Hey folks! I really hadn't intended on publishing one of these every week, but it's just sort of worked out that way so far. BUT, don't be surprised if the trend doesn't continue.
Sooo, crazy shit happening this week.
Even though this is my third pregnancy and I realize you tend to show
sooner with subsequent pregnancies, I hadn't expected to notice any
changes any time soon because, well, I'm fluffy. I didn't really feel
like I looked even remotely pregnant with Ripley until I was about 15
weeks. Needless to say, I was more than surprised to notice some
changes going on this week!
As of writing this, I am 11 weeks and
3 days pregnant. I am NOT going to say how tall (short, rather) I am
or how much I weigh, but again, I am fluffy (hear me roar). While I'm
still not showing, I did discover this week that when I am laying
down, my belly button is already starting to “flatten” out and I
can definitely feel the difference in firmness between where my
uterus is and the rest of my stomach/gut region. This just seems so
crazy to me! I hope this doesn't mean I'm going to be huge by the
end. :/ I don't remember my belly button disappearing until well over
halfway with Ripley!
In other news, I have my 1 hour
glucose test in a couple of weeks. Oh boy. Since I had gestational
diabetes last time, I have to take the standard test sooner. Lucky
me. I know I'm more lucky to have it this time, but I'm still really
hoping I won't. It's such a pain in the ass...And I didn't even have
to take insulin! I can't imagine being a full-time diabetic.
Ok. So I realize I'm a freak, but I
can't be the only one out there that actually kind of looks forward
to giving birth, can I? I have a tendency to scour the community
boards on Babycenter at the beginning and end of pregnancies. To be
honest, it's more for entertainment value than anything most of the
time. Anyways, I've noticed an inordinate amount of people already
posting about how they're, like, scared to death of giving birth.
Sorry, but that's part of it. Perhaps you should have thought the
whole “getting pregnant” thing out some more beforehand? I know,
I know, everyone is different, I just don't understand it.
I mean, if you're afraid of the pain,
medication is always an option. Plenty of women go for the epidural.
If you're afraid of something going wrong, well, I hate to tell you,
but that kind of thinking is literally just going to drive you nuts!
And if you're afraid of all the uncertainty, you gotta let that shit
go! Because thinking about all the what-ifs will drive you crazy
too...And there's not a damn thing you can do for unexpected
circumstances other than try to be prepared and knowledgeable about
your choices, if any.
Ok, sorry. I didn't mean to get on a
soapbox. Not sure where that came from! Take away message: There is
enough to worry about when you're pregnant. Don't make it harder on
yourself!
Lol...this made me laugh! I've had 5 babies now, and this last time around I was noticing changes by about 6 weeks in (I'm pretty fluffy myself). I quipped to my husband that if we do this again, we'll know ahead of time because I'll start showing before I actually get pregnant.
ReplyDeleteAs for being scared to give birth, nah. Like you said, it's a little late to worry about that now. Women have been doing it for thousands of years! That said, my labors are notoriously short (my last was induced and took exactly 66 minutes). I might sing a different tune if I had difficult labors!
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DeleteHa ha, it's amazing how much each pregnancy differs isn't it? I was really looking forward to the birth with my first but ended up having to have a c-section as he was breach with low fluid and never even got to experience labour, I felt cheated ��.
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I look forward to giving birth too. For me it's all about the horrible pregnancy part being over!
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