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
There's one thing about pregnancy I don't understand. The nausea. How is that I'm okay before I eat but right after I eat, I feel like
Thank goodness for these:
I got these at Whole Foods. They're pretty good. They don't taste any different from regular saltine crackers. They're also so cute! They come in different shapes!
So I can no longer sleep on my stomach. I never knew how much I
Today, Yoda is five weeks gestation! I'm officially in the second month of pregnancy. Woo-hoo! Let's see Yoda' s progress:
According to baby-gaga.com:
The changes to your growing embryo are not quite as drastic this week as they've been in the last few weeks.
Growth is now focused on your wee manatee's head, which is developing and growing much more rapidly than the rest of their tiny body. This is because their
Today, another one of my IC mamas lost her baby. She was 20 weeks along. It was her third loss. She had previously lost a 16-weeker, a 19-weeker, and now a 20-weeker.
I gave her my thoughts and prayers. And then I went into my bathroom and shed some tears for her. I wondered why. Why her? Why again? She had a TVC, but I'm not sure if it was the