Wow. I have been so drained today! I woke up this morning feeling more exhausted than I felt before going to bed last night, and although I didn't sleep extremely well, it wasn't terrible sleep either. I had a headache last night as well, so I figured it and the exhaustion must be pregnancy related--or at least related to each other. A newsletter in my inbox this morning confirmed my suspicions: apparently I'm going through a hormonal overhaul this week--the placenta is taking over hormone production from my body (but wait--isn't the placenta a part of my body?), so I'm getting a hormonal switcheroo. Still not understanding it, though. At least I know I should be back to somewhat "normal" (whatever that is) next week. :) Yay! Sixish days and counting until the end of my first trimester.
I'm not really dealing with the nausea anymore (and I've been off the nausea meds for a week), so if I can just get past this exhaustion, I'll be able to really enjoy this miracle. Compared to my first two pregnancies, this is a speedy little miracle! I can't believe it's already been two months since we discovered our SLM (look up). Time is going so quickly. And Wednesday is the first of July, so the year is half over. You know what that means, right? Christmas. Christmas is almost here. As ready as I am for the weather to cool down and for me to pull out my Christmas mp4s on iTunes, I am just not ready for Christmas. And that is all because after Christmas, it's only a few short weeks away from the impending arrival of SLM. And as excited as I am about this pregnancy, it seems like it is going SO quickly.
Random Subject Change. Every Wednesday night in July, we are having what we call Kidz @ Nite at our church. It's basically a Kids' Church service on Wednesday nights. A little different because we will be having special guest skits every Wednesday night--we don't have skits every single Sunday. I imagine there will be other differences as well, but I don't know what all of them are yet. Trav and I will be heavily involved on these Wednesday nights, so July is going to pass quickly. But that brings me to my ultrasound and my visit to Arizona in August, so it's all good. I'm so glad my u/s is before I go to see my sister. I hope the baby participates!
August will be a busy month as well--Bethany's birthday is the third, my u/s is the eleventh, my mom's b-day is the 24th, and I'll be gone for a week somewhere in there!
SO many people at church are asking me if I feel the baby move yet, and I just want to ask them to stop asking. I don't, of course. Even more are asking if I know the gender yet. Some of these ask me EVERY week, and I want to tell them, "My u/s is August 11th--I told you that last week, and the week before that--and besides, my parents are the pastors of the church...don't you think they'd have announced it if we knew?" And if they didn't announce it and we knew, it's none of your business anyway....
But I am a nice pregnant woman. :) I do my very best not to take out my hormones out on people. I also try not to allow the temporary stupidity that pregnant women seem to induce in other people get to me too very much. But seriously, I don't think I can do another six months of, "you're getting SO big!" Why do people think that it's okay to say insulting things to pregnant women? Especially pregnant women who in the last two years just lost 60 lbs?
As negative as I may sound, I'm actually in a pretty good mood. This stuff bugs me, but it's funny sometimes too...at least for other people. So I figure my suffering can mean something if perhaps it makes you laugh. :) Hopefully you are out there. :)
Those of you who are mommies already or pregnant along with me--I want to know if you have experienced a strange phenomena that I recently experienced. A person who, prior to this pregnancy, probably would not have given me the time of day saw me, gave me a big small, and rushed over to give me a hug. Maybe my hormones are so strong they reached out and lassoed this person, I don't know...that could explain my exhaustion today. :) Well, it explains it better than a part of my body taking over hormone production from a part of my body so that my body is no longer putting out so many hormones. Huh? :)
On a sad note, I noticed just a little while ago that my favorite Old Navy yoga pants are getting a hole in them. In a spot where I will be unable to wear them once the hole actually wears through. Bummer. I don't know how much longer I would have been able to wear them anyway, but it's still a bummer to toss a fave pair of comfy pants.
Being serious here (and I know you'll probably laugh or think I'm crazy anyway), I think that dogs can sense, and possibly are affected by, pregnancy hormones. And I don't mean their own. I mean Pixie (my dog) has taken on some personality changes recently, and it's definitely been since I got pregnant. For one, she wants to be in my lap or right by me in bed (yes, she sleeps with us--has since she was a puppy) a lot more than she used to. She did this with my previous two pregnancies as well. She's also getting a bit more aggressive with the girls if they are running, hitting each other, or if they get too close to me with what Pixie deems as a potentially harmful attitude. And here's a funny one. :) She takes the rawhide (I think) chews I bought to help clean her teeth, and she carries them around the house, whimpering, until she finds a place to hide it. If one hiding place does not suit, she continues around the house, sometimes crying out as if in pain (not yelping, just crying), until she finally takes it under our bed. Or at least I assume it's under our bed because I haven't seen the five or six I've given her in quite some time now. I have yet to find her chewing on one. I don't know if she thinks we're going to forget to feed her, or if we're going to forget to feed the baby, or what--but I wish I could explain to her that although the baby might enjoy chewing Pixie's doggie chews, I really prefer that he/she not. :) She has always been a really good dog, but this is bordering a little on eccentric. :)
I guess I've gone on long enough. I hope that each of you (if you really are there) have a lovely week. Please feel free to leave comments so I know I'm not just writing for phantoms. :)
Misty
Monday, June 29, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Things have been so crazy lately, but here I am. :)
Last week was Kids' Discipleship Day Camp. It went really well but boy did I feel exhausted afterward! Lots of fun though.
I am now less than a week from my second trimester and feeling pretty good--thanks to modern medicine, anyway! :) I can't believe that I've come so far already...it's going so quickly. :) My u/s is scheduled for August 11, and I can't wait! We are so excited to find out what we're expecting. :)
I am "showing" now, but it's only because my uterus pushed the belly fat out. Hopefully I'll be able to avoid belly-rubbers for a few more weeks until the baby is actually sticking out some. :) (Or if I'm lucky, maybe I'll be able to avoid them all together!)
I had my first ob/gyn appointment last week--although I have not met Dr. Delcharco yet. I saw the nurse midwife--her name is Roana and she is wonderful! She had no problem with scheduling my u/s a little early so that I could do it before going to visit my sister, she wheeled in a mini-u/s machine so I could see the baby, and she asked me (without me mentioning it) if I wanted a prescription for nausea. :) She also was very supportive of me not getting the screening tests (for Down Syndrome, etc.) done, and she was just very sweet and supportive all around. :) My next appointment is in July, but I forget what day. :)
Seeing the baby was wonderful. The picture wasn't great quality, but it was so fun. :) The baby was flipping around and wiggling, and at one point, even seemed to be waving. I can't wait for my official u/s! :)
I better get going for now...thinking about taking the girls out back to the little pool we're borrowing from my parents for the summer. :) Hope you are all doing well! Can't wait to hear from you. :)
Last week was Kids' Discipleship Day Camp. It went really well but boy did I feel exhausted afterward! Lots of fun though.
I am now less than a week from my second trimester and feeling pretty good--thanks to modern medicine, anyway! :) I can't believe that I've come so far already...it's going so quickly. :) My u/s is scheduled for August 11, and I can't wait! We are so excited to find out what we're expecting. :)
I am "showing" now, but it's only because my uterus pushed the belly fat out. Hopefully I'll be able to avoid belly-rubbers for a few more weeks until the baby is actually sticking out some. :) (Or if I'm lucky, maybe I'll be able to avoid them all together!)
I had my first ob/gyn appointment last week--although I have not met Dr. Delcharco yet. I saw the nurse midwife--her name is Roana and she is wonderful! She had no problem with scheduling my u/s a little early so that I could do it before going to visit my sister, she wheeled in a mini-u/s machine so I could see the baby, and she asked me (without me mentioning it) if I wanted a prescription for nausea. :) She also was very supportive of me not getting the screening tests (for Down Syndrome, etc.) done, and she was just very sweet and supportive all around. :) My next appointment is in July, but I forget what day. :)
Seeing the baby was wonderful. The picture wasn't great quality, but it was so fun. :) The baby was flipping around and wiggling, and at one point, even seemed to be waving. I can't wait for my official u/s! :)
I better get going for now...thinking about taking the girls out back to the little pool we're borrowing from my parents for the summer. :) Hope you are all doing well! Can't wait to hear from you. :)
Monday, June 8, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
We are back from vacation! We actually arrived back home Friday afternoon, but we've been super-busy since then. :) I'm out of nausea meds until Thursday evening, so I was trying to get as much done this weekend as possible in case I'm feeling lousy this week.
We had a wonderful vacation. It was very busy though. I took one day easy after a little light spotting, but other than that, it was go-go-go! And I'm doing fine...making sure not to carry the girls or even pick them up unless absolutely necessary.
Three weeks left to my first trimester. Wow, this is going fast! A week from tomorrow is my first ob/gyn appointment. I'm excited and a little nervous.
I turned 27 last Wednesday. I have to admit, edging closer to thirty makes me feel weird. But my sister got engaged on my birthday, so it was a pretty exciting day!
I better get going for now...still have a lot to do to catch up!
Misty :)
We had a wonderful vacation. It was very busy though. I took one day easy after a little light spotting, but other than that, it was go-go-go! And I'm doing fine...making sure not to carry the girls or even pick them up unless absolutely necessary.
Three weeks left to my first trimester. Wow, this is going fast! A week from tomorrow is my first ob/gyn appointment. I'm excited and a little nervous.
I turned 27 last Wednesday. I have to admit, edging closer to thirty makes me feel weird. But my sister got engaged on my birthday, so it was a pretty exciting day!
I better get going for now...still have a lot to do to catch up!
Misty :)
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