20 Weeks!

20 Weeks!!! Halfway to meeting our baby! Things can only get easier bigger from here!  There isn't a whole lot to report this week, at least not yet.  Later this week I have my level 2 ultrasound. I am pretty excited for this, cause it means Rob and I are super close to finding out if we are having a boy or girl! (I'm going to have the technician put what the sex is in an envelope, so Rob and I can find out together when I get back to St. Kitts) It will also confirm that our baby has all the right parts in the right places and in the right amounts. For example, if the baby has an arm growing out of its head, we should see it on this ultrasound.  In other exciting news, I'll be heading back to St. Kitts EARLY Friday morning. I'm sad to be leaving my family and pets here in the states, but I can't wait to be back with Rob!

How far along? 20 weeks 
Total weight gain/loss:  128, total of 5 lbs gained.
Maternity clothes? Got me a maternity bathing suit to rock down in St. Kitts. 
Measurements: Waist 32 inches, Hips 39 inches
Stretch marks? Nope.
Sleep: Eh, not so hot this week. Some nights I sleep fine, other nights I keep waking up cause I can't get comfortable.

What is Baby doing? Baby is 6.5 inches long and weighs about 10.6 ounces! At 20 weeks the boy or girl bits are fully formed, so the ultrasound tech should have NO trouble determining the sex on Thursday (knock on wood!).

Best moment this week: I had my last American doctor appointment yesterday. The heart doppler thing-y wasn't working so Dr. Whitmore checked the heartbeat using the ultrasound machine. I couldn't tell the sex (ok fine, I couldn't even tell which end was the head and which was the bum), but the baby was moving around a LOT!
Movement: No! Dr. Whitmore said I have an anterior placenta. That means it is sitting towards my stomach instead of my back AND it means that it is acting as a giant pillow cushioning all the baby's movements. She said I should be feeling stuff soon, but the baby might need to be a little bigger.
Miss Anything? No, but I'm sure once I'm back in St. Kitts at the end of the week I'll be able to think of loads of stuff I miss!
Food cravings: No cravings, but I am back to eating lots of stuff that I know I won't be able to get in St. Kitts... like the 3 slices of pizza I had for dinner...
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nah, not really. 
Have you started to show yet: Yes. I think I look like a whale. I think everyone else wants to punch me when I say that. 
Gender Prediction:  I am still unsure, I have been going back and forth. This is the last week I'll have to guess!!! 

Labor Signs: I told my doctor about some pressure I was feeling, and she said they might actually be contractions! She said they can be pretty normal as long as they are infrequent. 
Belly Button in or out? Still in, but Rob commented on how shallow it looked over skype. It's dying a slow innie death.
Wedding rings on or off? Still on, they don't even feel tight.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Bittersweet. Excited to get back to Rob this week, but I'll miss my parents, brother, pets, and American convenience! 
Looking forward to: Knowing the gender by the end of the week, and of course being with Rob again! 6 weeks is way to long to be apart.