There are few things worse than - how can I say this delicately - feeling the urgency of a bowel movement knocking at the door but being too backed up to get any relief. It got so bad I actually had to leave work on a day when half the department was out on vacation to begin with. Nothing like telling your boss about your constipation issues. Thankfully, she's pregnant too so she was very sympathetic. As I sit here washing down my bran muffin with some prune juice ::vomit:: I can say with absolutely certainty that I'm done with this crappy side effect. Pun intended.
The other night I was afraid all my powder room "efforts" actually did something to the baby because he was quiet all night. The next morning as I was driving to work I played a song over and over again singing at the top of my lungs and threatened to keep it up until he moved for Mommy. Finally, after about the third time, he gave me a few nice kicks to tell me to shut the hell up and let him sleep. He's just like his daddy, no appreciation for my raw talent.
Tomorrow night I have a work function to go to. A cocktail hour (cocktail-less for me) and then a sit-down dinner. I'm all about sitting down. Let's see how long I can stay awake for this one!
24 Weeks 3 Days
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
24 Weeks
The little jumping bean is more and more active as the days go by. Until a few days ago I could wake up for my nightly pee breaks and fall right back to sleep. Now he's flipping and flopping just like Mommy. I guess he's having a hard time getting comfortable too.
My cravings have changed from my usual salty to a new sweet one. This month we can't get enough ice cream. Last week we tried Moose Tracks - vanilla ice cream with chocolate swirls and peanut butter cups. This week we're having vanilla ice cream with chocolate covered pretzels. Great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. (OK, maybe that should say breakfast, lunch and dinner.) But don't worry, we're still getting plenty of protein, fruit and vegetables.
Other fun things happening this month: Bowel movements now require maximum effort for minimal payoff. Random dizzy spells. Spontaneous, uncontrollable yawning in meetings (that one might not be pregnancy related). Random people asking me how much weight I've gained. (This one I don't get. It's NEVER ok to ask a woman about her weight unless you're her doctor and it's your business. But there's something about pregnancy that makes people forget this rule.) Another growth spurt for the girls. (This one is truly a fun one. I've been waiting since puberty for this day. I finally broke down and bought three new bras about 2 weeks ago and it's looking like it's only a matter of days until those bite the dust too.)
24 Weeks
My cravings have changed from my usual salty to a new sweet one. This month we can't get enough ice cream. Last week we tried Moose Tracks - vanilla ice cream with chocolate swirls and peanut butter cups. This week we're having vanilla ice cream with chocolate covered pretzels. Great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. (OK, maybe that should say breakfast, lunch and dinner.) But don't worry, we're still getting plenty of protein, fruit and vegetables.
Other fun things happening this month: Bowel movements now require maximum effort for minimal payoff. Random dizzy spells. Spontaneous, uncontrollable yawning in meetings (that one might not be pregnancy related). Random people asking me how much weight I've gained. (This one I don't get. It's NEVER ok to ask a woman about her weight unless you're her doctor and it's your business. But there's something about pregnancy that makes people forget this rule.) Another growth spurt for the girls. (This one is truly a fun one. I've been waiting since puberty for this day. I finally broke down and bought three new bras about 2 weeks ago and it's looking like it's only a matter of days until those bite the dust too.)
24 Weeks
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
21 Weeks
First, let me start of with a PSA. That's public service announcement for those of you who aren't big on message boards. Anyway, when you're pregnant and eat too much Chinese food don't try to eat your daily dose of dried prunes until you've given your stomach substantial time to digest. Kenny was not terribly thrilled when I announced that I threw up, yet again, in the bathroom sink. I don't know what my aversion to the toilet is.
The baby has been on the move. I woke up on Saturday morning and could see him kicking me about two inches under my belly button. Until that time he was much lower, somewhere in the vicinity of my bladder which he frequently uses as a punching bag. He seems to have settled back down again over the last two days though so his venture into the higher regions of the womb was short lived. Let's hope he gets adventurous again and moves up for good soon.
Oh! Kenny finally felt him kick a few times last night. Very exciting!! It's fun that I get to feel him all the time, like we have a secret little club, but I'm glad Kenny was able to feel it too. It sort of solidifies the fact that there's a mobile creature shacking up in there, a fun litle fact that Kenny likes to remind me of on a very frequent basis. As if I can forget!
Today on the way home from work, the baby and I were enjoying the soundtrack from Les Mis. I was singing away at the top of my lungs and he was rolling around like crazy in there. I'm going to assume he was enjoying it and not trying to get away from all the noise. You're going to assume that too. When we're in the car I make sure to let him know which music "we" like. No sports radio or heavy metal like Daddy listens to. Yesterday morning was especially exciting because we heard Bon Jovi's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and Pat Benatar's "We Belong." We LOVE those songs!!
We went to Buy Buy Baby on Sunday to start a registry. What an overwhelming experience. Too. Much. Stuff. I think we registered for about 5 things before I was too cranky to continue. We can do the bulk of it online though, so that makes it easier. Sort of.
21 Weeks 3 Days
The baby has been on the move. I woke up on Saturday morning and could see him kicking me about two inches under my belly button. Until that time he was much lower, somewhere in the vicinity of my bladder which he frequently uses as a punching bag. He seems to have settled back down again over the last two days though so his venture into the higher regions of the womb was short lived. Let's hope he gets adventurous again and moves up for good soon.
Oh! Kenny finally felt him kick a few times last night. Very exciting!! It's fun that I get to feel him all the time, like we have a secret little club, but I'm glad Kenny was able to feel it too. It sort of solidifies the fact that there's a mobile creature shacking up in there, a fun litle fact that Kenny likes to remind me of on a very frequent basis. As if I can forget!
Today on the way home from work, the baby and I were enjoying the soundtrack from Les Mis. I was singing away at the top of my lungs and he was rolling around like crazy in there. I'm going to assume he was enjoying it and not trying to get away from all the noise. You're going to assume that too. When we're in the car I make sure to let him know which music "we" like. No sports radio or heavy metal like Daddy listens to. Yesterday morning was especially exciting because we heard Bon Jovi's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and Pat Benatar's "We Belong." We LOVE those songs!!
We went to Buy Buy Baby on Sunday to start a registry. What an overwhelming experience. Too. Much. Stuff. I think we registered for about 5 things before I was too cranky to continue. We can do the bulk of it online though, so that makes it easier. Sort of.
21 Weeks 3 Days
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