19 Weeks - Mango Unchained

19 weeks = Mango baby. A cheese covered mango apparently. Not even kidding. 

Whattoexpect asked, "Have you ever seen a mango covered in cheese?" 

"Well no, in fact I haven't." 

But my uterus apparently has. Baby is now covered in some "cheese-like substance" called vernix caseosa. If I had read this in the first trimester I would have had to bust it to the nearest toilet or garbage bin. Envisioning this now makes me rather peckish. 

As mentioned per week 18 post, with the amount of cheese and dairy I've been consuming I'm pretty sure this bub has been covered in a "cheese-like substance" since day one. Yummmmm... double cheese.... 

I saw a photo of a 19 week old (miscarried) baby and it looked like a real baby! I mean, duh Julia of course it did, but I guess I didn't really get it. I guess being in a lab during the week you get used to working with things you can't physically see.

Part of me was excited that it actually looked like a homo sapien and not a cluster of cells or a root vegetable, but the other part of me really freaked out. Some people have telling me my life is over "as I know it" or "you have no idea" and in my head I was all on my high horse, "blah blah blah fuck you". Yeah that backfired. Now I'm panicking realising it's all true! Went into depression dooner-day mode on Monday and have yet to snap fully out of it. Please feel free to tell me everything will be alright (I am not above fishing for compliments). Also I think that it would be really helpful if someone wanted to shower me with socks that look like shoes and/or sharks.

Oh yeah almost forgot, on Saturday we bought a Valco Cocoon (soft carry cot) from some nice lesbians. The Zippster approves:

• How far along: 19 weeks 
• Total weight gain: definitely increasing!
• Maternity clothes? New: one loose sweater
• Stretch marks? Nope. Thought I did but turned out to be scratch marks (super itchy!)
• Sleep: Moving around a bunch trying to get comfy 
• Best moment this week: 4 assignments due last week. Done. Handed in. BOOM.
• Miss Anything? Turkey sandwiches
• Movement: No. Well don't think so... lots of gas bubbles 
• Food cravings: McDonalds
• Anything making you queasy or sick: Na. Wait, there was this lady on the bus today that smelt like she was dying. 
• Gender: 50/50... soon we'll know!
• Labor Signs: No
• Symptoms: Belly aches
• Belly Button: Deeper. Is that even possible?
• Wedding rings: On
• Mood: Ugh.
• Looking forward to: First pregnancy class and 20 week scan, it's all happening!!!