Weeks/Days along: I banned myself from the counting of days & weeks this pregnancy in order to preserve my "post date" sanity! How about somewhere between 9-11?
Appointments: My first midwife appointment is this Thursday! I'm SO excited - I already love them!
Symptoms: Still alternating extremes. I'm either "totally over it! Feeling completely normal!" or completely out of commission throwing up and peeing my pants! Today I feel GREAT! "Totally over the morning sickness!" um... again...
Food: Completely obsessed - SO hungry ALL of the time! I'm having a really hard time following my low carb diet. I typically stay under 30 carbs/day to simultaneously treat metabolic syndrome/insulin resistance & my seizure disorder. Lately it's been anywhere from 50-150 - yesterday was well over 200! I didn't even count!
It seems like since I've upped my carbs to stay out of ketosis (debate ensues regarding the impact of ketosis on fetuses, but I'm just not comfortable with it) I've been carb crazy! Yesterday I even ate potato chips! I have NEVER liked potato chips! I want pie so bad I'm regularly DREAMING about eating it! How messed up is that?
Exercise: Going to the YMCA for classes Tue/Th again. I walk around our neighborhood to run errands, but other than that I've given up my usual vigorous exercise routine. I'll pick it up again once healed, but I really don't feel comfortable with it while preggers.
I DEFINITELY want to stay moving this pregnancy though. I was such a whiney baby last time, I know it affected me negatively in more ways than one! Don't get me wrong - I'm floored sometimes like the next woman, but seriously - last pregnancy I did not do a THING! Even when I felt FINE!
Body changes and other milestones: Oh I totally popped weeks ago. It's ridiculous. I had a horrible abdominal seperation last pregnancy. I JUST got to a place I could do full sit ups & once I hit 2 months I opened back up.
I have uterus bulging at the bottom & intestines busting out of the top and major bloating going on all the time. Sexy! I can't even sit up out of bed without that lovely mound in the middle of my stomach where my abs seperate & let everything out. It's so painful! DEFINITELY staying active this pregnancy! If I don't I might come apart in two!
Thoughts: I'm amazed by how much I'm not feeling like rushing this pregnancy. With Syd I was so hyper focused on the end product; this time I know that baby is going to come & we're going to be even busier!
I've been trying to "connect" more - at night when I I'll visualize baby. Sometimes not having baby obsession concerns me - "what if something's wrong!?" paranoia insanity etc, but I give it up to God & focus on living my life with strength and duty (you know... when I'm not eating, sleeping, reading mommy blogs or posting on MDC
) I know whatever will be will be!
ALSO SO READY FOR SUMMER TO BE OVER! DOWN with the heat! IN with the Fall! (...and Thanksgiving turkey! And PIE!
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