the sex of the baby, as long as it doesn't act shy and decide to keep its legs closed, like it did with the last ultrasound we had. I can't wait to find out what we are having, and get to see how much our baby has grown.