20 weeks! (Kinda, sorta halfway)

This is really weird... I am 20 weeks pregnant today. I'm about halfway through - or at least over the next week I will reach my true halfway point (I anticipate going over 40 weeks). The second half of this pregnancy should be better hopefully. No morning sickness, I'll actually look pregnant, and hopefully feel a bit more pregnant... especially once this baby starts actually giving me some decent kicks!

I honestly thought I would have felt more by now. This is my third pregnancy, and even with the anterior placenta, I just thought that surely by 20 weeks I would have felt some decent kicks. I mean, I'm pretty sure I have felt a few movements, maybe even a little kick or two, but not much. I'm just being impatient. I have spent the past week subconsciously waiting for some big kicks. Every night when I finally sit down on the couch to unwind, I find myself poking at my tummy, just hoping for a movement.
I do think I felt a nice little kick over the weekend though. We were in Devonport meeting up with hubby's dad and partner because they hadn't seen the little man for his birthday yet. We had lunch at McDonalds, and while hubby was ordering I was at the table, sitting down and leaning forward, kind of squishing my belly. Bubba must not have liked being squished, because I'm pretty sure I felt a kick. It's probably the most sure I've been of feeling a kick. I told hubby on the drive home, and he sounded excited. He asked if I could remember how long it was between me feeling kicks and being able to feel them from the outside... I guess he's pretty keen to feel something too. I'd love for hubby and the kids to feel bubba. That's a special moment to look forward to.

Anyway, apart from me impatiently waiting for more movements, this week has been good. I must be growing - I had a friend mention that my tummy had grown a lot since she last saw me. I've been a little tired, but nothing too bad. I thought I might have felt a bit more connected to bubba since the scan, but I still only sort of feel pregnant. I guess perhaps that is a good sign in a way - it must mean I'm finding this pregnancy relatively easy? The scan was awesome, bubba was so active and I absolutely loved watching all the wriggles and seeing all those little fingers and toes... I do wish we'd had a more definite answer about the gender though. I'd love to go around saying 'her' 'she', etc, but I don't feel confident enough in what we were told to do that... I don't want to go around believing this bubba is a girl, and then being shocked when bubba is born and ends up being a boy. I have still bought a couple of girly items though. The little miss picked the super-bright pink suit haha!

I've been going okay with exercise this week. I went to the gym twice to do my program, went for a walk with mum, and had pregnancy yoga yesterday. I am finding that the gym workouts really make me tired though. My whole body feels tired for a couple of days afterwards. I have also been pretty flat out all week... I need to remind myself to take it a bit more easy. I'll just have to listen to my body, and maybe make an effort to rest/sit down a bit more often.
The eating side of things... mmm. Not great. A lot of chocolate has been consumed. Oops.

And here we go, 20 week belly pic. I'm surprised at how the size of my belly changes so much day to day, and throughout the day. Going to be getting massive from here on in!