20 Weeks!!!!!!!

Cue Chariots of Fire music:
We're halfway there! Can you believe it! Really though, Kris and I keep debating on whether or not we're really halfway there in terms of being aware of being pregnant. Does that make sense??? We have only known about the pregnancy for 14 weeks, so the next 20 will seem exponentially longer. So do we calculate the halfway point for our own sanity to be at 23 weeks- so that the 17 weeks of knowing about the baby is equitably divided???? Or is that just absurd? I don't know.
But Hey! 20 weeks! It's only 140 days! I can do that! And yet, there's this:

"Your good-hair-day run ends with delivery — when the normal daily hair loss that's suppressed during pregnancy (thus the thicker hair) resumes with a vengeance. Once the baby is born, all that hair that didn't fall out during pregnancy will — making you wonder whether you'll need to reach for the Rogaine (don't worry, you won't)."

WHOA- WHAT?!!! Those of you who know me are well aware that I have been freaking out about my hair loss for over a year now: see pic below. We tried to chalk it up to acute traumatic hairloss- wherein a series of traumatic events like losing an election and moving 9 hours south will interupt your hair growth cycle for three months. WRONG- no changes.

My hair has gotten no thicker with pregnancy and in fact yesterday I was certain my scalp was getting sunburned on the way home from church. If I stopped shedding hair and what little I have is due to hoarding, I can in no way tolerate a further exodus of hair from my scalp, I might have to pack a wig in my hospital bag.
Also enjoy the family portrait for a few days longer because I need to take it down, as Lyda pointed out:"BTW- the family portrait is a riot considering you had half a load on by the time that picture was taken...." It's true, but I didn't know I was pregnant. Stop the judging....