Status Report: We have reached 50% gestation

Scans are the best! If it weren't for the fact that the medical community isn't exactly sure how much ultrasound exposure is good for the little sprog, I'd have one every week! I mean, think about it: you're looking at someone entirely new, who you can bond with and adore without braving the challenges of actual baby care (like crying for hours on end and spitting up all over your freshly cleaned dress shirt). It's also a time when you can breathe a sigh of relief because you know that right then, in that moment, everything is healthy and well. And even if they have zero personality, the ultrasound tech showers you with glorious words like "normal" and "average" - which, while you may go on to become one of those hypercompetitive parents later on, is the best news ever.

Here's the latest pics of Bubzilla:

Head & torso in profile


Left leg & foot


Bubs at boxing practice, praying, or showing off some biceps & delts action.


And according to the scan, we're having a..................BABY!! Hee hee, it's still a surprise. Sorry :)


And finally, a few things I have learned since getting pregnant:

• You can feel sick and want to eat at the same time.

• You are quite impressed with yourself for growing a real live baby, while also sometimes feeling pudgy and frumpy.

• You're every desire can be played off as "what the baby wants/needs" - but only the first time around. Husbands get wise to this quickly.

• We first-time moms get showered with lots of lovely attention, while second(etc.)-time moms get far too little. Oh sure, try doing it all again with a demanding toddler, and a baby who acts nothing like your first one!

• You feel pleased and yet very weirded out when something starts moving inside you. Sci-fi movies come to mind.

• For those months modesty becomes a thing of the past - at least where medical professionals are concerned. "Take off what so you can examine what? Oh sure, why not."

It's all glamour, I tells ya ;)