Tiny Sugarbaby Pip

Trying to keep up on posting, so it's not quite so lengthy when I do! I forgot to include in the last one that around 15weeks I felt Pip for the first time. Apparently the placenta is anterior, so I wasn't expecting anything until much later, but I felt a little flutter in one particular spot while falling asleep one night. Then, I felt flutters a few times over a couple of minutes this past week, and Dylan got to feel them, too 😍. It's one of the best feelings! Today I even felt kicking while going about regular activities, so you know it's the real deal! I've also got my next appointment scheduled for Monday (managed to stretch it out an extra week past the recommended 4 ;) ) and after that, the next one will be the big halfway ultrasound. Goodness! Things are ticking along fine. I'm feeling the larger awkwardness already that usually doesn't set in until the 3rd trimester, but then I catch myself in the mirror, and I'm really not that big at all, yet...

16 weeks strong! Off supplemental progesterone! Need food! We met with Dr. Baur, whom we've chosen since Dr. Nobles' retirement, and Dylan and I both really liked her. She's my first non-grey-haired male doctor, she has four young boys of her own, and she likes to talk. My kinda gal! We must've met with her around week 12-ish when she told me that I could stop taking the progesterone at week 13. Or was it 14? Whatever it was, I followed those directions and stopped on Holy Thursday. My parents, and sister and brother-in-law came in for Easter weekend, during which I started getting a little energy back. Then, the following week was our big annual Easter party, so since coming off the sleep-inducing drugs + big events, I've just been catching up on things! On rest, on laundry, on meal planning, and even Paul's school things that kinda suffered, like homework, lunches, uniforms. Which is why I've been pretty silent over here on the blog. But now I'd l...