There is a reason why you never see a lot of pregnant women at Disneyland. Exhaustion. Total, absolute, and complete exhaustion.
The trip was planned before I got pregnant. My sister-in-law double-checked with me to see if I wanted to still go because I told her the number one symptom I've had all week was fatigue, which is the primary reason why I haven't blogged. Too damn tired to do anything.
Month: March 2013
Today, I'm in my sixth week of pregnancy! Let's check Yoda's progress:
According to What to Expect When You're Expecting:
Your Baby in Week 6 of Pregnancy
You might be coping with full-blown pregnancy symptoms (sorry), but there's plenty of good news too. Your baby's jaw, cheeks, chin, eyes, ears, and nose are beginning to form what will eventually become one adorable face. In addition, her kidneys, liver, and lungs are developing,
Today, we met with our acupuncturist, Novella. She specializes in pretty much everything: stress-relief, weight-loss, back pain, fertility, and pregnancy. The last time we saw her, we were trying to get pregnant. Now we'll keep seeing her since we're pregnant.
My main purpose of going to acupuncture is just to relax. Being pregnant after a loss is not fun. Being pregnant after a late loss really isn't fun. I'm okay
When I was pregnant with Ethan, I used regular headphones to play music for him. I introduced him to Keith Sweat, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, and classical music. I also had Maks speak Russian to him on a daily basis so Ethan would learn Russian and be familiar with Maks's voice. Needless to say we're going to do the same with Yoda, even though I think Yoda might
Though I have my occasional fat girl pregnant woman cravings, I do try to eat as healthy as possible. I tend to go by this book, which I highly recommend:
[caption id="attachment_130" align="aligncenter" width="224"] A healthy pregnant mama's eating for two bible[/caption]
If you haven't picked it up, get it! Get it for you, get it for your girlfriend, get it for your co-worker. It has the what you can and
I have expensive taste. My friends know that. My family knows that. My husband knew that before our first date. I'm not ridiculous with my taste. For example, I probably won't spend more than $300 on a pair of shoes, despite how much I want to own a pair of Louboutins. Actually, let me correct that - I probably won't spend more than $100 on a pair of shoes
No soda for Yoda.
I decided to have a Sprite today with my lunch and boy was that a bad idea. It was way too sweet for me. Like, I'm not even sure I finished a quarter of it. I even took a picture of it:
No more soda for Yoda. I swear this kid is making me healthier already.
In interesting news, I had a follow-up phone conversation with Dr. Davis.
[caption id="attachment_109" align="aligncenter" width="217"] Yeah, this is an accurate description of me today.[/caption]
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Those are the respective times I kept getting up last night to go pee. I finally went to sleep around 7:45 and had two and a half hour nap. I'm still tired, actually. I'm finally eating breakfast when I should be getting ready for lunch. Oh hell, my clock is totally off now.
Last night, I couldn't quite
Today, I went to my family practitioner to confirm the pregnancy. I didn't want to go for a number of reasons. One, I didn't want to pay for an expensive pregnancy test (more on that in a bit). And two, probably the most important reason, I didn't want news that would upset me such as 'Um, you're not pregnant.'
Let me explain the second one.
With my first pregnancy, we discovered I