I can't sleep at night anymore. Between peeing 10x/night, feeling horrible backaches due to my ever-growing belly, my not being able to breathe (what's the deal with pregnancy and, uh, congestion??) and my all-nighter tossing and turning, trying to feel just a little bit comfortable in a weird shaped body, I feel more tired at 6AM than I did when I went to bed. Every little thing wakes me up too. I am awakened by my husband even if he "breathes" a bit bit louder. One would think that nature would have worked this out so that we, pregnant women, could sleep a lot before baby, to make up for the lack of sleep that we'll endure after baby???
Oh and I broke yet another barrier: I have managed to gain THIRTY FIVE POUNDS in seven months. That's how much I'm supposed to gain thruout my entire pregnancy! And I know I'm going to sound like the overweight who's in denial, but I don't think I'm eating a heck of a lot more than before, surely not enough to justify a 35 pound gain! I started this pregnancy a bit underweight (I have horrific stomach problems and I feel a lot of pain whenever I eat, so I ate very little as to avoid feeling pain and indigestion - this issue disappeared the second I got pregnant - maybe nature is perfect after all) and I have read somewhere that if you are, for the most part, eating somewhat healthy, but still, you are retaining everything you eat, is because your body needs it. And honestly, considering all the other things that are concerning me, one thing that is just not on my mind at all is my weight gain - except of course, when I go to my monthly OB appointment and I see a record of my weight gain on my chart (And I have to admit: I hate my pudgy legs, my swollen face, my mis-shaped nose too).
I'll be doing the glucose test next week - I hear horrific things about this test and I am not looking forward to it (not because I am worried about its results but because I am just not looking forward to drinking the goo that they'll give me and then waiting an hour to have the test done). My blood pressure is totally normal. My belly is growing as it should. Baby moves so much and sometimes can actually I see her move when I look at my belly. I had one or two episodes of morning sickness and heart-burn during my entire pregnancy, so far. My feet and fingers aren't swollen (my wedding ring still fits me!) ~ Physically, I am having the ideal pregnancy. Too bad I am such a mess emotionally. Nothing is perfect after all. But Wednesday is my u/s and next week, life should go back to normal (no more bed-rest). Thank goodness.
Today has been a good day. We went to Smokey Bones for lunch (and this adorable girl waited on us and she talked, talked and talked away and told us about her travels and boyfriend and stuff and John looked at me with a huge smile on his face and said: honey, can you believe we'll be having a girl in 3 months? To which I responded, can you imagine if she talks as much as this girl? -- And the 2 of us said at the same time: It would be so much fun!), then we went to Lowes (we started some home improvement projects to get ready for baby), made an obligatory stop at Cold Stone Creamery and a quick pit-stop at David's Bridal (to grab some catalogues for my sister).
Now, as I am typing away, John is taking a nap. I just glanced at him and he looks so peaceful, so incredibly gorgeous. I rented 2 movies yesterday, which we may or may not watch tonight. We have no food in the house, so we may or may not have dinner here.
In reality, it doesn't really matter -- I have no clue what's next but whatever it is, I'm looking forward to it because I'll be doing it with my best friend, my favorite person in the world. We always have the best time together. We always have so much fun....
Oh and I broke yet another barrier: I have managed to gain THIRTY FIVE POUNDS in seven months. That's how much I'm supposed to gain thruout my entire pregnancy! And I know I'm going to sound like the overweight who's in denial, but I don't think I'm eating a heck of a lot more than before, surely not enough to justify a 35 pound gain! I started this pregnancy a bit underweight (I have horrific stomach problems and I feel a lot of pain whenever I eat, so I ate very little as to avoid feeling pain and indigestion - this issue disappeared the second I got pregnant - maybe nature is perfect after all) and I have read somewhere that if you are, for the most part, eating somewhat healthy, but still, you are retaining everything you eat, is because your body needs it. And honestly, considering all the other things that are concerning me, one thing that is just not on my mind at all is my weight gain - except of course, when I go to my monthly OB appointment and I see a record of my weight gain on my chart (And I have to admit: I hate my pudgy legs, my swollen face, my mis-shaped nose too).
I'll be doing the glucose test next week - I hear horrific things about this test and I am not looking forward to it (not because I am worried about its results but because I am just not looking forward to drinking the goo that they'll give me and then waiting an hour to have the test done). My blood pressure is totally normal. My belly is growing as it should. Baby moves so much and sometimes can actually I see her move when I look at my belly. I had one or two episodes of morning sickness and heart-burn during my entire pregnancy, so far. My feet and fingers aren't swollen (my wedding ring still fits me!) ~ Physically, I am having the ideal pregnancy. Too bad I am such a mess emotionally. Nothing is perfect after all. But Wednesday is my u/s and next week, life should go back to normal (no more bed-rest). Thank goodness.
Today has been a good day. We went to Smokey Bones for lunch (and this adorable girl waited on us and she talked, talked and talked away and told us about her travels and boyfriend and stuff and John looked at me with a huge smile on his face and said: honey, can you believe we'll be having a girl in 3 months? To which I responded, can you imagine if she talks as much as this girl? -- And the 2 of us said at the same time: It would be so much fun!), then we went to Lowes (we started some home improvement projects to get ready for baby), made an obligatory stop at Cold Stone Creamery and a quick pit-stop at David's Bridal (to grab some catalogues for my sister).
Now, as I am typing away, John is taking a nap. I just glanced at him and he looks so peaceful, so incredibly gorgeous. I rented 2 movies yesterday, which we may or may not watch tonight. We have no food in the house, so we may or may not have dinner here.
In reality, it doesn't really matter -- I have no clue what's next but whatever it is, I'm looking forward to it because I'll be doing it with my best friend, my favorite person in the world. We always have the best time together. We always have so much fun....
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