Baby update!

I haven't been posting that much, and I've been posting even less about the baby news so I thought to jot some stuff down.

First, I've begun to feel Evelyn move! I was getting really worried because everyone kept asking me and I felt like I was missing something. Plus, I know that feeling your baby move often is pretty important the further along you go in pregnancy so I began to stress about it. But then, last Wednesday I felt her! I was laying on my back, laying down and half sliding off of the bed in the guest room, and it was so strange. At first, I wasn't sure what it was because it kind of felt like... a slight muscle contraction? But I ruled out being hungry, having stomach issues, and even gas so it could really only be her! I've been feeling her now and again ever since, but she's teasing me :P I'm trying to nail down what makes her tick (Is it me eating? Sitting a certain way? Lying a certain way?) so that Paul can hopefully feel her but I think it's still too soon.

I know that I posted that we found out the sex of the baby - but I didn't post any updates about my placenta previa issue. My doctor finally got back to me and said that it had moved from covering my cervix, but that it was still low-lining and that I was still on the physical restrictions. He also told me to make another appointment at the ultrasound clinic to check on it within a month. I'm glad that its shifted enough, but I'm really disappointed about the physical restrictions. Some women have no libido during most of their pregnancy and others have a lot. I'm right in the middle and not being able to fully share that kind of physical intimacy with Paul regularly is really wearing me down. I guess it's nice to know that the six weeks after child birth of no intercourse will be a walk in the park compared to our last two months.

So, I go in for another ultrasound on the 16th but my next prenatal appointment (my last one with my current doctor) is going to be next Wednesday on the 10th. I'm worried about what my weight gain is going to say because I've been feeling SO FAT, but we'll just have to see. I'm probably just in that transition period between not showing at all and looking clearly pregnant - that period known as just looking fat. I notice people glancing at my stomach and I just wish I could wear a sign that says "I'M PREGNANT. NOT JUST FAT.", so that I don't feel so bad about myself. But I guess that's all just part of the game :)