17 weeks

Sticking with this silly "fruit" theme, baby should be the size of an onion right now.  Maybe onions are bigger in other places in the country, but technically baby is supposed to be between 5 and 5 1/2 inches long . . . Do you have onions that big where you live?  We certainly don't!

So if you read yesterday's update, it was a stressful appointment.  Only made more stressful by a baby in such an odd position that it was almost impossible to see anything at the ultrasound.  Picture someone sitting up straight with their legs crossed on the floor, and then picture only being able to look at them straight down from the ceiling.  Literally, that's what we saw.  It took some poking and jabbing just to get an angle where we could see the heart flicker.  And that was that.

I am super anxious about our 20 week ultrasound.  And I know ALL pregnancies are different.  But seriously, I do not understand how a 5 inch baby can hide inside like this.

Here is a picture from exactly 16 weeks when I was pregnant with my son:

Here is my 17 week picture from today:

Seriously, I'm worried.  Overall, I'm a little thicker now than I was with my first pregnancy, but not by a lot.  The baby could be hiding in some of my newer "padding" - but I was never short on padding to begin with.  I know there is nothing I can do but wait.  But I really feel so incredibly stressed about something possibly being wrong in there.

And to emphasize my point.  Here is my "progression" (yeah right) so far this pregnancy . . .

I wish I could just stop worrying.  :(