Half-way!

Today marks me being 20 weeks pregnant. It is the half-way point. I feel Aaron moving pretty regularly now. I can even feel him move on the outside of my belly with my hand. When he kicks hard, it almost feels like an electrical shock in my belly.

I am getting to the point where it is getting hard to bend over and tie my shoes. I find that propping my feet up on a stool is helpful.

I still wake up about every 4 to 6 times a night to use the bathroom and I am up from about 3:30 am to 5:00 am pretty regularly.

Last night, I woke up to my son Tres crying around 3:30 am. I began to have cramping in waves that started in my back and would wrap around to the front of my belly. My belly wasn't getting hard. But the cramps were mild and felt like a knot tightening in my back and would fluctuate every 3 to 5 minutes, vary in intensity and last anywhere from 20 seconds to 45 seconds. This went on for about an hour and a half until I fell asleep. At one point, I woke my husband up and I asked him to pray for Aaron and I. He reminded me to drink more water. I got a heating pad and put in under me and laid in bed just praying that this wouldn't be the start of super preterm labor. I had braxton hicks that were pretty regular, strong contractions with my first pregnancy for about 23 hours and went into labor. The cramps subsided and I was able to fall back asleep.