the pregnancy diaries: 18 weeks

i decided that since i am such a failure at writing in my journal, i am going to document my pregnancy on here.  don't worry--it won't be anything too personal or any of that weird stuff that goes on during pregnancy {which is just about anything and everything}.

18 week bump

currently:

cravings: still none. fingers crossed it stays that way!!

food aversions: ranch. i don't really like ranch dressing in the first place, 

but now, i don't even want to see it or think about it. 

{and i obviously just thought about it. gag.}  

feeling: good. i can exercise, just not as intense as before to protect baby, 

but also my body knows i'm pregnant and even if i could and wanted to, 

it won't let me lift that much weight.

and i don't feel like i'm going to fall asleep on my way home from school, 

which actually, i have energy at school!  

which means, i can do cute things again. 

not feeling: baby move quite yet. we saw baby moving quite a bit 

during our 16 week ultrasound--SO COOL! 

the ultrasound tech said baby's movements are bumping my placenta, 

which is currently under my skin, so it will be a couple of weeks before i feel it. 

{glad she told me--i probably would have freaked.}

hating: my sacrum. the days of lying on my back are over.  

that sacrum of mine hates it. good thing my yoga teacher gave me some good poses to do 

and some things steven can do to help out, which he does so much.

{she's amazing and does it all: japanese acupressure, massage therapist, yoga, doula [birth coach], 

and we share very similar beliefs regarding the whole medicine vs. natural world.}

16 week ultrasound photos:

**i hate taking photos solo. 

or any posed photo for that matter. 

i am so not photogenic {steven totally is!}.

i don't even know how many bump pictures

we took today. and it still looks blah.

OY VEY.**