Damn you BabyCenter.com

As with my first pregnancy I am obsessed with the weekly e-mails from BabyCenter.com that fill me in on what's happening in my uterus this week. Today's e-mail started out:

"You're at the halfway mark - congratulations!"

And at first I thought, wow, this has been such a tumultuous pregnancy from very early on, it IS a great milestone to be 20 weeks - halfway through. In a way, it's sort-of unbelievable. And then I thought - crap - I'm only HALF WAY. In a perfect world - that's 20 more weeks. Of bed-rest.

A couple of highlights from this week's e-mail, though, that make me happy:

1. Baby girl is the length of a banana from head to toe. I love the weekly comparisons to fruits and vegetables. Banana baby!

2. BabyCenter tells me that in celebration of this big milestone I should treat myself by buying something to make me feel pretty - which TOTALLY justifies the lovely J. Crew maxi dress I ordered online yesterday. Phew.