Jane is officially 19 weeks pregnant pregnant! Although for some reason Jane thought her belly shrunk yesterday (I blame her pregnant brain), her 19 weeks pregnant belly has officially reached the “pregnant phase”. (And as you can see by her 19 weeks belly picture, it’s definitely growing!)
Right now, baby Tarzan is the size of a softball according to my handy-dandy baby size week by week guide for fathers-to-be.
Today we have some BIG news to share with you! You see, every time Jane and I went somewhere together since she became pregnant, we’d see people look at her pregnant belly and then look away. You could tell some people wanted to say something, but thought better just in case she wasn’t pregnant.
Well yesterday and today while Jane and I were running errands a few people asked Jane, “when are you due?” Jane also got into several conversations with people talking about her 19 weeks pregnant belly. As you can imagine, this was really exciting for her.
“I’m finally out of the is she fat or pregnant stage!” Jane said to me several times today. She talked to another woman who had massive Pregnant Brain while she was pregnant. It was funny listening to her stories and how her Pregnant Brain made her forget just about everything.
I swear, over the last few days Jane’s Pregnant Brain has hit yet another new level. Pregnancy week 19 has brought zero morning sickness, no nausea, no migraines or headaches, but it has also brought a lot of laughs for both Jane and I. I literally have hundreds of examples of things she’s said or done.
And if you were on our live broadcast tonight, you heard several of Jane’s 19 weeks Pregnant Brain slip a few times. (And yes, you even heard my own Pregnant Brain that I caught from Jane lately!)
Just a few minutes ago Jane was working on the blog post listing all of the winners of our blog contest and she couldn’t remember what chicken looked like!
She kept showing me pictures of birds and roosters and she’d hold up her computer and ask me, “is this a chicken?” Man, she had me cracking up after the 5th or 6th time. We were both cracking up like crazy.
We lost the car a few times today because I wasn’t paying attention to where we parked and I forgot that Pregnant Jane would have no clue where we parked. Sadly, we were at the mall and we could very well still be looking for our car if I didn’t thankfully remember where we parked.
In other 19 weeks of pregnancy news, we have a doctor appointment next week. I don’t know if Jane’s doctor will be doing a 19 weeks pregnant ultrasound or what the deal is. At the least, we’ll hear Tarzan Junior’s heartbeat, and of course, shell out another $528 to Jane’s doctor.
So this time around, we will not be going with a midwife. We’ll be going the normal pay-out-your-nose route. Reason being that we didn’t know about the midwife options until already paying a couple thousand to Jane’s doctor. Another big reason is that Jane wants to be at a hospital for her first child. She’s comfortable with her doctor, who she’s had for years and years. I completely understand and honestly, I’d be the same way. So I’m cool with her decisions.
The next time around may be a different story. We shall see.
All in all, Jane’s pregnancy has really turned a GOOD corner. Rolling in to pregnancy week 19 is something I’m welcoming in with open arms. She’s feeling good. Her hormones have seemed to settle down a little (as far as the fire-breathing dragon) AND most importantly, JANE was the one who mentioned, “hey, maybe we could have sex today.” to me.
Uhhh… that’s not something I’ve heard her say since I got her pregnant 19 weeks ago. Let’s just say that we had a GREAT afternoon. And I’m hoping pregnancy week 19 has FINALLY opened the floodgates when it comes to the “GOOD” hormones I’ve been hearing about, but haven’t seen.
Tarzan is a very, very happy man this evening. :)
P.S… I also updated the pregnancy week by week pictures page with the pregnancy week 19 picture.
You might also want to read:
- Pregnancy Week By Week: Weeks 36, 37, 38 Pregnant Belly Pictures Added.
- 15 weeks pregnant belly: it’s now official! Jane has the bump-a-lump.
- Pregnancy emotions gone wild: Jane cried this morning and I just want her to know…
- Pregnant Brain has kicked into high gear for Pregnant Jane.
- 11 weeks pregnant belly picture
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= a post from Daddy Tarzan
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ok i have a VERY FUNNY pregnant brain story to share withyou 2! right now i am having VERY VERY BAD mommy brain lately and the hubs says it is worse than when i was pregnant?!? so here is my story!
so the hubs and i lived in a very small 1 BR apartment by the water when i first got preggers, it was like living on a farm we had ducks that lived on our front porch and would attack us for food, BTW when a duck bites you it really really hurts(*i got a little too close once not fun at all*) we had wild cats, a raccoon that thought it was fun to jump out of the garbage thingys when we through trash in there, we had an alagator that lived in the water that the animal control refused to take care of b/c they said he was in his “natural environment” even though he liked to eat wild cats ducks and a few stray dogs, but that is all besides the point! so one day i am on the phone with the hubs leaving for work and running late like i always did when i was “knocked up” and on the thrid story roof i see this duck just sitting there and i reply the the hubs “how mean” and started to cry ( i cried at EVERYTHING when i was preggers) he asks what was so mean, and i reply that “someone thought it would be really funny to climb to the 3rd floor roof and put this duck up there and now the is stuck and how will he get down, should i call maintenance or animal control?”(i was serioous BTW) and all the hubs can do is laugh histerically at me and ask if i am being serious?!? YES I WAS!!!! and then he proceeds to tell me that it is a duck and that ducks can fly b/c they are birds???? WHAT????? i was so confused?!?!?!?!?!? i thought he was lying to me and i fought with him for a good 5 minuets about it until i saw the darn duck fly off the roof onto the ground! who know?!?!? i was so lost in my pregnant brain that it never crossed my mind that a duck was a bird and could fly! i hope your pregnant brain is not as bad as mine was!!! i think it just spilled on into my mommy brain and i have very bad mommy brain somedays!!! BTW Jane you are so lucky that you have started to feel “better” at this point, i was very sick though out my entire pregnancy! i am slightly jealous!!
Great post! Me & Jane are due the same day & I still look fat…my baby is growing in my butt plus I’m getting wide
So Jane you are a very lucky girl! You look great!
I wanted to add that Tarzan’s pregnancy brain kicked in…according to your man’s list the baby should be the size of a SOFTball not baseball for week 19! I’m lucky so far, haven’t really had pregnancy brain yet….I don’t think!
@Jamie… That is funny! Listen to this… I was in the kitchen and Jane told me about your comment and she said that she was getting sad reading your post, also wondering why someone would put a poor duck on the 3rd story. She then told me she has also forgotten that ducks could fly! I guess some parts of Pregnant Brain effect many woman!
@JD… LOL You are right, I’m having some Pregnant Brain tendencies kicking in lately. And why not? I’ve had every other sympathy pain so far! And thanks for noticing my softball/baseball error. I corrected that.
Darn Pregnant Brain!!!
You look great! And I’m really glad some of the more negative things are running their course. Hopefully it’ll be the end of them for awhile. And just think, next week you’ll be HALF WAY!
Tarzan and Jane my husband and I thank you for everything you’ve done with this blog. Its opened up laughter between us and confronted some fears and questions about children and pregnancy. Your blog has given us a chance to talk about these topics more often than ever before. More importantly your open communication and how well it seems to be working for you and Jane to see the humor in your situation and display it online for everyone but your family and friends to see is amazing. We have even thought about creating our own blog that was a little different that yours but the same concept bearing all to complete strangers. Granted my husband and I aren’t planning on having children anytime soon, we think a blog to talk about all the things that surprise us day in and day out about marriage would be wonderful. Its not easy getting married at any age let alone, at just age nineteen. i just wanted to thank you so much and encourage you to continue writing and laughing. we know its not all smiles but the tears and anger are worth it when your marriage is working and you are blessed with a baby.
@Jessi… Whoa! You’re right! We’ll be at the 1/2 way point next week. Time is flying by so fast! Wow. So much to do still… oh boy!
@Kreusers… Wow, thank you so much for your kind words. I admit, we had no idea how much our little pregnancy blog here would impact our lives. Without a doubt, it’s helped us in more ways that we even know. Being about to talk openly and freely about what’s going in our lives, finding humor in situations that often times aren’t so humorous, and blogging about feelings (especially on my end) has dramatically improved our friendship and relationship with each other.
Jane and I have truly become closer because of this blog. And really, this has helped provide a MUCH needed release for me several times when I hit those really stressful moments when everything going on overwhelms me. I highly suggest couples blog about their days, funny things that happen, their stress, etc. It provides many talking points for couples and helps them in so many ways. It’s been a HUGE help for us during the most stressful time period in our lives.
You look great!
You look great!
Congrats I’m 19wks as well and my belly is bigger than janes, probably because I am small, I was 101lb when I found out now I’m 122lb =) gotta watch my eatin so I gain 1lb a wk now.
I am 19 weeks today! I too can now be viewed as pregnant instead of fat….a co-worker pointed this out to me last week. I notice that the pregnancy brain really kicks in if I try to do more then one thing at once. So I just take it slow, even if this means I don’t get half my task done. The emotional state is another thing…I am a child therapist and have found myself crying in sessions multiple times….then the kids are confused at who needs therapy. I am very tuned into our little miracle baby and his/her movement. I am still very tired at times but also have burst of energy that I can’t explain sometimes. I am down to only morning nausea and occasional barfs, which is a blessing because it was all day vomiting for about 14 weeks. Thanks for your blog and the laughs! Best wishes for a healthy pregnancy. We are very excited about finding out the sex of our miracle later this week!!
Hey guys, congratulations on making it this far, I’m not to sure if theres more blogs of your progression or what not, but I thought I’d like to leave a little comment of my own. I haven’t experienced the “baby brain” as yet as I am only 16 weeks, but it sounds like a really confusing funny stage. Also (before I forget :S) congratulations on having someone congratulate your pregnancy
That must have just made your day. I’m a bit impatient to have a baby belly of my own, I know it will come one day. Its also good to hear that these mood swings don’t last forever! It certaintly feels like it sometimes though. I spent a whole Saturday balling my eyes for no reason what so ever, I had Justin so worried that he’d done something to upset me, that poor guy. He empathises with you very much Tarzan. Anyway, its good to know and hear about how life is going for you both, thankyou so very much for doing this 
Much love
Bridgey Bee xoxox