Well, hi there. I've been meaning to write an update about my pregnancy, but I felt like I had to write my about Cancun first, and I was procrastinating that. I finally spent an hour or more (who even knows...) writing that up yesterday! Phew. Now I can write about other things.
Like how I ate an entire bag of kettle corn popcorn just now. That's not actually a new thing for me. We just don't get popcorn very often because Spencer doesn't like it. However, a couple of weeks ago I ate 2 and a half bratwurst for dinner, and that was weird! That was the only time that I really feel like I ate more than usual.
Things have been going well with the pregnancy. I feel good. For a couple weeks there I was feeling like I had more energy again, but then that kinda disappeared. On days that I don't work I always end up taking a nap -- for like 2 hours. On days that I do work, I end up wishing I could go home to take a nap after lunch.
Last Saturday I learned that if I take my prenatal vitamins in the morning I'll throw them up along with my breakfast, so I'm never doing that again. I always take them right before bed, but I forgot on Friday night. By the way, I am soooo grateful that I didn't have morning sickness!
I hate leftovers, and that is a new thing. Usually I'm thrilled to make dinner every 2 or 3 days and just eat the leftovers, or at least have them for lunch the next day. We had this yummy chili dish for dinner last night, and we have a lot of leftovers. So, I took some for lunch today. I managed to eat half of it, but I just couldn't do it for the rest. Luckily, I had an orange and a cookie, so I didn't get too hungry by the end of the day. The problem is that I know I won't be in the mood for them tomorrow either. Or ever again. Spencer's gonna have to eat it all.
I feel fat. Can I just throw that out there? It's getting kind of depressing to try to button my pants in the morning. I CAN'T SUCK IT IN!! And James was so kind to tell me in church on Sunday that I'm "of size" for the first time in my life. I know he wasn't saying it to be mean, but I was kind of annoyed. haha. I said, "thanks for telling me I look fat." and walked away. James, if you're reading this, don't ever say anything to a pregnant woman about her size. Ever. In fact, all you should say is, you look really good!! The worst part is that I know I don't look pregnant yet. I just look like I've put on 10 or 15 pounds. (Which I might have, but it's hard to say when you don't own a scale. And hey! At least 3 ounces of that is baby!)
Starting a couple of days ago, I've discovered that I can't comfortably bend straight over anymore. For the last week I was working in a warehouse assembling kits, among other things. For some of the kits I had to bend over to pick up different components off of palates on the floor. Even though they only weigh a couple of pounds, I had to squat to get them. And I have to sit down to tie my shoes. It's like there's no room in my gut for things to squish around when I bend over. I do realize that this will only get worse over the next 5.5 months.
I'm getting anxious to start feeling the baby move. I'm supposed to start feeling it any week now. Sometimes I hold really still just to see if I can feel anything, but I don't yet.
Sometimes I just unbutton my pants when I'm at home so I'm not so squished. It might be time to invest in some maternity jeans.
Oh, what else? I don't know. We already have two boy names and two girl names that we both like. We've kind of had them "picked out" for a while. We know which girl name we'll use if it's girl, but we're not sure between the two boy names. However, I'm not putting them on the blog until it's official. I don't want anyone's opinions. haha. Names are just one of those things that not everyone will like, no matter what you choose, so it's better to just tell people after the decision is made. Don't worry, they aren't weird.
That's all for now. I wish I had some pictures to add.
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