26 Weeks

26 weeks at the Boulder Farmers' Market

It seems that as soon as a pregnancy test read "Pregnant," my body began growing and shifting, creating space for baby. As early as six weeks, I no longer fit into a lot of my summer shorts, which wasn't exactly my idea of fun, but I chalked it up to things that come along with a second pregnancy. But now, twenty weeks later, our baby is actually measuring a little behind, at 24.5 weeks. My midwife assured me that this is nothing to be concerned about. I am well within the standard deviation of normal, but measuring small came as a bit of a surprise to me since I grew so fast at first, and throughout my pregnancy with Isaac, he measured on the large side. I have no doubt that Isaac would have been 9 pounds if we didn't have a scheduled c-section at 39 weeks and 5 days. But this pregnancy is nothing like my pregnancy with Isaac, and this baby is not her brother, which I have been reminded of from the very beginning. Okay, sweet girl, I'm paying attention.