18 weeks.

week:18

baby stats: baby dos is the size of a bell pepper, crown to rump.  s/he weighs about 7-9 ounces and is busy flexing arms and legs.  

symptoms: this was a pretty uneventful week as far as the pregnancy was concerned.  i had a massively stressful week at work - tons of fires and ridiculousness to deal with.  have i mentioned sometimes i really hate the business world?  anyway...it kept me distracted and exhausted all week, so nothing big on the prego front.  

aversions: not much right now.  i'm starting to get a little bit more of an appetite, which i think is a good sign right about now.  

bump: still getting bigger.  i'm convinced i'm not as big as i was at this point with emme, but justin thinks i look the same.  my pregnant belly is all out in this mound shape - i don't get the cute little low or high bump like some women.  oh well.  

worries: still a little anxious, mostly because i want to feel more movement more consistently.  i have to keep reminding myself that i hadn't even felt ek move yet at this point last time.  because i felt him/her so early this time, i was thinking i might have a posterior placenta instead of anterior like i did with ek, but now i'm not so sure.  in any case...2 weeks till the big viewing, so we shall see then!  

looking forward to: big kicks and rolls.  the u/s.  finishing ekes toddler room.  

boy or girl?: i had a dream the other night that it was a girl and that justin refused to hold her.  this is clearly a ridiculous dream.  but, i always always dreamt that ek was a boy, so i think dreaming that this one is a girl means it's a boy.  right?  haha.  

missing the most: sushi. it's always sushi.

pregnancy milestone: i'm starting to get the belly glances that indicate that people think i'm carrying a human child and am not just letting myself go.  always a happy time.  

what's different this time: i think i'm more nervous about a lot of things this time, which i wasn't expecting.  i kind of thought it would be old hat this go-round.  not really, but i thought i would be less concerned about all the crazy stuff i flip out about since i'd done this before.  so far, not the case.  and, i've got the added stressors of trying to think about how we're going to integrate this little person into our busy lives and the dynamic with ek, which will be fun and joyous (of course) but also a LOT to think about.  it doesn't help that every single person asks me what we're going to do about child care (i still don't know and may not know until december or january) and that i am constantly reminded by the universe at large about how much harder/crazier/etc. it is to have two than one.  i appreciate the heads up, universe, but i also feel like it's the kind of thing you can't even process until you're living it.  which we will be doing...