19 Weeks and a Cold!!!

I am almost at the mid point. In about 12 more days I will have reached the exact middle of my pregnancy. Now it seems like it has gone fast, but at the same time I keep feeling that I have been pregnant for ever; but I have enjoyed it especially this past weeks that I feel and look more pregnant.
I think I can feel the baby move. It is very confusing because what I feel is something like bubbles or butterflies on my stomach but not really kicks or punches yet. I believe that comes later when the baby runs out of space. In my case I bet she might still have plenty of space.
This week also came with a not to welcome of a visitor, a cold! http://pregnancy.families.com/blog/treating-colds-during-pregnancy
I have never done good with colds and usually feel pretty bad when I get them and of course this time was no difference. I was pretty bummed since this week I started my exercise program and swimming class again; but I had to cut it short because of the cold. I got a pretty bad sore throat and stuffy nose but thanks God I didn't get any fever; so besides the common discomforts of a cold I was pretty much fine. I still have some stuffy nose and a cough but I feel completely fine so I hope I will get rid of these symptoms soon.
Of course I didn't want to take any medicine, not even Tylenol, so I treated my cold with Ginger tea with lemon and honey, lots of orange juice and some additional nutritional supplements recommended by my mother in law. (Coriolus and Olive leaf). I am going to start doing some steam treatments just to get rid of the cough faster.
I thought that my high dose of immune boosting prenatal vitamins was going to keep me clear of any colds; but I guess that with the weather changes here in the winter (one day is 80 the next 50), and the normal suppressed immunity of pregnancy my body just had to give up and let the virus in. The good news is that supposedly this helps the baby develop antibodies to this type of viruses; so if it makes my baby stronger I will deal with it.

I also started my prenatal yoga classes this week and I really enjoyed them. I found a place with other pregnant women that have my same wishes and concerns regarding natural birthing, no medication, laboring at home, alternative positions, danger of vaccines, etc. I think the classes are going to be of great help to prepare me for a successful natural delivery; plus I found out that one of my Drs. (the main one) is pretty open about natural birthing options. I also started my birth plan, I have a first draft that I need to review it both with Dave, my yoga instructor who happens to be a Doula and my Dr. I found out that for example it is a standard procedure to put antibiotic eye drops and/or ointment to newborns; and honestly I find that to be pretty scary; I wouldn't like my baby to be exposed to antibiotics so early in life.

So I keep growing and counting, and looking forward to feel Corina kicking and punching stronger every day.