20 Weeks

I am not sure how I can possibly be 20 weeks already with this second baby! Feel guilty I haven't posted much about this second pregnancy for almost the WHOLE first half of it! I had this vision from Pinterest, of course, that I have been trying to put into action for a month and I finally got organized enough to put it into action!

 There is an explanation of the "no shirt" The plan is to take a collection of these photos every couple of weeks and make a collage. The first photo in the idea I am copying had her little boy with no shirt on. Ethan insisted that he does just like that boy. So, to make everything go more "smoothly" we gave in.

I won't give huge updates weekly, but will get everyone up to speed about what is going on with me.....

So, since week 16 Dr. Goerish has started me on weekly alpha-hydroxy-progesterone shots. They are pretty much painless, but right in the butt where, I of course, I have lots of extra cushion!
At 18 weeks I had an ultra sound where she wanted to check my cervical length. It was on the way low side of normal, which I immediately went into panic mode. I was told to pretty much take it easy, and let others do things for me. Needless to say, easier said than done. I feel like I am training myself to be lazy, not a genetic trait we have. We are all go-getters! She had the length tested the next 2 weeks as well, which had better results. I felt like I could breath again, really.
At my 20 week appointment she still wants the cervical length checked every other week, along with weekly shots, and bi-weekly appointments. So also thought I was measuring farther along than I really am, but of course, another ultra sound scheduled to determine that! I spent 25 minutes after my appointment just making ALL of these appointments JUST for the month of December! I will do ANYTHING to have a full term baby, so I guess the attitude to have is BRING ON THE APPOINTMENTS!

Here are some ultra sound photos from week 18. Baby measured a little over a half pound. 

 Face with hands in front, looks like a fighter!

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