18 Weeks

I'm 18 weeks and 4 days pregnant today. It feels amazing to be this far. We're 6 weeks from viability and 20ish weeks from delivery. I'm feeling movement more consistently now, and am even getting a few pretty good jabs every now and then. I don't think it will be too much longer until Tim and Piper are able to feel them move.

Our anatomy ultrasound is this Friday. It's scheduled to take an hour. I'm so nervous, anxious, and excited. We already know the sex of one baby, and hopefully the other baby will show us the goods at our appointment. I won't be sharing until we know what they both are. We've decided on names and I can't wait to know for sure which ones we get to use!

Here are babies at 16weeks, 6 days:

Baby A, with head thrown back. Neither would show us their faces.

Baby B, facedown with his/her little tush stuck up in the air.

I'm feeling pretty good for the most part. I can't complain. I'm still tired a lot and seem to always have new aches and pains. One of the babies likes to put pressure on my sciatic nerve. Thankfully, changing positions usually helps. I'm worried about it being a bigger problem as they grow. It's pretty painful! I'm starting to experience some of the discomforts that usually come later in pregnancy, like frequent heartburn and shortness of breath (especially after eating,) which makes sense, because I feel enormous already.

Here we are at 16 weeks:

A day shy of 18 weeks:

And with the cutest flower girl ever, at 18 weeks:

Most days a feel pretty hopeful and at peace. Some days, though, the anxiety really gets to me and I feel like I'm just waiting for it all to come crashing down. I suppose that's just part of being pregnant after loss.