17 Weeks and Counting

So I've decided that the baby moving recently mostly feels like a muscle twitch. I'm sure that will change as she gets bigger, but for now, the bumps and nudges aren't super strong. Although... the other night when we were going to bed, Baby was moving up a storm, so I pressed Tucker's hand on my stomach to see if he could feel anything, and he felt her move!! It was pretty cool.

I'm right about 23 and a half weeks now. Still not looking nearly as pregnant as I would like. Seems like all the pictures I see of friends or friends of friends (cause I'm a major facebook stalker) have the moms with cute bellies like weeks ahead of me. Guess I just have nice deep hips that the baby likes to sit back in. Tucker thinks I'm crazy that I want to be bigger than I am right now, because it probably means I won't be ridiculously huge towards the end. I just want it to be obvious that I'm pregnant and not just super chubby or something.

Next doctor's appointment is on Feb. 7th, so next week. Not really sure what's going to happen at that one, but I'm just glad I didn't have to wait for like a billion weeks again in between check-ups. Probably in the beginning of March I'll have to have a Level 2 ultrasound. Not entirely sure what that means, but I was told that because my brother was born with a "hole" in his heart, they wanted to check the baby's heart to make sure everything was ok. Also, they told me my placenta was low, but that wasn't really anything to be worried about because the placenta moves around (?), but they wanted to check on that again to be safe I guess.

People keep asking if we have a name picked out for the baby yet, and the answer is both yes and no. We've had names that we've liked since before we got married (yeah, we jumped the gun a little, but whatevs). Before I had the names all paired up with middle names too, but I'm changing my mind on that because I have a certain middle name I want to use pretty much regardless of which first name we pick (Janet, after my mom). But yeah, we've decided that we aren't going to pick a name for the baby until she's actually here and we've met her. And because I'm sure at least someone will want to know what the contenders are, here ya go: Charlotte, Emmeline, and Abigail. Those are our favorites. If we pick Emmeline (Emme) or Abigail, her middle name will be Janet, but if we pick Charlotte (might go by Lotte, haven't decided yet), I'm pretty sure her middle name will be DeRue (after my mom's mom). My mother-in-law loves that combo, by the way, and she's told me that she already calls the baby Charlotte, hahaha! So she's definitely rooting for that name I guess.

Ok, so this next part might be a bit TMI, but I've definitely accepted that I'm pregnant now. Obviously because I can feel the baby moving, but also because I have the urge to pee, like, all the freaking time, including when I don't actually have to go. It's kind of annoying, and yet, funny at the same time, because anytime I leave the house, I make sure I go, and then no matter how long I'm gone, by the time I get home and get into our apartment I feel like I'm going to explode, haha! Yeah... I'm sure most of you didn't really want or care to know that, but hey, my blog, I get to share what I want.