Halfway mark

Sunday marks my 20th week. Which means I will be in my 21st week but I will have completed 20 full weeks. So - right now - today - I am IN my 20th week and I have completed 19 weeks. It is weird. So - I just like to say that I am 5 months. The other way just confuses the non-pregnant population.

Anyway - this leads me to my next bit of news. My due date is December 22nd and NOT December 14th. This makes me very stressed out and unhappy.

Please don't let me be in the hospital on Christmas. That would make me very sad. That would make my daughter sad and confused. That would make it hard on all my family because they would all have to come to the hospital at some point on Christmas day and that is just a big pain in the you-know-what.

Anyway - during my pregnancy with Maddie I remember VERY well how excited I was to reach 20 weeks. I remember thinking that I was halfway there and that 20 more weeks wasn't so bad. Well - now I know better. I know that 20 weeks is where all the "fun" begins. The first 20 weeks were like cake. That was nothing. But any pregnant woman will tell you that the last 20 weeks are the true testament to pregnancy. If you can survive week 20-40 - then you deserve the medal.

Here are to 20 more weeks. May the countdown begin.