I've made it to 15 weeks and survived another blood test. I feel like I've swallowed a basketball. I really have to look and see if I was this big during my first pregnancy. The baby should be a little over 4 inches long by now. I'm still able to sleep on my stomach with some difficulty and I'm still sleeping on my back. I plan to do so for as long as humanly possible. When I sleep on my side my arms fall asleep and I end up waking up and having to settle down again. I wake up several times a night and find it hard to sleep peacefully through the night. If it's not my arms falling asleep then it's my bladder telling me to get up. Ah the joys of pregnancy. I haven't felt the baby move, or at least I don't think so. I chalk up any feelings to my stomach working. I suppose it could be the little one moving around in there but I can't say definitively that I've felt the baby move. I'm sure I'll start to feel something in the next couple of weeks.
I woke up this morning feeling like I was going to throw up and had a terrible headache. I figure it must have been low blood sugar. Monday the 24th was my birthday and i made myself a super sweet chocolate cake. I had a piece when we went to visit JP's parents and that was the last thing I ate before sleeping. It could be that it crashed my blood sugar during the night. I hadn't felt that bad in the morning for ages. No more cake for me thank you, pass that apple would you?
Anna has been sweet and petting my belly and saying baby. I'm not sure how much she understands but she must see the belly getting bigger. At some point I won't be able to lift her as much as she'd like. She's already 13 Kg (about 29 lbs) and she's quite the load. I'm feeling good so far and no pain! I'm so happy that the knife like pain I felt in the first pregnancy hasn't made a reappearance yet. I hope I won't have any discomfort at all. I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
14 weeks 2 days - I'm always hungry!
I'm always so hungry these days. I see food and it gets scared. Luckily I have lots of fruit around and not lots of chocolate. With Anna I always wanted sweets and chocolate but with this pregnancy I always want savory foods, salt, meat, well you get the idea. This crazy hunger is a recent development and seems to have arrived in the last week or two.
I've been good though....I've been eating breakfast every morning. It usually includes some whole grain cereal with dried berries. It's almost painful to eat because of it's lack of sugar but that means it's good for me right? I then usually have either pears or apples as a snack before lunch. Then I have lunch. I must admit I'm not always so good about the lunch. Sometimes it's salads and healthy things but today, I confess, was fast food. The chicken burger was awfully good and the fries were delicious *insert devious laughter here*. For dinner I'm going to reheat some chicken pot pie I made a couple of days earlier and add some rice to it in hopes of camouflaging the vegetables from my daughter.
Today I have video conferencing for school. The whole class is just chaos and I have told the head of the program that I will not do this again. On the plus side Finlandia University has offered me an online teaching position. eCollege works beautifully and I wouldn't mind teaching for them if I get to use eCollege. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Anna is getting quite willful and it's a struggle at this point to get her to do anything we want her to. Bed time is painful and so is getting out of bed. Putting on clothing is a joke. It's all we can do to convince her that putting on underwear and clothes is a good thing and that you can't wear PJ's to daycare. Now she's constantly hungry as well. I think she's going through a growth spurt. For all of her stubbornness she so much fun and an excellent snuggler. We are her favorite climbing toys after all. I never thought I'd have to protect my belly from so many daily assaults. She climbs, and jumps and just is generally all over me most of the time. She's going through a mommy phase...meaning that only mommy can help or put her to bed, get her milk, etc etc etc. When she's upset she runs to mommy and hangs off my pants. I drag her around the kitchen while trying to get dinner done as she's hanging from my pants leg yelling, "mommy, moooooommmyyyyyy, mooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmyyyyyyy". You get the idea. I hope this is a short phase. JP tries so hard to appease her but he mostly gets...,"Daddy, go away". In Anna's defense though, JP does tease her a lot ;).
She's also getting very good at procrastinating before bed time. "Mommy I'm thirsty, hungry or have to potty" It's sometimes hard to tell when she really needs something or if she's just trying to pull the wool over my eyes. If she can't get my attention she's learned that if she says, "mommy I have to potty" I will put down whatever I'm doing and help her potty. Ah...but this mommy is a learning creature. Now I've learned that she doesn't need me in the bathroom and I just tell her to go on her own. She calls if she needs me. She does push her limits :). I wouldn't expect anything less.
She surprised me yesterday by counting to 10 in English! We were in the car and there are speed bumps on the way home from daycare. I always count down to the bumps, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, bump! She responded yesterday by starting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...and then continued on up! It's nothing we've been consciously working on but she's caught on. Smart little thing. I talk to her about all sorts of things in the car on the way home. I ask her how her day was etc. Yesterday, my car was making a horrible squeaking noise and I said to Anna, "Mommy's car is noisy today. It's squeaky!" She responded, "terrible!". Pretty funny eh? It's amazing what little ones absorb on a daily basis.
I've been good though....I've been eating breakfast every morning. It usually includes some whole grain cereal with dried berries. It's almost painful to eat because of it's lack of sugar but that means it's good for me right? I then usually have either pears or apples as a snack before lunch. Then I have lunch. I must admit I'm not always so good about the lunch. Sometimes it's salads and healthy things but today, I confess, was fast food. The chicken burger was awfully good and the fries were delicious *insert devious laughter here*. For dinner I'm going to reheat some chicken pot pie I made a couple of days earlier and add some rice to it in hopes of camouflaging the vegetables from my daughter.
Today I have video conferencing for school. The whole class is just chaos and I have told the head of the program that I will not do this again. On the plus side Finlandia University has offered me an online teaching position. eCollege works beautifully and I wouldn't mind teaching for them if I get to use eCollege. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Anna is getting quite willful and it's a struggle at this point to get her to do anything we want her to. Bed time is painful and so is getting out of bed. Putting on clothing is a joke. It's all we can do to convince her that putting on underwear and clothes is a good thing and that you can't wear PJ's to daycare. Now she's constantly hungry as well. I think she's going through a growth spurt. For all of her stubbornness she so much fun and an excellent snuggler. We are her favorite climbing toys after all. I never thought I'd have to protect my belly from so many daily assaults. She climbs, and jumps and just is generally all over me most of the time. She's going through a mommy phase...meaning that only mommy can help or put her to bed, get her milk, etc etc etc. When she's upset she runs to mommy and hangs off my pants. I drag her around the kitchen while trying to get dinner done as she's hanging from my pants leg yelling, "mommy, moooooommmyyyyyy, mooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmyyyyyyy". You get the idea. I hope this is a short phase. JP tries so hard to appease her but he mostly gets...,"Daddy, go away". In Anna's defense though, JP does tease her a lot ;).
She's also getting very good at procrastinating before bed time. "Mommy I'm thirsty, hungry or have to potty" It's sometimes hard to tell when she really needs something or if she's just trying to pull the wool over my eyes. If she can't get my attention she's learned that if she says, "mommy I have to potty" I will put down whatever I'm doing and help her potty. Ah...but this mommy is a learning creature. Now I've learned that she doesn't need me in the bathroom and I just tell her to go on her own. She calls if she needs me. She does push her limits :). I wouldn't expect anything less.
She surprised me yesterday by counting to 10 in English! We were in the car and there are speed bumps on the way home from daycare. I always count down to the bumps, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, bump! She responded yesterday by starting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...and then continued on up! It's nothing we've been consciously working on but she's caught on. Smart little thing. I talk to her about all sorts of things in the car on the way home. I ask her how her day was etc. Yesterday, my car was making a horrible squeaking noise and I said to Anna, "Mommy's car is noisy today. It's squeaky!" She responded, "terrible!". Pretty funny eh? It's amazing what little ones absorb on a daily basis.
Friday, September 14, 2007
13 weeks 3 days - First trimester is almost over!
I'm sorry it's been a while since I've written. I've been swamped with the chaos that is my e-business course. I don't even want to talk about it as my blood pressure rises astronomically when I think about it. I think it's best to let sleeping dogs lie for a little while.The pregnancy is going well. I've got a bit of a belly and I swear I've felt the little guy move. It seems a little early for that but I swear that's what I'm feeling. I've had another ultrasound done on the 6th of September. You can see it on the right. Click it for a bigger picture. You can clearly see the head on the left, its eye, ear and spine. The baby is facing downwards.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
12 weeks - still coughing
I've survived the worst part of the flu which of course struck over the weekend. I could do without all the phlegm and coughing though. The fact that I can't use any medication is a serious bummer. I can't even use Vicks vaporub. How bogus is that? I just sit around and watch everyone else feel better.
I've made it to the 12 week mark. This means that there is only 1 week left in the first trimester and I can start looking forward to feeling bright and shiny again. I'm tired of being tired. I forgot about how badly maternity jeans fall down. I've been pulling them up all day. How irritating. If I recall they don't get any better as the belly gets bigger. The baby should be the size of a lime by now. I have another ultrasound on the 6th of September and I'm looking forward to seeing the little one.
I've made it to the 12 week mark. This means that there is only 1 week left in the first trimester and I can start looking forward to feeling bright and shiny again. I'm tired of being tired. I forgot about how badly maternity jeans fall down. I've been pulling them up all day. How irritating. If I recall they don't get any better as the belly gets bigger. The baby should be the size of a lime by now. I have another ultrasound on the 6th of September and I'm looking forward to seeing the little one.
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