20 Weeks: Take 3

I feel like I've been pregnant forever. But at the same time I can't believe I'm 20 weeks. Weird how that works.

She held this pose for several seconds right after I told the tech we weren't able to get a profile shot of her at the last few ultrasounds.

My mom was getting after me for not taking more pictures of my belly. Well...I'm not so excited about the progression of my belly this time seeing how I started out so chunky. With Boston I was 7 months and people still didn't know I was pregnant for sure. This time people feel more than comfortable asking me if I'm expecting. Oooooh weeeeell. I'm on the same weight gain track as Boston's pregnancy which is spectacular. I'm up a whopping 3 pounds so far. (I gained 23 total with Bos). Fingers crossed I can do that again... or less.

 

Brighton, Boston and #3 comparison

Let's talk about the elephant in the room (pun intended) . We are going to have THREE girls! I am terrified. Mostly of ages like 9, 11 and 13. I think that will be a couple of tough emotional years. Braden says 12, 14, 16 will be the roughest. We're taking bets.

Hand on the left, foot on the right. Ten fingers and ten toes.

But really I am SO excited. I love my girlies so much, and the thought of having another adorable daughter is just plain awesome. It will be so fun to see what hair color she has. I'm kind of hoping for another ginger just so her and Bos will have something to bond them. I think 3 is a hard number. Someone is bound to feel left out, and I've already shed tears over this thought.

Speaking of tears, yes I did tear up during the ultrasound confirming her gender. Mostly because I wanted Braden to have a son. I just had a moment of feeling bad for how out numbered he's going to be. But obviously Heavenly Father knows how awesome of a dad he is to our little drama queens and knows we can handle another one, right?

Symptoms and Whining:
I only feel a little nauseous every few days. The last time I threw up was during my 19th week. But what is worse is around 17 weeks my pelvic pain started really bad. I had it with Boston, not as early, and after doing a lot of googling and research I am certain I have Symphisis Pubis Dysfunction. It is horrible. Crippling. Some of the worst constant pain I've ever been in. Standing hurts, sitting hurts, laying hurts, walking hurts, stairs are excruciating at times. I seriously feel like my pelvic bone is being stabbed with a knife or being ripped apart. My pelvis is not aligned correctly, causing some awesome lower back pain. So I waddle almost always, have to swing both legs out of the car before standing up like a old lady, and climb my stairs at the slowest rate known to man. I don't even want to talk about rolling over in bed. I'm wondering how I will even move when I am full term carrying a 7 pound baby.

 Here she is looking at us, with her arms bent up by her head.

Profile shot. 

But I do have more energy than a few weeks ago, and am getting excited to have a tiny baby to snuggle with in February! Happy 1/2 way mark to me!