I've written a few drafts since the last post but haven't quite finished any of them. Work has been busy and somehow an age has passed. I'm suddenly 28 weeks pregnant and haven't updated nearly as much as I intended. Mea culpa.

I'd intended to, at a minimum, write the standard weekly post about being pregnant but in the end, I don't think I've really had much to say. I'm grumpier than normal. My temper is definitely shorter - whether that's tired, hormones or just general irritation with some people and feeling less like jollying them along is anyone's guess. It's probably a combination of all of the above.

Generally though, I've had a textbook easy pregnancy so far. First trimester, I was absolutely exhausted but had no morning sickness (I did vomit once but that turned out to be a mild case of gastro that happily fled my body in less than 24 hours). Second trimester was really relaxed. I'd heard that it's easy for at least the first part to forget you're pregnant and I suppose that I kinda did. My body started to change shape around week 14. Around week 17, I started to feel little flutters that I thought might be Jim wiggling around - and feeling that while watching her wiggle on a scan at 20 weeks confirmed that's what I was feeling. At 28 weeks now, I can both feel and see her rolling and wriggling around. Fortunately, either she sleeps nights or I just sleep really soundly (I suspect it's the latter - I'm a pretty good sleeper).

So, that's your quick update in the life of Michelle and #sciencebaby. Hopefully I'll get some of the posts done, send them to my editor to work her magic, and posted soon. xx