1 Pound of Fun

At 22 weeks, baby is the size of a spaghetti squash (mmm, tasty!) and weighs about a pound.  What is pretty funny is that if baby has any hair on his/her head right now, it's bright white because hair at this stage of fetal development doesn't have any pigment!  S/he is improving his/her senses of touch and sight.  I tried that idea of shining a flashlight against my belly to see if it made him/her move with no luck, however.

Baby is the size of a spaghetti squash this week.

All the sources I've been reading say that I should have a pretty good sized baby bump by now, but that's just not the case.  It's small at best, and that's if it even decides to show up some days!  That's ok with me - at least my clothes still fit!  If you didn't know I was pregnant, you'd probably think I just put on a few pounds around my middle.  I'm also ok with not having a belly because I'm not really looking forward to folks touching my bump.  Is that weird?  I just find it odd that people would reach out and touch someone else's belly without permission, even if there is something cute growing in it.  I read up on how to stop people from doing it, but it doesn't seem like that will be an easy feat without coming across as rude.  I do like the shirt I saw with a picture of MC Hammer on it that says "Can't touch this!" on the belly!  Or the one that said "It's not a magic lamp, so don't bother rubbing it" across the bump.

22 Weeks Pregnant

Overall, I feel good, especially now that I've had the opportunity to go swimming a few times.  It's nice to have the water take the pressure off my joints.  Having fun in the sun is also mood-lifting, after the long dark winter and spring we had.

We're excited about the repeat ultrasound tomorrow.  Can't get enough pictures of the baby already!  Craig and I have been tossing around various ideas for baby names, but I would put money on the fact that we won't have decided what to name him/her by the time s/he arrives!