22 Week Bumpdate!

Hi friends!
I am back from Florida. It was so nice to get to spend time with family and friends. My belly was rubbed and touched more than any other time in my life!

I got to spend time with my mom and sister and I am sure Ryan was happy to do some more "manly" things as well (:

I've figured out that my bump looks much bigger in person and when I pose like an actual pregnant person. I will keep my bumpdate pictures in the same format so I can see them as a comparison, but here was the first "bump" picture I took regularly while on vacation.

So you can see there really is a small bump! Everyone wanted to know where this shirt was from: I bought it in two colors from Target! It's not maternity and I LOVE it! My sister bought one too (:
Here is the bump at 12 weeks and then now at 22.
Not an extreme amount of change in 10 weeks. I think because I am so tall, the bump has stretched out through my torso. I know I am wider, not only at the bottom, but all the way up to under my boobs.
My weight gain was the weirdest this week. I went from 11-12 pounds up to 15. This happened back a few weeks ago too, and then I sat at the same weight for 3-4 weeks following it. Has anyone else had random growth spurts like that?!
I was spotting again with cramps while in Florida, which is never fun, but I checked the baby's heartbeat and everything else seems fine. I cannot believe that at the end of the week the baby has a 50% chance of living if she was born! That is such a huge relief. By the time we have our baby shower, the percentage will be up to 85-90%, even though she would still be almost 3 months early. I think it is just nice knowing that if I had to have an emergency c-section or something, she actually has the chance to live (:
Ryan and I are just enjoying the last few months as "just us", but we are so excited to meet the little bean!!


"Each day I rediscover what my body is capable of doing."
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