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23 weeks!

I am now 23 weeks pregnant! The most pregnant (and the heaviest) I have ever been. I can't tell if I'm feeling better because I'm finally getting some of that 2nd trimester energy, or if it's just the cup of coffee per day I can now stomach and am therefore enjoying. Whatever it is, I'm feeling better. I can't say I loved the first 22 weeks or so of pregnancy, but aside from the current difficulties I'm having lifting myself off the couch, I'm enjoying myself. Things are slowly starting to feel more real. Coming into pregnancy after years of infertility and a miscarriage is hard. There haven't been many moments that felt real to me. The digital pregnancy test, that felt vaguely real. Hearing the nurse tell me my soaring hormone levels, that felt real (good data always feels real to me). But seeing my baby on the ultrasound screen, that hasn't felt very real. I know you would think it would be the opposite, but the "Pregnant" digital scr...