I have them - lots of them. So other than a few people, no-one was going to know! That is unless you are married to my husband, who wanted to tell everyone immediately (Louise I know you are laughing right now). Jesse has a hard time keeping anything to himself, its ok, its endearing...... hes just very excited to share his happiness!
I won't go into the in's and out's of what my superstitions are because I also happen to have a superstition about that! Ha- I told you, I have lots of them!
Remember when I said I was eating like it was my job! Well, it came with a price, unexpected early weight gain (which I am assured is not as bad as I am perceiving it to be) and the slight rounding of my lower abdomen. At week 9 it wasn't that much because it still wouldn't show in a picture, but boy was I feeling it.
In my head this is what I imagine I look like - Pamela Anderson (hello boobs) with a beach ball for a abdomen (now isn't that an image).
Of course I don't really look like this, but remember my perceptions are very skewed. I am someone who is very disciplined with my body and it has been 'trained' for many years in swimming and triathlons, and I liked my body ALOT!!! Now I am being told to not be so disciplined and weight gain is going to happen (has to happen) and I have to embrace it. So, I am learning to embrace it, a baby is growing inside of me and I am embracing (slowly) the changes that are occurring on a daily basis. That does not mean I am going to stop what I love (unless a doctor tells me to). I am still swimming, almost daily, I am running 3 times a week, cycling (outdoors when I can) and doing yoga. The intensity is of course much lower than I would normally do, and if I am simply exhausted, then I know to take a break.
Even with my continued exercise routine, it didn't stop my abdomen from popping out around the beginning of week 10 (just a little bit - but it did take me my surprise). Let me just say I am quickly learning, the things I expect to happen, don't..... and the things I don't expect to happen do. There is no one way to be pregnant, each is its own case study (there I go with the research again) and although there are many similarities, there is something that makes us all unique!
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Cheese Puffs, Pepsi and Sour Patch Kids
Weeks 8 and 9 were something else. Did I tell you all I was doing was eating........... well it didn't stop. Every time I woke up to pee, I had to eat crackers, or I felt nauseous, and I did not want that to become anything (yes my friends and family that know me well, understand that me throwing up is never a good thing - it never ends). I did discover one thing, nausea disappeared when I swam - oh how I am so so thankful for swimming, I like to swim, baby likes to swim - we are already friends!
I also discovered that what I thought I should be eating, was not what I wanted to eat - and this was the start of some major food aversions!. I would never normally want to eat anything that made my fingers orange, yet I couldn't get enough of cheese puffs. It didn't last long though, they are now on my list of food aversions. Pepsi - some people say ginger ale - ugh no thank you, not during these weeks anyway (week 6 and 7 yes), I craved Pepsi! Which is so weird, because I rarely and I mean rarely drink soda.......... the best way to actually have the Pepsi is to pour it into ice cube trays and then wait for it to freeze. And lastly sour-patch kids............... I am going to thank Shannon Handler for that one! She mentioned our friend Rachel had told her all she wanted during the first trimester was sour patch kids, and I just remember thinking - I NEED sour patch kids now!
Food aversions - meat! tomatoes! chocolate (still sad about this one), salsa, marinara sauce.............. pretty much anything. I would make dinner, then look at it and say no thank you!
What I wanted to eat - Crisps (for the British ) and Chips (for the Americans). Chips (for the British) and Fries (for the Americans). Cereal, and toast (toast has become my new chocolate.
The smell of everything is heightened............... for a couple of days I couldn't bear the smell of Jesse (poor guy - he really doesn't smell bad - just those couple of days) - thankfully that has gone away and I can be near him again! :). Then he was eating chocolate........... ugh the smell of it was disgusting. Yes I know crazy - especially coming from the person that would eat a candy bar a day!
I did have another doctors visit during this time, just a general check up - she tried to listen for baby's heart beat, but couldn't so she took me into the ultrasound room! EEK............ scared much, but there is was flickering away, growing stronger every day!
I also discovered that what I thought I should be eating, was not what I wanted to eat - and this was the start of some major food aversions!. I would never normally want to eat anything that made my fingers orange, yet I couldn't get enough of cheese puffs. It didn't last long though, they are now on my list of food aversions. Pepsi - some people say ginger ale - ugh no thank you, not during these weeks anyway (week 6 and 7 yes), I craved Pepsi! Which is so weird, because I rarely and I mean rarely drink soda.......... the best way to actually have the Pepsi is to pour it into ice cube trays and then wait for it to freeze. And lastly sour-patch kids............... I am going to thank Shannon Handler for that one! She mentioned our friend Rachel had told her all she wanted during the first trimester was sour patch kids, and I just remember thinking - I NEED sour patch kids now!
Food aversions - meat! tomatoes! chocolate (still sad about this one), salsa, marinara sauce.............. pretty much anything. I would make dinner, then look at it and say no thank you!
What I wanted to eat - Crisps (for the British ) and Chips (for the Americans). Chips (for the British) and Fries (for the Americans). Cereal, and toast (toast has become my new chocolate.
The smell of everything is heightened............... for a couple of days I couldn't bear the smell of Jesse (poor guy - he really doesn't smell bad - just those couple of days) - thankfully that has gone away and I can be near him again! :). Then he was eating chocolate........... ugh the smell of it was disgusting. Yes I know crazy - especially coming from the person that would eat a candy bar a day!
I did have another doctors visit during this time, just a general check up - she tried to listen for baby's heart beat, but couldn't so she took me into the ultrasound room! EEK............ scared much, but there is was flickering away, growing stronger every day!
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Weeks 6 and 7
I had this grand idea in my head that I was going to have the healthiest pregnancy ever (by healthy I mean in terms of what I put into my body)! Hmm - apparently I don't really get much of a say over that. More on this later!
We started this period of time off with a couple of blood tests to see how my HCG levels were doing. After the first one - the nurse called us back as said - well, you are VERY pregnant. What?!?! aren't you just pregnant or not.............. what is this VERY business. She explained my levels were high - I of course, being the researcher I am had to get online and find out what that meant. YES my levels were fab........... eek they kind of fell into the multiples zone too. The next one was more normal but they were increasing at a rapid rate, so until that first ultrasound I did wonder.
During this time I was put on extra progesterone, which I was to take up to 10 weeks. It didn't seem that bad, but progesterone is the hormone that essentially plays havoc with your body, and with me - it made me hungry (every second of the day and night). So from week 6 I feel like I have been steadily gaining weight. Another major change - frequent visit to the bathroom................ really where is all this water coming from. Hmmm - well initially I had read that it was good for pregnant women to drink 100oz of water a day (see what I mean about researcher things). So I did, I drank tons of water, which made me visit the bathroom ALOT. Over labor day weekend, I had to get up every 45 minutes during the night to go............... ugh - no sleep - I was going insane. No-one ever said anything about sleepless nights before the stork arrives with the baby (that's how it happens right?!?!).
Our first glimpse of baby was during week seven, they said come with a bladder full of water - HA! of course I would - at this stage I was still drinking 100oz a day. So we show up and they go to take a look - and nothing. Apparently my bladder wasn't full, just go outside for 20 minutes and drink a little more................ you are kidding me. I was ready to go and they were telling me to hold it for another 20 minutes and drink more! That was the longest 20 minutes ever, I couldn't sit still, my stomach was protruding to what I felt was about an 8 month preggers person and I just had to sit and wait :(.
Finally the technician came back out and took us in, baby showed up - me being so uncomfortable was thinking 'great, seen it, heart is flickering, can I go now'. Oh no, she has to measure it from all angles, the whole time pressing on my lower abdomen, which by the way is the most awesome feeling ever (dripping with sarcasm people, dripping)!!
BUT, we did end up with our first picture of baby, which was so tiny that she wrote BABY across the middle of the picture, just in case we didn't know ;)
We started this period of time off with a couple of blood tests to see how my HCG levels were doing. After the first one - the nurse called us back as said - well, you are VERY pregnant. What?!?! aren't you just pregnant or not.............. what is this VERY business. She explained my levels were high - I of course, being the researcher I am had to get online and find out what that meant. YES my levels were fab........... eek they kind of fell into the multiples zone too. The next one was more normal but they were increasing at a rapid rate, so until that first ultrasound I did wonder.
During this time I was put on extra progesterone, which I was to take up to 10 weeks. It didn't seem that bad, but progesterone is the hormone that essentially plays havoc with your body, and with me - it made me hungry (every second of the day and night). So from week 6 I feel like I have been steadily gaining weight. Another major change - frequent visit to the bathroom................ really where is all this water coming from. Hmmm - well initially I had read that it was good for pregnant women to drink 100oz of water a day (see what I mean about researcher things). So I did, I drank tons of water, which made me visit the bathroom ALOT. Over labor day weekend, I had to get up every 45 minutes during the night to go............... ugh - no sleep - I was going insane. No-one ever said anything about sleepless nights before the stork arrives with the baby (that's how it happens right?!?!).
Our first glimpse of baby was during week seven, they said come with a bladder full of water - HA! of course I would - at this stage I was still drinking 100oz a day. So we show up and they go to take a look - and nothing. Apparently my bladder wasn't full, just go outside for 20 minutes and drink a little more................ you are kidding me. I was ready to go and they were telling me to hold it for another 20 minutes and drink more! That was the longest 20 minutes ever, I couldn't sit still, my stomach was protruding to what I felt was about an 8 month preggers person and I just had to sit and wait :(.
Finally the technician came back out and took us in, baby showed up - me being so uncomfortable was thinking 'great, seen it, heart is flickering, can I go now'. Oh no, she has to measure it from all angles, the whole time pressing on my lower abdomen, which by the way is the most awesome feeling ever (dripping with sarcasm people, dripping)!!
BUT, we did end up with our first picture of baby, which was so tiny that she wrote BABY across the middle of the picture, just in case we didn't know ;)
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