18 weeks… sweet potato!

Photo on 2-28-13 at 10.26 AM

Well I haven’t grown that much around, but I gained 2 lbs in 2 weeks according to my OB appointment on Tuesday. So clearly things are growing! I am now 37.5 inches around. So not much growth but I know it is temporary.

Nathaniel is now the size of a sweet potato! Another program I have says he is the size of a dragon fruit. I haven’t seen one of those but if you do know what it looks like then maybe that is more accurate. Sweet potatoes can be almost any size. He is between 5.5 and 6 inches, head to bottom. To give you an idea of size, Emily and Alex were both 12 inches at birth (head to toe) and Max was 21 inches (head to toe).

I am feeling normal so far. I am having trouble sleeping on my side, even though I need to. I have tried to put a pillow there but it isn’t helping. I thought about going into Max’s room and putting the bed against the wall but I am not sure that would help either. I am figuring that I will be able to do it when I need to.