18 weeks.

I have had a really hard time thus far. I have been feeling frustrated that I can't be one of those women who "love being pregnant." I find myself so jealous. Then, I had a realization today. I am starting to feel better. I am starting to think that once this cold is all the way gone, I...might...like...being pregnant?! 


Symptom check:
>My fibromyalgia is flaring up and causing me some issue, but that would be happening even if I wasn't pregnant.
>If I get woken up I get really angry. Like REALLY angry......It's bad. Ask Liam.
>Occasional headache.
>Heartburn.
>My ab muscles HURT.
>Round Ligament Pain.
>Hips hurting.
>Back hurting.
>Sleepless nights.
>Fatigue.


But. All of these are basically common symptoms. They aren't ALL of the time (minus the fatigue and the fibro.) And now that I am fully and comfortably in the second trimester, there are positives to being pregnant. 
My favorites:
>I love what pregnancy looks like on me. My belly is beautiful. My shape is AWESOME.
>I can feel Bug almost every day. Sometimes for a long time. 
>Everything is becoming more real. I can almost feel Buggie's lips on mine. I can almost smell his/her yummy   skin.


I think the list will grow next week when we find out if Bug is a boy or girl. We will finally be able to give Bug a real person name. We will finally get to start shopping. Everything will become that much more real. 


So in short....life is starting to not suck totally. 

Fun story. At 18 weeks, Bug is about the size of a Wii remote.