Sunday 9 January 2022

18 Weeks Pregnancy Update - A Quiet One

 This has been quite a different week. Firstly, this week,  baby’s movement was almost non existent for a few days and it had me a little worried that something was wrong, but yesterday it came back with a vengeance. Also, I got quite sick. I had a super sore throat, which started Tuesday afternoon and continued on to me loosing my voice on Thursday morning through to Friday afternoon. Along with the sore throat my body was achey and I had a ripper headache. After three tests which all came back negative we ruled out Covid and decided it must be laryngitis as that is something I get frequently, and my voice is always the first to go. 

But enough about me, baby is the size of a capsicum this week apparently. I find these size comparisons so weird because a lot of the fruits and vegetables range in size anyway so it’s not really anything to go by. Baby’s basic organs are formed and it is just continuing to grow at this stage. As it’s bones harden it’s movement will become more noticeable. I can feel it on the inside but am still waiting for it to be noticeable on the outside enough to have the kids feel it. I cannot wait for that. According to wives tales, this baby is going to have lots of hair because I am getting wicked heartburn. And the burn of heartburn on the oesophagus paired with a sore throat is quite the frustrating ordeal.  

The kids are also testing my patience this week. Putting them to bed every night is just the biggest frustration, and it is stressing me out thinking about what it’s going to be like with a baby on top. But that is really it this week. As always I’ll finish up with a bump picture. Have a good week :-) 




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