Oscar turned 20 weeks today. Happy birthday uteroversary, baby!
Jill recently pointed out my love of lists (if you ask me, lists are the letters of the 21st century) and so here's another one for the collection…
FIVE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT PREGNANCY
1. Nobody ever tells you how scary the first trimester is. You hear stories about how wonderful pregnancy is (and it is) but no one tells you how nervous and stressed out you'll be about every moment, especially for the first few months when something like 20% of miscarriages happen. 
2. Most medical practitioners count a pregnancy as ten months long, not nine. 
3. It's a tough job but somebody has to volunteer to toughen up the nipples before the baby comes. 
[Edit: First, I can't believe I posted this on the Internet. Second, believe it or not, this point was Shea's idea, mainly as an excuse to use that emoticon. Third, that little yellow guy isn't supposed to represent me as it may appear based on my wording. It's supposed to represent a wash cloth – honest!]
4. There are people on YouTube who have a belly fetish and will bookmark videos of any belly-related clips including one of your wife getting a doppler ultrasound. 
5. Contrary to what I thought when I was six, the belly button has nothing to do with the conception of a child. 
(Bonus: The baby's eyes aren't closed at birth – that's kittens!) 
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