So, will this be the "magical" week that the morning sickness goes away? I must say I have been feeling better the last 24 hours. (Change always seems to come on Wednesday.) I'm probably not out of the woods yet. This last week or two I know my eating has gone way down since eating made me feel so bloating and I don't know, I can't explain it. It was just like eating took a lot of me and made me feel sort of a mix between fatiqued and sick. Hopefully I'll get back to eating more this week.
Wow, we told so many people this last week. First Cathy on the way home from STEP tutoring. Then Mike and Brian and Cal and Rochelle and Michelle on Saturday night. Then a ton of people on Sunday morning - my SS class, Danielle, Beth, Cynthia, Kelli, Thomas (who rubbed Martin's belly - that was hilarious!), Betsy, Becky, Natalie, Christian, Rachel and Andrew, Raymond, Don, Jason. Still more people to tell at church. Then I emailed Christine and Kelly and Jen N. and Jill. But I haven't told any of my college friends or camp friends yet. After tonight, things should settle down a bit and I should have more time to call folks.
The first graders in my SS class were funny too - "So this means you're officially married now, huh?"
I've been talking to other moms about natural child birth and breastfeeding and stuff. Gathering info and opinions. That and worrying about how and when and how much to tell my boss fills up most of my thoughts.
Anyway, that's what's going on. Feel free to leave comments.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Friday, April 21, 2006
Update - Week 11
Wow, week 11. I can't believe my first trimester is almost over. This week was fun as we told a lot of people - Martin's family (that's 8 people), Amy, Gruver, Josh & Catherine, Kathryn, and Darrell.
I'm still feeling kind of the same. I've noticed that if I'm moving around and doing stuff I don't get as nauseous. But I don't eat as much then either.
It's funny when people ask how I've been feeling. I usually say, oh, not too bad. If Martin's there he gives me strange looks - like "that's not what you were saying last night when you came home from work laid on the couch with a pint of ice cream and told me you were sick of being pregnant already and you couldn't move because you felt so sick." They say that labor is similar. You forget all the bad stuff. Grad school was that way for me. But I think relatively I'm not sick as some women I know of. It's more of this semi-constant annoyance.
Looking forward to staying home this weekend and telling people at church. Praise God that Martin has been really good with doing housework. Hoping to catch up on some myself this weekend. I went to the gym this morning so hopefully that means I'll have more energy today.
Oh, I got my promotion - I'll be a 14 on April 30th. So I'll see the raise in my May 22nd pay. And my office moved. My window looks out onto the tourist entrance of the WH. Lots of trees too. I have to share the space with a guy but he's pretty quiet. I have more room now and a built-in book shelf. And we're on the same floor as the snack bar that just started selling non-fat smoothies!!!
I'm still feeling kind of the same. I've noticed that if I'm moving around and doing stuff I don't get as nauseous. But I don't eat as much then either.
It's funny when people ask how I've been feeling. I usually say, oh, not too bad. If Martin's there he gives me strange looks - like "that's not what you were saying last night when you came home from work laid on the couch with a pint of ice cream and told me you were sick of being pregnant already and you couldn't move because you felt so sick." They say that labor is similar. You forget all the bad stuff. Grad school was that way for me. But I think relatively I'm not sick as some women I know of. It's more of this semi-constant annoyance.
Looking forward to staying home this weekend and telling people at church. Praise God that Martin has been really good with doing housework. Hoping to catch up on some myself this weekend. I went to the gym this morning so hopefully that means I'll have more energy today.
Oh, I got my promotion - I'll be a 14 on April 30th. So I'll see the raise in my May 22nd pay. And my office moved. My window looks out onto the tourist entrance of the WH. Lots of trees too. I have to share the space with a guy but he's pretty quiet. I have more room now and a built-in book shelf. And we're on the same floor as the snack bar that just started selling non-fat smoothies!!!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Update - Week 10
Physical/how I'm feeling update: mood swings and bloating.
Mood Swings. This weekend when we were at my parents, I balled through an entire movie. The movie was Jersey Girl. Not the best movie to watch when pregnant. I didn't even see the beginning when the mom dies. Martin turned the channel because he smartly didn't think two pregnant women should watch that. I cried throughout the rest of the movie though because I think I really identified with the Ben Affleck character. His whole life changed after his child was born and had anxiety over that. So it's still an issue with me apparently. But then I also almost cried at the WalMart hearing I went to when I heard of a missing child being found because of a poster in a WalMart and then I almost cried on the elipse this morning when I was watching a news report about 9/11. All I heard was "let's roll" and I got choked up.
Bloating. So I got a weekly email from on of the websites I'm signed up on that said this week you'll probably be experiencing mood swings and bloating. I guess it's nice to be normal. I haven't felt like eating much all week. It's really a chore to eat. One it takes me so long. Two, I can't find anything that sounds appetizing. So why the bloating? Here's the explanation from babycenter.com: You may be feeling extra gassy or bloated now, too. That's primarily because the major doses of progesterone your body produces early in pregnancy relax smooth muscle tissue throughout your body, and that includes your gastrointestinal tract. This relaxation slows your digestive processes, which can cause more gas, bloating, burping, flatulence, and generally miserable sensations in your gut, especially after a big meal.
This week we told a lot of people about our bun in the oven. My family on Saturday, Jen K. and Jen and Rich on Sunday, Laura and Dan on Monday. It's been fun. We've tried to come up with creative ways. They've mostly been pretty lame but it's fun. Going to try to get a hold of Larissa and Melissa and tell the rest of the Bible Study this week and then we tell Martin's family and Amy this weekend.
Oh, my promotion job was finally posted this week. I got my application in yesterday. It closes on Friday. So hopefully by the end of the month I'll be a 14 and making more than Martin :) We always joked that's when we would have kids!
Mood Swings. This weekend when we were at my parents, I balled through an entire movie. The movie was Jersey Girl. Not the best movie to watch when pregnant. I didn't even see the beginning when the mom dies. Martin turned the channel because he smartly didn't think two pregnant women should watch that. I cried throughout the rest of the movie though because I think I really identified with the Ben Affleck character. His whole life changed after his child was born and had anxiety over that. So it's still an issue with me apparently. But then I also almost cried at the WalMart hearing I went to when I heard of a missing child being found because of a poster in a WalMart and then I almost cried on the elipse this morning when I was watching a news report about 9/11. All I heard was "let's roll" and I got choked up.
Bloating. So I got a weekly email from on of the websites I'm signed up on that said this week you'll probably be experiencing mood swings and bloating. I guess it's nice to be normal. I haven't felt like eating much all week. It's really a chore to eat. One it takes me so long. Two, I can't find anything that sounds appetizing. So why the bloating? Here's the explanation from babycenter.com: You may be feeling extra gassy or bloated now, too. That's primarily because the major doses of progesterone your body produces early in pregnancy relax smooth muscle tissue throughout your body, and that includes your gastrointestinal tract. This relaxation slows your digestive processes, which can cause more gas, bloating, burping, flatulence, and generally miserable sensations in your gut, especially after a big meal.
This week we told a lot of people about our bun in the oven. My family on Saturday, Jen K. and Jen and Rich on Sunday, Laura and Dan on Monday. It's been fun. We've tried to come up with creative ways. They've mostly been pretty lame but it's fun. Going to try to get a hold of Larissa and Melissa and tell the rest of the Bible Study this week and then we tell Martin's family and Amy this weekend.
Oh, my promotion job was finally posted this week. I got my application in yesterday. It closes on Friday. So hopefully by the end of the month I'll be a 14 and making more than Martin :) We always joked that's when we would have kids!
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Update - Week 9
Today I'm nine weeks pregnant. I've been feeling a lot better this last week. Not as much nausea. Or maybe I just learned out to deal with it better by keeping food in my stomach. I did throw up twice last week though but I think I was just eating too quickly. My stomach seems to get full really quickly although I still feel hungry. So it's taking me a long time to eat my meals.
The bike ride on Saturday went great. Although for the next three days I was pretty tired. Only been to the gym once this week.
So I spilled the beans last night at Bible Study because two other gals were announcing their pregnancies to the group. I'm so glad I can talk about it now. And Saturday's the day we tell my family. I was afraid my sister was going to be upset (Jan Brady feeling...you, know "everything's Marsha, Marsha, Marsha/Heather, Heather, Heather") but I think that she'll be glad to be sharing being on my mom's "worry list" now. But it's following my sister's and my usual pattern - Carrie announced to my parents that she was getting married in 39 days, the day after Martin's and my wedding. Carrie's due in July. Martin and I be going down around that time to see the baby and hopefully snag some maturnity clothes from Carrie too. :)
The bike ride on Saturday went great. Although for the next three days I was pretty tired. Only been to the gym once this week.
So I spilled the beans last night at Bible Study because two other gals were announcing their pregnancies to the group. I'm so glad I can talk about it now. And Saturday's the day we tell my family. I was afraid my sister was going to be upset (Jan Brady feeling...you, know "everything's Marsha, Marsha, Marsha/Heather, Heather, Heather") but I think that she'll be glad to be sharing being on my mom's "worry list" now. But it's following my sister's and my usual pattern - Carrie announced to my parents that she was getting married in 39 days, the day after Martin's and my wedding. Carrie's due in July. Martin and I be going down around that time to see the baby and hopefully snag some maturnity clothes from Carrie too. :)
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