What's going on in there? - Things are going so smoothly that I can't help wondering if bubs is fine. I don't feel anxious but from time to time I do wonder if bubs is still there because I can't feel a thing. However, belly is getting ever so slowly bigger and as of today I seem to be getting a bit hungrier. Looking forward to our 20 week scan on 29 March so I can see bubs again and stop wondering.

Male colleague - Had to laugh today. One of my immediate work neighbours put a copy...

Well, as I sit here trying to drum up the courage to download my pump stats and email them to the doc, I thought maybe I could add a quick up date to the blog.

Up until last Monday, I felt fat, then suddenly, after a morning of stretching pains, wind, mild upset tummy and plenty of movement from the Splodge, my tummy literally popped out and became a bump!

It was so obvious that when I went to pick Oliver up from kindy, one of the Mum's did a double take and said, "OMG...

Whinge free zone - Pleasantly surprised to find there is little to whinge about here in mid pregnancy land. After T1 this is very easy going.

Final amnio results - All clear on the final results. Very nice to hear.

Belly - My belly if finally growing. It's very odd for it to feel so dense and heavy down low. I'm not used to that sensation at all. At times it's really exciting to finally have a bit of a belly and sometimes it seems ever so faintly ridiculous to be getting...

I think this is where I would normally give up on all the weightloss plan. I'm craving crap galore. Last 2 weeks I have felt like I've worked so hard just to see a kilo go. Before that I was losing 2-5 kgs per week.

Then the lightbulb moment. I lost half kilo last week by being sensible with what I eat. It wasn't physically hard or exhausting. I don't really miss out on food. I'm never starving or hungry. It is just my head thinks that I'm craving crappy foods...especially...

As added incentive to me, I have posted my 'Fatty Befores' photos here
3 pics (wearing blue top) are of me 3 weeks into this ie 9kgs less than when I started. I can't really see or feel much of a difference yet. That was reinforced yesterday at a b'day party where no one made any comments to me about weight loss etc