To the left, to the left
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
5 WEEKS, 2 DAYS PREGNANT
I’ve never had one specific sleeping position. I rotate like a chicken in a rotisserie, from my left side to my back, to my right side, to my stomach.
But now, it’s all about the left! According to the wise and powerful internet, pregnant peeps should sleep on their left side.
Here’s why:
- It improves circulation to your heart and kidneys
- It allows for the best blood flow to the baby
- It helps keep the baby’s weight off your liver
I’ve tried it for the last few nights, and it’s not so bad. They also suggest putting a pillow between your legs, which I haven’t tried yet.
I kind of want one of those pregnancy pillows. But I’m not sure if I want one because they look cool, or if I really need one?
You give me fever
Thursday, October 1, 2009
4 WEEKS, 4 DAYS PREGNANT
I am running hot these days.
While everyone around me is a exclaiming over the cool, crisp autumn weather, I am sweating like a little preggo piggy.
I am always too hot in my coat. I had to stop wearing cardigans around the office because I was boiling. I’m too hot under the covers. I crank the AC in the car, probably freezing out poor Darling Husband.
I have even taken to carrying our thermometer around in my purse and taking my temp every few hours, because I constantly feel like I’m burning up!
It ranges between normal and 99.5, so it’s not anything to be concerned about. The buzz on the ‘net is that a lot of women run temperatures — real ones, way higher than mine — while they’re pregnant, because their body is doing so much hard work beneath the surface.
I always knew I was hot stuff!
What’s happening in there? Week 6 update
- Nausea: According to the experts, it starts this week … and it has. They recommend eating small meals often, drinking plenty of fluids, and avoiding fatty stuff (boo)
- Waist-thickening: Yes, thickening like a pudding. Or a gravy. Mmmm, I could go for fries and gravy right now. I definitely have that, but it’s hard to say if it’s bloat or “thickening.”
- Clothes getting tighter: Yup — but again, is bloat to blame?
What’s up with Baby during Week 6?
- Baby’s brain is developing into three parts, digestive and respiratory systems begin to develop
- Baby measures 0.08 to 0.2 inches long and his/her weight triples
- Physical features start to show
- Heart starts beating (100-140 beats per minute)
- The beginnings (I can’t say “buds” because it sounds gross) of arms and legs begin to develop
Books on display
I am in LOVE with the idea of using rain gutters to hold books in your child’s bedroom, like Beth did over at The Stories of A & Z.
Since I have already stocked up on … oh, I don’t know … a million books for our little bambino, this is something I definitely want to do!
How did I know? Well, I didn’t …
Monday, September 28, 2009
4 WEEKS, 1 DAY PREGNANT
I am like a blog archeologist, going through posts for the month of September, trying to glean any insight on how it felt to be pregnant for those first four weeks.
Unlike other months, I didn’t really suspect anything …
- On Sept. 14 — The “technical” Day 15 (but really, around the time it all happened) –I took up running out of the blue.
- On Sept. 18 (Day 19) I made a huge list of baby/TTC songs.
- On Sept. 21 (Day 22), I posted a video of the Dixie Chicks song about trying to conceive — So Hard — without realizing we already had.
- On Sept. 22 (Day 23), I got all crazy-organize-y and made lists of my Christmas goals. Omigod, how far along will I be at Christmas??? Hold on … it will be the end of my fourth month. Cool. Aren’t pregnant women always revered around the holidays? Like Mary?
- On Sept. 24 (Day 25), I scrapped my new schedule.
- And finally, on Sept. 25 (Day 26), I had a hopeful inkling because I felt nauseous and didn’t feel Aunt Flow coming on.
When I think about how crazy I got in July and August — being completely certain that I had “all the symptoms,” I want to laugh. The month that I suspected nothing, I ended up being pregnant.
Maybe this a true sign of parenthood — just might think you have it all figured out, but really, you have no idea?
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