Week 18 and 19 - Pregnant in Paris!

So I've been on a bit of a secret trip and have just recently gotten back... from Paris! Which is why I haven't posted these little updates. I'm catching up...

How I'm feeling physically:
I've started to feel more of the weight of being pregnant, especially when I am on my feet for a long time, then I really feel heavy pressure that can be uncomfortable.

How I'm feeling emotionally:
I have felt myself moving into a new honeymoon stage of excitement, especially now that I can feel the baby almost everyday.

Highlights:
Feeling the baby move for the first time. I can't even tell you how amazing that was. I smiled, I laughed, I said OMG at two distinct nudges. Now... let me tell you, I was super eager to feel the baby move. I'd been feeling odd but non-distinct sensations, but nothing I could clearly say was movement. I don't know if this was cheating or not, but what I did was lay down in bed and put both of my palms on my lower belly and just lay still and feel. And that's when I started to clearly feel things, tiny little series of nudges and movement all over the place. The annoying thing is, I'm not totally sure if I'm feeling it in my hands or on the inside - probably both. The pressure of my hands on my belly might have made it easier to detect. But it's there, it's really there.

How I'm feeling physically:
Mostly good, but I've started to notice the first limitations of being pregnant - especially on a trip like this. Walking too long, on my feet too long, too many steps, heavy belly, too many bathroom breaks, the moments when my mind wants to keep going but my body is feeling tapped out.

How I'm feeling emotionally:
So excited, so happy, so in love with this little thing I can feel moving inside me now. A new phase. Afraid that I talk about it too much to my husband sometimes ;-) Not that I haven't had my down moments too... like when I'm in Paris, feeling like I "should" be floating on pink cloud of macarons and instead feeling like Oscar the Grouch at times.

Highlights:
Definitely feeling the baby move more. Every night I'd lay down and the baby would put on a little show. I kept putting my husband's hand on my belly hoping he'd feel something and he didn't... until one night... he did! Then we looked at my belly to see if we could see anything moving and we were both surprised that we could!