Getting Better All The Time

I know I keep saying this, but I really am feeling better all the time now. Looking back, I can't believe how... how bleh... how utterly useless and floppy I was. I still get tired in between things-- picking my son up from kindergarten, cooking a meal-- and I sometimes need to sit down and have a bit of a rest. But last night I stayed up 'till past eleven! And also the night before! And I didn't have to fight to keep my eyes open, though right now I'm feeling kind of sleepy and it's quarter to 4 in the afternoon. I'm hoping DH comes home soon so I can have a little nap.

Although I've been going to the obstetrician as persrcribed, I'm also supposed to be going to a nurse once a month or so to get weighed and to pee on a stick and stuff like that. I still haven't done it. My baseline weight was 58.8kg and when I went to the pool a couple of days ago and weighed myself on the same scale, I was 61.5kg

Pregnant or Just Fat?

I thought that I was showing, but after my shower this morning I was rubbing cocoa butter lotion on my tummy and realized how mushy it is. A pregnant belly is hard. I think I'm just getting fat.

There is, however, a baby growing inside of me. I saw it on the ultrasound machine the other day. They're crazy for ultrasounds in this country. Thank goodness I've gotten to the stage where they can do it from my belly as opposed to AHEM.

Anyway, the doctor also looked at the results of my latest blood tests. It was the second test of it's type. I had to redo the first one after my platelets appeared dangerously low on it. This is somewhat normal for me. My platelets and iron always show up somewhat low. That's why I was surprised when, on the redo the tests came out without a hitch-- normal platelets, normal iron. I'm convinced the tests must be on someone else's blood. I also appear to be CMV negative, which means that I've never had that particular virus. This is slightly alarming (though apparently doctors here tend to be alarmist about it) because if I do get the virus during pregnancy, God forbid, it can seriously harm the fetus. In non pregnant people or non immunocompromised people, it's just a regular flu. He advised me to be extra hygenic and not play with other people's kids. Which would, in theory prevent me from sending my kid to nursery since they all pick up germs from each other there. He also told me to avoid changing diapers. I can handle that.

Five Barf

The exhaustion has all but subsided. The nausea has almost completely receded. I say 'almost' because this morning, for the first time in what must be weeks, I had myself a nice, burpy barf. I felt a little nauseous last night and then again this morning, but the kind of nauseous which is usually helped by eating. Well, I was in the middle of buttering my toast when I got that 'must sit down now' feeling and then in the middle of sitting when I got that 'must get up now and run to toilet' feeling. It's the one where saliva starts filling my mouth. Then I know it's coming and there is nothing I can do about it. I almost didn't make it, but fortunately the first retch was an empty one. The next one, however, was disgusting.

Remember When...

All the little things from my last pregnancy are coming back to me, though I feel as though they're coming on earlier in this pregnancy. When I lie down, I feel as though I have blood pooling in whatever side I'm lying on. So I flip and then I get the same feeling on the other side. It happens on my back too. This is especially problematic because of another pregnancy thing that has greeted me in Round 2. The sciatic nerve. OW. DH thinks it's actually a pulled muscle, but I don't remember pulling it, and I only had it last pregnancy and never before and never since until now. Sometimes it's very mild but, like a pulled muscle, it really hurts terribly if I do something to exert it like pushing a heavy shopping cart or lifting groceries or, when it's already bad, I can hardly lift the baby. It also tends to get aggravated when I lie on that side. So I have to be very careful when I'm doing my night-time flip-flops not to put weight on that specific place. And it's pretty specific. A kind of line that runs from above my right butt cheek and down through to the top of my thigh. At times it can be excruciating. A few days ago I could hardly get out of bed.

Another symptom that comes out mostly at night, besides frequent urination (but not as frequent as last time) is that my arms tend to fall asleep. I'm not even lying on them. Often, I sleep with my elbows pressed against the mattress and that's enough to provoke this phenomenon.

Pregnant women are supposed to be gassy, but I'm not. That is, I'm not except for about once every couple of weeks or so when all of a sudden I get this enormous stomach ache. The first time I had it, I just sat around, suffering for hours and trying different self-treatments before I came upon the solution. I just need to curl up in bed and, let's just say, let loose. Takes a little while, but then I'm as good as new.

And with that pleasant thought, I end this post.

The Big News

Well, we finally told our parents on Friday. We are thinking of waiting a few days to tell everyone else, though. DH hasn't actually had a chance to talk to his mom yet. She doesn't get up early enough for them to speak on Fridays because of the time difference.
So the word is out... should I make this blog public now?