16 weeks

Well, there's not a lotta exciting stuff to report. But just for an update...I'm 16 weeks today, but really don't look pregnant. I mean, I'm definitely showing, but mostly if I'm clothes-less, and most people don't see me like that. I am starting to show if I stand just right and wear the right clothes... Now, that does NOT mean I'm not getting bigger! Because I am. It's just that baby has a lot of room to stretch up, in that nice long torso I have. I say "nice" semi-sarcastic, of course. It's great for being pregnant (especially with twins!), but it's murder finding swimsuits, shirts, etc. that don't ride up my stomach. Not so bad nowadays, with longer stuff making an appearance, but as a teenager? Eek.

See? Not a whole lot to...well, see. Sorry for the lame picture. But Nuala is super cute! This is from today, so 16 weeks exactly. Well, according to one calculation. Doing IVF we know for SURE when we got pregnant, so I'm a few days more than 16 weeks by that calculation, but we go with the later one just 'cause it's the norm. Wow, I bet you're soooo glad to have that info.

I feel better than I did during the first trimester, but I'm still puking sometimes and feeling pretty nauseous most of the time (especially at night! Blech.), and yep -- food aversions. So it'll be fun to be done with all that.

Hmm...more emotional. Like, just now I was looking up midwife practices in San Antonio, and got teary reading about the services they offer. Kinda lame.

And I'm TIRED! Compared to my pregnancy w/ Nuala and Bran, I'm a lot better morning sickness-wise, but I feel sooooo much more exhausted. I'm pretty sure the results of that N&B pregnancy are the direct cause of that exhaustion. They. Are....Two. That's a nice way of putting it. Oh, I love them to pieces, but WHEW! Tiring. And stubborn. And little whirlwinds of destruction and chaos. And sweet, too, of course. But, yeah...tiring.

I have an appointment scheduled for Sept 14 in London for the anatomy scan ultrasound, and we totally plan on finding out what we're having! It's a bummer that Z can't be there, though. We're trying to finagle it so that Erin, my sister in Poland, can go at the same time. She's about a week, week-and-a-half behind me, so hopefully that will work. Then we'd do a few days in London...just us, no kids, hubbies, etc. That would be sooo fun!

Z kinda thinks it's a boy, and I sometimes think that... Honestly, I kinda want a boy, so I'm not sure how much that's influencing the "inspiration." But then other times I want a girl...it's just so fun having sisters and I want Nuala to have a close sister! Nuala used to always insist the baby was a "niña" (yep, "girl". But you knew that), but recently has switched sides. Bran goes back and forth. So whatever! We'll see! We'll be thrilled with either!

The whole thing is still semi-unreal...we've had so few appts/ultrasounds compared to the last pregnancy. But overall, everything's going swimmingly! We're so excited and grateful for this little one!