23 weeks

I am now on the edge of viability, but he has to stay tucked inside my belly for a much longer time.
Don't want to jinx anything - but everything seems to be going well so far.   I had little red bumps on my belly for a week and was worried that it might be the beginning of this horrible rash that 1% of pregnant women get called PUPPS http://whatispupps.com/PUPPSpictures.php  But thank god, it went away today.
Not too much to tell.  I've been working a bunch at my husband's law office.  Learning quickbooks, so I can keep up with the book-keeping.  I never actually balance my checkbook, so this is a new thing for me!

We had painters paint the nursery today and it looks so great!  Wickham Gray by Benjamin Moore - very light, warm soft gray.  I'll post some pics once I get some furniture in it.  My Land of Nod dresser should be arriving soon.  It is on a truck between here and Austin, Texas.  Apparantly, their driver does a big Southern loop and will call me when he gets close by and will deliver the dresser to the room of my choice and it will be fully assembled!  I am so excited about the fully assembled part, because my husband and I tend to get in fights when we try to put stuff together.  

My favorite part of the day is when I settle down at night to read and Baby W starts doing gymnastics.  He is getting stronger and bigger.  I have gained 6 lbs in the last 3 weeks.  Food tastes so good to me now.  I am craving everything!

I have been reading a memoir written by a California midwife called Babycatcher.   I wish I could have a midwife and a waterbirth at a birthing center, but there is no such thing in Mississippi.
My friend from Colorado who is really into holistic medicine told me I should go to the Farm to my baby, a commune in Hohenwald, TN about 4 hours from here.  I definitely don't want to drive that far!  I have an appt with a doula next week.  My husband might not be the ideal childbirth coach.  He gets very anxious when I am sick or in pain.  He will probably happy to have someone else support me during labor and delivery.  I know I'm getting ahead of myself thinking about my birth plan, but it is all so interesting to me.  This incredible physcial feat of childbirth.  

I have been thinking about so many bloggers I follow that are either PUPO, newly pregnant or cycling right now and it is so exciting to read all the mostly positive updates that are coming in daily.  I found this blog post today and I thought I'd post the link, because I don't want to forget my roots and what we're all going through or have been through to get to this point.
http://gritandpatience.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/insulate-ignore-protect-and-proceed-how-ive-gotten-through-ivf-with-my-sanity-mostly-intact/