Week 22...

Yes, I said week 22. I skipped week 21. I thought I took a 21 week picture while we were in the midwest, but my camera says that I didn't. Oops! Well, anyways, I was a little bit bigger than my 20 week and a little bit smaller than this one. Ha!


Baby Bruce is now the size of a papaya. And it seems that it will be for the next few weeks, I guess. I don't know if the growth is slowing down, or what, but that's what I've found out!

As if an ever-expanding belly wasn't enough — now your feet are getting in on the act! That's because the pregnancy hormone relaxin, which loosens your pelvic ligaments when you're expecting, loosens every other ligament too — including the ones in your tootsies. In turn, the bones beneath those ligaments spread slightly, which results, for many women, in a half or whole shoe-size increase. So if you haven't already stashed away your stilettos, now's the time to bid farewell — at least for a while. Besides, you need sensible shoes to help you balance that big belly and your changing center of gravity. This week, your baby weighs in at a whopping pound and measures nearly eight inches, about the size of a small doll. But your doll is a living one who can now perceive light and dark. She can also hear your voice, your heartbeat, your gurgling stomach, and the whoosh-whoosh of blood circulating through your body.
-whattoexpect.com

I am feeling pretty good! I think I gained about 10 pounds while on vacation. I'm too scared to enter it on Babyfit to see if I'm still in my "normal" weight gain range because I'm pretty sure it's going to say I'm not!

Huzz is away for a few days on business, and I miss him a whole lot. However, I am sleeping really good. I have my body pillow right in the center of the bed and besides waking up every 3 hours, due to my full bladder, I sleep quite soundly! I have been teasing him because it seems he likes my Snoogle pillow, too, as I find him snuggled up to the other side of it often!

During week 21, Huzz and I went to bed one night and were reading. Usually when I lay down, I immediately start feeling the baby move around a lot, so I laid there with my hand on my belly and could feel it from the outside! I grabbed Huzz's hand right away and put it there and he could feel the little peanut rolling around and kicking, or whatever it was doing! It was so amazing. I was so happy that he can be more connected and involved with the life inside of me.

And already, I can see the little kicks from the outside, too! It's not very obvious, but if you look for it, you can see it. Well, I can. I'm not much into flashing my bare belly around for others to see. Ha!

So, that's 22 weeks!

I am going to my first doctor's appointment tomorrow morning in our new neighborhood, up north. My mom's going with me, since Huzz is out of town. I'm looking forward to getting some proper care!