HOW ARE YOU FEELING: Overall, I have still been feeling quite good most of the time. No sickness, just tired more than usual, if I can I have a nap pretty much every day. Also my emotions are a bit all over the place, see below for a description of my latest paranoia, plus a lot of people are asking me various questions along the lines of how this baby will affect my career and the truth is I really have no idea, and that is a bit of a scary thought.
FOOD PATROL: The eating in the middle of the night thing has started back up again, I typically am waking up around 4:00 AM to eat a bowl of cereal or peanut butter toast. Then I eat big meals all day typically. I try to eat healthy-ish food, but don't limit the amount I feel like eating, which is a lot!
ARE YOU STARTING TO SHOW: In (probably) related news, I've started to show a little. I have to post pics to show you all! On one hand, I like it because I am finally getting some physical evidence a baby exists, but I also don't like it because it feels a little like I am getting fat. But the eating lots part is kinda nice.
WHEN ARE YOU POSTING PICS: Soon! I promise. They are on my phone, at 18w I will take another one and post them all.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT ANY MATERNITY CLOTHES YET: Yes! Thanks to a trip to Seattle this weekend, I have bought my first few pieces of maternity clothes. I have not been able to button my regular jeans for a while now, and using a hairband to keep them up is starting to feel a little ghetto, so I bought a pair of maternity jeans at Gap. I have a hard enough time shopping for jeans, I was worried I would never find a maternity pair I liked, but the first pair I tried on looked and felt great! If you don't know, these things are like a cross between yoga pants and jeans! I was amazed. Why did no one tell me about these before? They are so comfortable! And they look just like jeans. I can wear them at work and they FEEL LIKE YOGA PANTS! I may never go back to regular jeans. I also bought a couple tops because some of my regular ones are getting too short. And there is this thing called a "belly band" which is designed for use with jeans that don't button, it is elastic and you wear it over the undone button and zipper of regular jeans and it turns regular jeans into elastic-waist jeans. So we will see how that works out.
HAVE YOU STARTED TO FEEL THE BABY MOVE YET: No, not yet! And it is freaking me out a bit.
HAS THE PARANOIA KICKED IN: Sorta. You see, there are all these baby forums on the internet. Everyone warned me against joining them, but I have found them a source of community and answers to some questions. But now a few people (out of the thousands and thousands on the forums) are reporting that they going into their ultrasounds and finding there is no heartbeat, and that is basically the most horrible thing ever. Because I haven't felt the baby move yet I am getting paranoid about this. Baby, start moving already! Anyway, my next midwife appointment isn't until the 4th of next month, I am thinking about going in early and having them look for the heartbeat just so I can stop worrying but part of me thinks a) I am just being paranoid and b) it is very unlikely that anything bad has happened anyway and c) When did I turn into a crazy woman? and d) whatever is going to happen is going to happen anyway, there isn't much I can do about it more than I am already doing so I should just try to be calm and not run around like a chicken with my head cut off. I will keep you all updated on whether the paranoia wins out or not. Were any of you paranoid like this when you were pregnant?
UPDATE Mar 21: I think I felt the baby move! So I feel better now. No more paranoia.
FOOD CRAVINGS: I have been through spicy, and salty, and I guess that's pretty much it. Someone ate microwave popcorn at work the other day and I really wanted some bad so I asked Mahesh to pick some up on his way home, but that kind of thing isn't so unusual.
Any other questions? Feel free to ask! Or offer advice or words of comfort about my paranoia. Until next time,
Mona
FOOD PATROL: The eating in the middle of the night thing has started back up again, I typically am waking up around 4:00 AM to eat a bowl of cereal or peanut butter toast. Then I eat big meals all day typically. I try to eat healthy-ish food, but don't limit the amount I feel like eating, which is a lot!
ARE YOU STARTING TO SHOW: In (probably) related news, I've started to show a little. I have to post pics to show you all! On one hand, I like it because I am finally getting some physical evidence a baby exists, but I also don't like it because it feels a little like I am getting fat. But the eating lots part is kinda nice.
WHEN ARE YOU POSTING PICS: Soon! I promise. They are on my phone, at 18w I will take another one and post them all.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT ANY MATERNITY CLOTHES YET: Yes! Thanks to a trip to Seattle this weekend, I have bought my first few pieces of maternity clothes. I have not been able to button my regular jeans for a while now, and using a hairband to keep them up is starting to feel a little ghetto, so I bought a pair of maternity jeans at Gap. I have a hard enough time shopping for jeans, I was worried I would never find a maternity pair I liked, but the first pair I tried on looked and felt great! If you don't know, these things are like a cross between yoga pants and jeans! I was amazed. Why did no one tell me about these before? They are so comfortable! And they look just like jeans. I can wear them at work and they FEEL LIKE YOGA PANTS! I may never go back to regular jeans. I also bought a couple tops because some of my regular ones are getting too short. And there is this thing called a "belly band" which is designed for use with jeans that don't button, it is elastic and you wear it over the undone button and zipper of regular jeans and it turns regular jeans into elastic-waist jeans. So we will see how that works out.
HAVE YOU STARTED TO FEEL THE BABY MOVE YET: No, not yet! And it is freaking me out a bit.
HAS THE PARANOIA KICKED IN: Sorta. You see, there are all these baby forums on the internet. Everyone warned me against joining them, but I have found them a source of community and answers to some questions. But now a few people (out of the thousands and thousands on the forums) are reporting that they going into their ultrasounds and finding there is no heartbeat, and that is basically the most horrible thing ever. Because I haven't felt the baby move yet I am getting paranoid about this. Baby, start moving already! Anyway, my next midwife appointment isn't until the 4th of next month, I am thinking about going in early and having them look for the heartbeat just so I can stop worrying but part of me thinks a) I am just being paranoid and b) it is very unlikely that anything bad has happened anyway and c) When did I turn into a crazy woman? and d) whatever is going to happen is going to happen anyway, there isn't much I can do about it more than I am already doing so I should just try to be calm and not run around like a chicken with my head cut off. I will keep you all updated on whether the paranoia wins out or not. Were any of you paranoid like this when you were pregnant?
UPDATE Mar 21: I think I felt the baby move! So I feel better now. No more paranoia.
FOOD CRAVINGS: I have been through spicy, and salty, and I guess that's pretty much it. Someone ate microwave popcorn at work the other day and I really wanted some bad so I asked Mahesh to pick some up on his way home, but that kind of thing isn't so unusual.
Any other questions? Feel free to ask! Or offer advice or words of comfort about my paranoia. Until next time,
Mona
Paranoid here... I saw the preview for the last episode of 19 kids and counting... Just the preview and was in tears... this was 2 days before my ultrasound apt. I couldn't wait to get in there and make sure everything was good. don't let it win. I am sure nothing is wrong and everything will be perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tracy! I feel kicks now so I am much less paranoid!
ReplyDelete