118 Days to Go!

And I've made it to 23 weeks! Funny thing about the week count: it starts from start of last cycle, not date of conception. Something I didn't realize before I got pregnant, and a little confusing when talking to my sister-in-law about her embryology class because they count weeks in actual embryo/fetus/baby age. Anyway, now you know [said in Bill Nye's voice].

Main thing going on this week is super hunger, and crazy moving around by our little boy. Pretty sure this morning I felt an elbow through my stomach, which is really weird, but also super cool. I'm a little surprised how much it doesn't freak me out when I think about a living person growing inside me, moving around and listening to my heartbeat, developing into a fully-functioning human being. Somehow I think it would be less weird if I laid an egg and it hatched 9 months later, kind of like a chicken. But, Psalm 139 (You knit me together in my mother's womb) and Jeremiah 1:5 have a lot more meaning to me now. I felt our little boy for the first time at about 17 weeks, and he didn't get frequently noticeable for a couple more weeks, but God was well aware of him long before that; and I have to say, I'm a little bit jealous of Him :)

I guess another thing that's really hit this week is that sleeping is getting more difficult. Luckily I'm a pretty solid sleeper, so I don't get woken up by kicks, but I definitely have to sleep on my side now (or my blood supply gets hampered by little guy) and if I don't sleep just right my hips are sore in the morning. Not really that bad yet, but I also have 17-ish weeks to go/grow...

Speaking of growing, did you know that the distance from your pubic bone to the top of the uterus (in cm) should be +/- 1cm from the number of weeks you are (starting at 20wks)? That's a definite win for the metric system there, and I was exactly 22cm at 22wks 0days :) Which, I know, is not that cool, but for a number/pattern nerd it really is. Here's our weekly bump picture, yesterday at 23wks.

Yoga pants/stretchy pants in general are seriously the best. Monday I momentarily tried to figure out an acceptable way to wear them to work. Leggings with a tunic/dress would be fine most days, but it's starting to get chilly and the office isn't that warm. At least I only have a couple more months!

So many things I could continue to talk about, but this is getting long, so maybe I'll do a re-cap post before next week. For now I'm going to try to convince baby to move around some more :)