Well into the third trimester....

At 15 weeks, I wrote the 15 things that were in my brain about pregnancy...
I seem to have let the last 17 weeks fly by without writing down any thoughts... Here goes nothing... and I mean nothing as my pregnacy brain has been really affecting me lately!!

16. I have heard every form of "WOAH YOUR BELLY IS HUGE!!" to "Uh... You need to get bigger if you are going to have the baby in March." Make up your mind people.... By the way, the Dr. says I am doing just fine Thank You Very Much!
17. The pants that fit me this time last week don't fit me seven days later.... Also known as, these pants feel great! Fast forward to a week later. These pants are too tight around my large belly!!
18. I don't mind people (that ask) touching my belly.... I do mind people rubbing when they touch my belly... it is a little unsettling... I don't rub someone if I put my hand on their arm as we talk.... so why do people rub on my belly.... Sadly I don't think that my belly will bring them luck like rubbing budda's belly....
19.  When I said 18 outloud to my Pastor... She quit even asking to touch my belly.... I feel bad! She was by far the person that bothered me the least about this!! So my 19 is just to say... the people that actually care about you listen to you and those that don't .... well you will begin to know that they really don't care about you because they don't listen!!
20. Learning that you are having a certain sex of child doesn't always make it easier to plan the room, register for gear, or pick a name!
21. When the Sono Tech told us we were having a girl both CB and I said "hm." sort of an "hmm... interesting.... We both thought that we were having a boy!
22. Girl bedding is very PINK.... neutral bedding is very bland....
23. The urge to nest doesn't kick in soon enough. Seriously...
24. There are a lot of personal growth that happens in a pregnancy. Atleast there has been for myself and for CB. We have both begun to more easily get rid of crap that we don't need. You know all of the junk that we have held on to for a long time for no reason!!
25. Being pregnant over the holidays is GREAT!!! I have loved that I am a bottomless pit for such wonderful meals like turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravey and of course PIE!
26. Sleep deprivation is terrible... Reasons I am sleep deprived: Heart burn, need to pee, can't get comfortable, need to pee, baby girl is kicking me so hard that I am awake, need to pee, too hot, need to pee, too cold, need to pee, suddenly hungry, and last but definately not least... I need to pee.
27. When calling to set up the insurance on your unborn child or get a pediatrition set up for your unborn child people ask a lot of questions that are funny.... Example conversation. Me: "Hello, my name is KB. I am calling to inquire about getting my soon to be born child approved to be a patient with Dr. V." Dr.s Office: "Tell me your child's name, date of birth and current dr." Me: "Well, we are going with HLB, she is due on 3/2/12 and we were hoping that Dr. V. would be her Dr." Dr.s Office: "Wait, so your child hasn't been born?" Me: "No." Dr.s Office: "What did you want then?" Me: "I am told, this is my first baby so I don't really know, but I have been told that I am supposed to pick a pediatrition and get approved and then when the baby comes we have a pediatrition. Is that the right way?" Drs. Office: "Oh you want to get approved to be a new patient?" Me: "Yes." Dr.s Office: "What is your childs name, date of birth and current dr.?" Me: "umm...." Dr.s Office: "wait you said you were pregnant....." Me: "yes." WOWZERS.... By the way, this was the most highly recommended dr's office!!!
28. People should know better than to plan things for pregnant women without asking if that is the way they would like to spend three hours on a Saturday....
29. Belly support bands are amazing! Before the support band I thought that she was  going to fall out onto the floor when I walked... now it feels like she is supported as she falls out onto the floor as I walk.... ;)
30. My tolerance for bs is very low right now....my tolerance for laziness, high pitched voices, crabby people, and annoyances that most people can over look is also very low... My students HATE this....
31. My mom thought that Dr. S's office was being very invasive  because I had to have more sonograms than she did (you know 29 years ago!) or than my sister did a few years ago. She doesn't know what invasive is until you have to have an internal sonogram.... I have a low lying placenta and that makes them want to complete lots of sonos to make sure it is moving out of the way.... now that Baby Girl's head is down and getting big.... they have to use an internal sono to observe the placenta....
32. Only a pregnant woman would answer the question 'How are you doing?' with "Great, except _______________! (fill in with any of neumerous complaints that pregnant women have....)"
33. Who tells a big 'ole pregnant woman that "You look awfully tired today."?? Do you know what she hears? "You look AWFUL today."
34. CB's Mom and I had a conversation about a year before her passing about how CB never stopped moving, talking, or making noise as a child.... in this conversation I told her (CB and I were not married or engaged at the time) that my mom used to say the same thing about me and that if CB and I got married and had kiddos.... were were totally screwed because our kids would be the a terrible combination of both of us... I think that I jinxed us. Baby girl hardly ever stops moving, which I love because I rarely have to worry about why she isn't moving. On top of moving constantly.... she is forceful! So forceful that I had a dream the other night that you could see the features of  her entire face pressed against my stomach like a horror movie she was trying to come out the side of my abdomen!!!

We shall see what the next few weeks holds... I may get to do a 40 week 'OMG you are evicted post!' Who knows!?!