What a week! To be a “short” work week, it has been the longest one in awhile. Today I believe is the longest day; it’s only 1:00 and I feel like it should be at least 5:00.
Tomorrow is a busy day for us. I have an appointment mid-morning, then Brian’s step-cousin is getting married in Oxford, and later that night on the way back into town, we will be stopping by to help celebrate Ashley’s 30th birthday! I hope I can make it for at least an hour at the party or longer. I’m going to force myself to make sure we get pictures this weekend. I haven’t had any recent pictures of us and weddings always make for great picture taking times! I do see trying to take a nap late afternoon to prepare for the long evening. If I’m this tired now, I don’t want to know how I will feel trying to keep up with a newborn, much less those late night feedings and earlier mornings.
Thankfully, I think I have finally hit the stage where I am feeling better during the pregnancy. I am starting to be able to eat meat again, still have no desire for chicken unless it is in a quesadilla. Granted I had a moment after eating a hotdog today where I was thinking I shouldn’t have.
While I feel like I’m getting energy back, most food does not appeal to me still. I am having to make myself eat due to if I get too hungry I start to feel sick. Crazy how that happens, it’s a Catch-22. You are so hungry, but yet when you try to eat something you have to stop before you regret it. Mornings have been pretty rough in that category for me this week. I wake up STARVING, yet nothing appeals to me and I cannot get it down. If anyone out there has any tips on how not to wake up STARVING in the mornings please share. I am really struggling with this. I have never been a breakfast person as it is, so it’s been a challenge for me to eat something before I even leave the house. Typically OJ will help raise my blood sugar to help the sickness go away, but then nothing appeals to me to eat.
I think after 4 months, I’m starting to “show” a little bit. I am still able to wear my normal cloths without any un-comfortableness at all. While I’m ready to start looking a little pregnant, I’m not sure if I’m ready for the plunge of maternity clothes yet. I’m hoping that I can still fit in the dress I’m planning to wear tomorrow night for the wedding. While I haven't gain any weight yet, I feel “different”. I am hoping I can hold off any weight gain for at least another month. I know it’s ok to gain weight, but I’m not quite ready for that either. I guess I’m afraid that if I start to gain weight, I might gain too much. I eat healthy(ok so I try to) pretty much and watch what I eat, but I’m just worried. I try to tell myself that I have about 7-10lbs to play with due to I have lost about that much since becoming pregnant; so even if I do gain weight, I won’t be too much over my original weight I hope. Fingers crossed.
My next doctor’s appointment is next Friday; I really like these Friday afternoon appointments. The office is pretty much empty (ok, so it was last month) and you are called back quickly and out quickly. I was really hoping to have another sonogram done this time so we could find out the sex of “it” (it will be nice not to have to call it “it”), but I’m not scheduled for one. So one more month of waiting!!!! It really sucks having to wait another month. People have asked me what I want, but I honestly do not care for many reasons. One, I just want a healthy child, two, this is one time I honestly have no control over; so why get attached to one sex or another and it not turn out the way I want it and be upset, and three, three, ok so there is no three only two reasons I don’t care. I don’t have any feelings either way either. The only thing that I have to go off is the heart rate and from what I have heard from others. Both times the heart rate has been 172/171; which typically leans toward a girl. I am curious to see what the heart rate will be this visit since it supposedly slows down some. Go ahead and start placing your “bets” on what it is!
Cheers to the weekend!!!
3 comments:
Holy moly I am so out of the loop and need to catch up on blogs... CONGRATULATIONS! I had no idea you were expecting and you are 4 months along, seriously I must have fallen off the face of the earth! I am very very excited for you guys!
As for the part about in the mornings and not doing so great - I'm not sure if you can stomach a peanut butter sandwich, but eat one before you go to bed. It's filling and so when you wake up you aren't as nauseated. Also, make sure you are taking your prenatal vitamin at night so that you aren't nausiated during the day. Mine made my tummy feel weird, thus vomity, so I switched to nights and it helped.
You may have tried these things, but I haven't read back on your blog since I was so excited for you I had to post ASAP!
I vote girl with that heart rate.
Keep us posted about the good the bad and the ugly! I still love looking back at my blog a year and a half later to see "where I was"
YAY!
Thanks!!!! You are out of the loop! ;)
Susan said the same thing about eating peatnut butter before going to bed. I tried it this weekend and it seemed to help. I willing to do whatever to not wake up feeling like I haven't eaten in a day and then not being able to eat due to being so hungry it makes me nausea.
Before I got pregnant and started taking prenatal vitamins, I took them at night because a friend had told me she did that to help with prevent the nausea.
I am also out of the loop - Congratulations on your pregnancy!! I am so excited and happy for you. Motherhood is such a wonderful gift. You will experience so much love and joy! I look forward to hearing all about your growing tummy and want to see pics!! I am going to bet that you are having a girl but I could definitely be wrong. I thought Walker was going to be a girl and obviously he wasn't. I don't get to visit your blog often because my computer time is limited these days. But the kids are napping so I am catching up on friends. Again - CONGRATS!! I'll start tuning in more so I can keep up with you and that little life growing inside of you! Isn't it amazing?!?
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