Baby makes three...

This week was very busy as I finished law school today! I finally have my life back, after not having one for the past few weeks... so that's good. It was a particularly stressful period as I let myself get very behind on schoolwork what with the nausea and fatigue and so on.

So I finished school and reached the (technical) half way mark of my pregnancy on the same day. I feel like I'm cheating a bit saying we're halfway, since you're not really pregnant for the first two weeks of pregnancy, plus the baby could be late... but whatever, in textbook terms we're halfway.

There were definitely some good moments this week - the little flutters changed more to flicks - a little stronger. I feel them most days, usually in the evening.

Also, another exciting first - a stranger noticed I am pregnant for the first time. That was on Friday and she remarked on my expecting-ness. But on Sunday we went to a store to buy wool for a baby blanket and they didn't seem to realise it was for us, so it's not overly obvious yet (I was wearing a coat). I think I'm still teetering on the "fat or pregnant?" fence, but definitely leaning more towards pregnant.

We had our ultrasound too, which was another fantastic experience. It was very powerful to see a real baby in there, with tiny hands and feet and even a little chin and nose. It's so amazing to think something human has developed from two tiny cells in such a short period of time.

As for next week, apparently the baby starts to recognise voices from this point forward - so that's exciting. I also think I may finally be crossing the finish line into not being completely and utterly tired - but every time I say that I have another "growth spurt" and wind up napping all the time.

Just felt another great flick! And with that, I'm off to bed.