20 weeks

I saw the doctor yesterday and so I thought I would share a quick update.  All is well in babyland.  The doctor was thrilled by the ultrasound results that the tumor was gone and shared that she has another woman in the hospital whose uterus is trying to save the tumor and reject the baby because the tumor was there first.  She wanted me to know how great the missing tumor really was.  She tried to finagle another ultrasound for me but unless something comes up that deems it medically necessary she can't do it.  She also looked back at my old charts from Noah and I am officially 20 lbs less than I was at this point last time.  Woohoo!

It feels as though I've instantly grown pregnant in the last week.  All of a sudden my belly is poking out and the baby is here!  And I got my first rude comments... a woman said to me -- wow, you look like you're getting fat (she didn't know I was pregnant).  Mind you, this was not a thin woman speaking.  So, I got a flashback to why I didn't want people to know I was pregnant -- because they say mean things! 

But, the baby is moving all the time now and Paul can feel it a little bit.  Noah is in love with the baby and just can't wait for it to show up.  Whenever we see another baby he asks if it is our baby or if he likes another baby he will say, I want this one, mommy.  Every morning when he and Paul leave he gives the baby a kiss goodbye and every time he finds a toy that is for babies he quickly runs it up to the nursery and says, it's not for big boys, mommy, it's for babies.  

I'm now operating in increments and I am counting down to 24 weeks.  6 months sounds a lot closer to 9 months than 5 months does.  Whatever!!!!