Hi everyone. It's been a long time again and I apologize. I have been nesting!!!! We have been cleaning and cleaning and organizing and I think its finally done. So here I am stuck with insomnia so I thought it would be best to write about it.
We are at 25 weeks. Can you believe it?!?! I know I can't. It seems to be flying by! And since we are 3 weeks from the third trimester, I am really starting to feel the pregnancy pains. I am in a constant state of uncomfortable. My back hurts, my legs get crampy, my feet and legs swell, and the worst is the insomnia. I absolutely hate to complain but its starting to get to me :(. The thing that has been the most frustrating is that I really try not to complain but when I finally do to let off a little steam it seems like a lot people either don't believe me or down-play how I feel. I've been told I'm not that big, I'm not that far along etc all as reasons to say I shouldn't be in pain. I don't really feel these comments are warranted though. I understand that I have only gained 20 lbs but I'm also carrying all out in front, that means my back is going to be hurting alot because of the strain. Leg cramps and insomnia are extremely common in women at the end of their 2nd trimester and continue on into the third. And who hasn't heard of women's legs and feet swelling during pregnancy?? I don't know maybe I'm too sensitive but I feel like I've done really well and the insensitivity really really upsets me. It's not just one person or a couple of a people believe it or not this keeps happening to me.
I say all that to say this. Please be kind to people, pregnant or not. Some people hold in alot of emotion and you may be unaware of how badly they really feel. If they do decide to let you in on a small portion of their emotional state, be sensitive. Love you guys!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
My Big Secret
Well, I'm sure everyone is wondering what the title of this weeks post means. It is definitely something I have been struggling with and it is something that I wasn't going to share with everyone. However, I've been convicted to share. So I am coming out of my own comfort zone this week and letting everyone in on my personal life.
This is not my first pregnancy. Andy and I got pregnant right before Thanksgiving last year and were planning on telling the whole family at Thanksgiving dinner. However, I lost the baby about 2 days before. I was only 5 weeks along but I was still very attached to the thought of being pregnant and was devastated to find out I had lost it. I had gone to the midwife right after I got a positive pregnancy test to get it confirmed with a blood test. She called me a few days later and said she wanted to test my blood again because my HCG levels were so low. I really didn't think anything about that because I didn't know a lot about HCG levels. I learned however extremely low levels, like mine were, indicates you will more than likely miscarry. I was so excited that I was pregnant and was getting more excited by the day. I had cramping but thought that was normal (which it is in a lot of women) until I went to the bathroom at work and I was bleeding horribly. Somehow I kept my composure long enough to make it to my car to call Andy but that's when I lost it. I cried and cried and bless his heart I'm surprised he could understand anything I was saying. I called my midwife shortly after and she told me she expected it because of the HCG levels. Later in the week I had to go see her and I was filled with questions, does this mean I will have problems carrying children? did i do something to cause this?? Of course the answer was no to my questions. Basically what happened is completely normal, sometimes chromosomes are really messed up and your body gets rid of what would be a child because it wouldn't survive anyway. This all made sense to me because I have a biology degree but it didn't stop me from being extremely sad. The part of the story to pull on your heart strings even more is when I went to the midwife's office right after I had lost it there was a little girl in the waiting room with her pregnant mom who came and sat by me and said "do you have a baby growing in you too?". I really cannot tell you how I didn't burst into tears when that little girl asked me that but somehow I did and just said "no sweetheart I don't have a baby growing in me". She was such a precious little girl and she was so drawn to me that day and even wanted to stay with me in the waiting room while her mom went back for her appointment. I said it was fine if she stayed with me and we played with toys and talked and actually had a decent time. I truly believe that little girl was sent to me because I needed it so badly that day. It was a reminder that this wasn't the end of the world and one day I would have my own child to play with.
Now, with all that being said, baby soybean is fine!!! The midwife has assured me there is no reason to be concerned whatsoever about him/her. It is a scary thing though to have gone through one miscarriage because you constantly worry that something is going to happen to this one (even though it's irrational). I have gotten much better from talking to other women who have gone through the same thing as I have, and having such a supportive husband, family and friends. Interestingly enough this is not uncommon. There are so many women who have had one or even multiple miscarriages who have never told anyone. I completely understand not telling people. People say things that are insensitive and the last thing you want is sympathy during that time, but I think maybe it is time to break the mold a little bit. I felt like I was the only woman who had ever had to go through this because people won't talk about it. I truly believe it helps to talk about it and I truly believe we women can help each other more than anything else. I am willing to talk about it now and I would be more than willing to talk to anyone else who needs that ear to listen when her world is falling apart.
I don't think I will regret this post. I do truly feel that God wants me to share this with everyone because it could potentially help someone else. I would rather be out of my comfort zone and help someone than be in it and never get to help :) I love you all very much!
This is not my first pregnancy. Andy and I got pregnant right before Thanksgiving last year and were planning on telling the whole family at Thanksgiving dinner. However, I lost the baby about 2 days before. I was only 5 weeks along but I was still very attached to the thought of being pregnant and was devastated to find out I had lost it. I had gone to the midwife right after I got a positive pregnancy test to get it confirmed with a blood test. She called me a few days later and said she wanted to test my blood again because my HCG levels were so low. I really didn't think anything about that because I didn't know a lot about HCG levels. I learned however extremely low levels, like mine were, indicates you will more than likely miscarry. I was so excited that I was pregnant and was getting more excited by the day. I had cramping but thought that was normal (which it is in a lot of women) until I went to the bathroom at work and I was bleeding horribly. Somehow I kept my composure long enough to make it to my car to call Andy but that's when I lost it. I cried and cried and bless his heart I'm surprised he could understand anything I was saying. I called my midwife shortly after and she told me she expected it because of the HCG levels. Later in the week I had to go see her and I was filled with questions, does this mean I will have problems carrying children? did i do something to cause this?? Of course the answer was no to my questions. Basically what happened is completely normal, sometimes chromosomes are really messed up and your body gets rid of what would be a child because it wouldn't survive anyway. This all made sense to me because I have a biology degree but it didn't stop me from being extremely sad. The part of the story to pull on your heart strings even more is when I went to the midwife's office right after I had lost it there was a little girl in the waiting room with her pregnant mom who came and sat by me and said "do you have a baby growing in you too?". I really cannot tell you how I didn't burst into tears when that little girl asked me that but somehow I did and just said "no sweetheart I don't have a baby growing in me". She was such a precious little girl and she was so drawn to me that day and even wanted to stay with me in the waiting room while her mom went back for her appointment. I said it was fine if she stayed with me and we played with toys and talked and actually had a decent time. I truly believe that little girl was sent to me because I needed it so badly that day. It was a reminder that this wasn't the end of the world and one day I would have my own child to play with.
Now, with all that being said, baby soybean is fine!!! The midwife has assured me there is no reason to be concerned whatsoever about him/her. It is a scary thing though to have gone through one miscarriage because you constantly worry that something is going to happen to this one (even though it's irrational). I have gotten much better from talking to other women who have gone through the same thing as I have, and having such a supportive husband, family and friends. Interestingly enough this is not uncommon. There are so many women who have had one or even multiple miscarriages who have never told anyone. I completely understand not telling people. People say things that are insensitive and the last thing you want is sympathy during that time, but I think maybe it is time to break the mold a little bit. I felt like I was the only woman who had ever had to go through this because people won't talk about it. I truly believe it helps to talk about it and I truly believe we women can help each other more than anything else. I am willing to talk about it now and I would be more than willing to talk to anyone else who needs that ear to listen when her world is falling apart.
I don't think I will regret this post. I do truly feel that God wants me to share this with everyone because it could potentially help someone else. I would rather be out of my comfort zone and help someone than be in it and never get to help :) I love you all very much!
Monday, April 30, 2012
TMI
Hi everyone!!! Remember me?!?! I'm so sorry I haven't written in so long. Truth be told I have been falling asleep right after I eat dinner and don't wake up until the next morning :).
So I have tons to say and I want to issue a warning... this post will have what some people would consider TMI or taboo. If you are one of these people that would like to remain ignorant of some the less than attractive things that pregnancy brings, or you just don't want to know that much about me please stop reading this post now. Nobody can say I didn't warn you. I told you guys I was going to be honest so honest is what I shall be.
Pregnancy brings about many changes in ones life. The first obviously being that you realize you are going to be responsible for another life in a few short months, the other changes however, most women don't talk about. I am not one of those women. I think its time that we got out of our comfort zone a little bit and talked about the things nobody tells you about pregnancy. The first being this. You sweat! I don't mean like glistening streaks running down your body like a male gym fantasy I mean you sweat!!!! Your body heat is already higher because you are pregnant and where do you think it gets the hottest??? That's right ladies, your crotch. Now, if you've been female your whole or at least most of your life (which I assume most have) you know that women's genitals have an odor. Usually, you can not smell that odor because we have good hygiene in the year 2012 and take regular showers. However, all of us ladies have worked out really hard (at some point or another) and gotten really sweaty and smelled a not so pleasant odor coming from our panties.... yep that happens in pregnancy. You end up sweating so much that you start to stink. I can only imagine that it gets worse the hotter it gets outside.
Next up on the embarrassing pregnancy symptom that nobody tells you about, also deals with the genitals. Discharge. You know the mucus you see when you're ovulating? It actually secretes more when you're pregnant and everyday rather than just a few times a month. Now I haven't had as big of a problem with this, mainly because it gets more intense later in pregnancy, but I have heard some women have to use panty liners by the end because it is so much.
One that has surprised me greatly is body hair. Everybody has body hair as much as we don't want to admit it (probably because that would mean we don't look like those hairless supermodels) but we do. Everyone has hair all over their body. It's usually fine, whitish hair that is barely visible unless you look really close. Look closely no longer. Body hair becomes much darker, and very visible. I have always had white hairs on my belly (like any other mammal) but I noticed the other day its starting to look like a monkey on there. Those hairs aren't white anymore, they are black. I don't mind, I mean there is nothing I can do about it but I know that some women would be appalled if not warned about this. Sorry ladies, its just one of those things.
Let's talk about poop for a few minutes. We all poop, I mean there's even a children's book that teaches kids this concept, but we don't like to talk about it. I would like to share my pregnancy poop quest with you, though. I have had a very strange digestive tract ever since I was in high school. I usually didn't go everyday usually every other day and a lot of times the smallest thing would give me diarrhea. When I first got pregnant, I had very loose diarrhea. It wasn't like being sick diarrhea but I knew something was off, which is one of the reasons I suspected I was pregnant. As the pregnancy has progressed so have my pooping habits. I have gone to going about every other day to every day sometimes more than once a day. It is not diarrhea anymore either it is very normal, and almost as if I really am pooping for two. I feel like pregnancy has helped my digestive tract and made it more regular and the way it should be except for going more than once a day. That could be all the food I eat though :).
Pimples. Pimples. Pimples. I felt like I was back in high school with the acne I had at the beginning of this pregnancy. My face was extremely oily, along with my hair, which caused breakouts. I really wasn't expecting this and was shocked at how many bumps I had. Now that I have made it into the second trimester my skin is evening back out and hopefully my hair will follow suit. My skin is almost completely clear now and I'm starting to get that pregnancy glow :) yay!!! :)
Now for the grand finale of the embarrassing/ TMI of the pregnancy issues... sex. Some people have different view points on sex during pregnancy. There hasn't been anything proven to harm you or the baby, the only advice doctors and midwives give is if you have any bleeding you should refrain from sexual activity. As long as that doesn't happen sex is perfectly fine... the thing they don't tell you is how difficult it can be with a belly, or if you'll even want to have sex. At the beginning of pregnancy you probably aren't going to want to do anything. You feel weird and sometimes bad and sex is not a priority in your life. I hear later like second and third trimester it becomes a huge priority for some women. I haven't made it to that point yet, I don't mind the idea of sex even though the belly can get in the way (which obviously there are ways around that I won't get crude with you guys) but for the most part its trying to get comfortable. I don't mean just comfortable for intercourse I mean just comfortable in general. I am constantly uncomfortable whether it be my hips or shoulders etc. and I am constantly trying to get in a comfortable position to sit or lay or stand and obviously that can kill the mood a bit.
So this concludes this segment on what women don't tell you about. I hope I haven't offended anyone and maybe taught you something you didn't know. I have no complaints about any of these things I just wish someone had told me so I would have known. :)
So I have tons to say and I want to issue a warning... this post will have what some people would consider TMI or taboo. If you are one of these people that would like to remain ignorant of some the less than attractive things that pregnancy brings, or you just don't want to know that much about me please stop reading this post now. Nobody can say I didn't warn you. I told you guys I was going to be honest so honest is what I shall be.
Pregnancy brings about many changes in ones life. The first obviously being that you realize you are going to be responsible for another life in a few short months, the other changes however, most women don't talk about. I am not one of those women. I think its time that we got out of our comfort zone a little bit and talked about the things nobody tells you about pregnancy. The first being this. You sweat! I don't mean like glistening streaks running down your body like a male gym fantasy I mean you sweat!!!! Your body heat is already higher because you are pregnant and where do you think it gets the hottest??? That's right ladies, your crotch. Now, if you've been female your whole or at least most of your life (which I assume most have) you know that women's genitals have an odor. Usually, you can not smell that odor because we have good hygiene in the year 2012 and take regular showers. However, all of us ladies have worked out really hard (at some point or another) and gotten really sweaty and smelled a not so pleasant odor coming from our panties.... yep that happens in pregnancy. You end up sweating so much that you start to stink. I can only imagine that it gets worse the hotter it gets outside.
Next up on the embarrassing pregnancy symptom that nobody tells you about, also deals with the genitals. Discharge. You know the mucus you see when you're ovulating? It actually secretes more when you're pregnant and everyday rather than just a few times a month. Now I haven't had as big of a problem with this, mainly because it gets more intense later in pregnancy, but I have heard some women have to use panty liners by the end because it is so much.
One that has surprised me greatly is body hair. Everybody has body hair as much as we don't want to admit it (probably because that would mean we don't look like those hairless supermodels) but we do. Everyone has hair all over their body. It's usually fine, whitish hair that is barely visible unless you look really close. Look closely no longer. Body hair becomes much darker, and very visible. I have always had white hairs on my belly (like any other mammal) but I noticed the other day its starting to look like a monkey on there. Those hairs aren't white anymore, they are black. I don't mind, I mean there is nothing I can do about it but I know that some women would be appalled if not warned about this. Sorry ladies, its just one of those things.
Let's talk about poop for a few minutes. We all poop, I mean there's even a children's book that teaches kids this concept, but we don't like to talk about it. I would like to share my pregnancy poop quest with you, though. I have had a very strange digestive tract ever since I was in high school. I usually didn't go everyday usually every other day and a lot of times the smallest thing would give me diarrhea. When I first got pregnant, I had very loose diarrhea. It wasn't like being sick diarrhea but I knew something was off, which is one of the reasons I suspected I was pregnant. As the pregnancy has progressed so have my pooping habits. I have gone to going about every other day to every day sometimes more than once a day. It is not diarrhea anymore either it is very normal, and almost as if I really am pooping for two. I feel like pregnancy has helped my digestive tract and made it more regular and the way it should be except for going more than once a day. That could be all the food I eat though :).
Pimples. Pimples. Pimples. I felt like I was back in high school with the acne I had at the beginning of this pregnancy. My face was extremely oily, along with my hair, which caused breakouts. I really wasn't expecting this and was shocked at how many bumps I had. Now that I have made it into the second trimester my skin is evening back out and hopefully my hair will follow suit. My skin is almost completely clear now and I'm starting to get that pregnancy glow :) yay!!! :)
Now for the grand finale of the embarrassing/ TMI of the pregnancy issues... sex. Some people have different view points on sex during pregnancy. There hasn't been anything proven to harm you or the baby, the only advice doctors and midwives give is if you have any bleeding you should refrain from sexual activity. As long as that doesn't happen sex is perfectly fine... the thing they don't tell you is how difficult it can be with a belly, or if you'll even want to have sex. At the beginning of pregnancy you probably aren't going to want to do anything. You feel weird and sometimes bad and sex is not a priority in your life. I hear later like second and third trimester it becomes a huge priority for some women. I haven't made it to that point yet, I don't mind the idea of sex even though the belly can get in the way (which obviously there are ways around that I won't get crude with you guys) but for the most part its trying to get comfortable. I don't mean just comfortable for intercourse I mean just comfortable in general. I am constantly uncomfortable whether it be my hips or shoulders etc. and I am constantly trying to get in a comfortable position to sit or lay or stand and obviously that can kill the mood a bit.
So this concludes this segment on what women don't tell you about. I hope I haven't offended anyone and maybe taught you something you didn't know. I have no complaints about any of these things I just wish someone had told me so I would have known. :)
Monday, April 9, 2012
Men's Underwear and Chicken Quesadillas
My mom had a saying "you know you're really pregnant when your husband's underwear fits better than your own". If that statement is true then I am SUPER pregnant! For the past 3 days I have been wearing Andy's underwear, and it fits amazing! I think he may be getting tired of it though, it is probably time for me to go buy my own new undies that fit me but they just may have to be men's.
QUESADILLAS!!!! I cannot eat enough chicken quesadillas!!!! they are so terrible for me and baby but for some reason that's what he/she wants. I like to think my child will be very exotic and like foreign things. When I first found out I was pregnant it was Chinese food everyday now it's Mexican, all foreign foods. Anyway that's the craving so far. When Andy asks what I want for dinner I just look at him like you know what I want, its what I've wanted for a week. The other crazy thing about food these past couple of days has been getting enough of it. I feel like a bottomless pit. I guess that means he/she is about to go through a growth spurt so I assume the belly will be getting much bigger soon.
My only issue this week has been getting comfortable. It seems regardless of sitting, standing or laying down I cannot find a comfortable position. So, obviously that means my sleeping hasn't been wonderful. I've been trying meditation to get to sleep and so far its worked decent on getting me to fall asleep. I'm learning to drown out the uncomfortable aches and pains and focus on relaxing... which will really come in handy in the birthing process.
QUESADILLAS!!!! I cannot eat enough chicken quesadillas!!!! they are so terrible for me and baby but for some reason that's what he/she wants. I like to think my child will be very exotic and like foreign things. When I first found out I was pregnant it was Chinese food everyday now it's Mexican, all foreign foods. Anyway that's the craving so far. When Andy asks what I want for dinner I just look at him like you know what I want, its what I've wanted for a week. The other crazy thing about food these past couple of days has been getting enough of it. I feel like a bottomless pit. I guess that means he/she is about to go through a growth spurt so I assume the belly will be getting much bigger soon.
My only issue this week has been getting comfortable. It seems regardless of sitting, standing or laying down I cannot find a comfortable position. So, obviously that means my sleeping hasn't been wonderful. I've been trying meditation to get to sleep and so far its worked decent on getting me to fall asleep. I'm learning to drown out the uncomfortable aches and pains and focus on relaxing... which will really come in handy in the birthing process.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
A Heartbeat Not My Own
So, as you probably know, I got to hear little soybean's heartbeat this past week. It was absolutely amazing. If you know me pretty well (or just read my facebook status updates) you will probably know that I don't think life begins at conception, I believe it begins at a heartbeat. So it has been confirmed in my eyes that little soybean is in fact alive.
Its very difficult to put into words what I felt when that little heart was heard on the machine. My midwife told me not to be concerned if we couldn't hear it this early but she wanted to try and see if it was there. She started wandering around on my belly with the machine and all of a sudden it was BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. I couldn't stop smiling! There it was, a tiny little heart beating away strong and loud. She said she was going to take my blood to check my levels but she wasn't concerned at all after hearing how strong that heart was. I was ecstatic! I couldn't stop thinking about it for the rest of the afternoon. Even cuter, little soybean kept moving around so she had to chase him/her around my belly to keep listening to it's little heart.
As well as getting to hear an absolutely beautiful sound, I asked her about my vitamins. Lately the morning sickness has been all day and the vitamins have been seemingly impossible to get down. She said because they are food based they dissolve in juice. OMG what a great idea!!! So I've been crushing them up and putting them in orange juice. I seriously cannot taste them at all and it makes me feel so much better to know I'm getting the vitamins I need. She also started me on calcium, it's bone time! She said I can also put that in something like pudding. I can't taste it at all either. I will definitely remember this for future mom's to be, because it could probably help a lot of people.
Its very difficult to put into words what I felt when that little heart was heard on the machine. My midwife told me not to be concerned if we couldn't hear it this early but she wanted to try and see if it was there. She started wandering around on my belly with the machine and all of a sudden it was BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. I couldn't stop smiling! There it was, a tiny little heart beating away strong and loud. She said she was going to take my blood to check my levels but she wasn't concerned at all after hearing how strong that heart was. I was ecstatic! I couldn't stop thinking about it for the rest of the afternoon. Even cuter, little soybean kept moving around so she had to chase him/her around my belly to keep listening to it's little heart.
As well as getting to hear an absolutely beautiful sound, I asked her about my vitamins. Lately the morning sickness has been all day and the vitamins have been seemingly impossible to get down. She said because they are food based they dissolve in juice. OMG what a great idea!!! So I've been crushing them up and putting them in orange juice. I seriously cannot taste them at all and it makes me feel so much better to know I'm getting the vitamins I need. She also started me on calcium, it's bone time! She said I can also put that in something like pudding. I can't taste it at all either. I will definitely remember this for future mom's to be, because it could probably help a lot of people.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Big Sleep (that I wish I could get)
Sorry folks that I have not posted in a while. I have been super dee duper tired! Creating life apparently is an exhausting job! :) One of the reasons I think I have been so tired is because I have not been getting good sleep at night. I toss and turn and toss and turn and eventually go to sleep only to wake up a few hours later and then repeat the same process. I can't get comfortable lately, and its not just lying down, its sitting, standing really anything makes me uncomfortable. I think my back is changing and shifting and I know my organs are, all of which will make someone uncomfortable.
I also have had my first week of soybean being the culprit of my sickness. The vitamins still make me super queasy, but this week every morning I have been awakened by morning sickness. I think this is kind of odd considering we're getting so close to the end of the first trimester and usually that's when all the morning sickness goes away but mine is just starting. I have found a way to sort of combat it though, I drink a glass of ginger ale while I'm getting ready in the morning and that tends to help. So far I have still not thrown up! I thought it was going to happen the other morning though, I have never in my life been to the point of bending over the toilet with spit swelling up in my mouth and not thrown up, until this past Monday morning. And I was like "come on!!! don't do this to me and not go all the way!" lol mainly because I hate being nauseated. I would much rather just throw up, and because I know that I would feel better if it would just happen instead of just sitting wondering if its going to happen.
The vitamin sickness has gotten some better though, I have tried taking them at lunch so that there is more food in my stomach. I still feel a little queasy but its no where near as bad as it was before. So the plan now is to take them with lunch and right before bed and hopefully that will continue to work.
I am still loving being pregnant :). I'm getting a belly and it makes me feel sooooo cute! For the first time when I go shopping I think everything looks good on me because I look just like I should :) Its pretty great. I am really looking forward to it getting bigger and definitely looking forward to that day I get to actually meet soybean!!!
I also have had my first week of soybean being the culprit of my sickness. The vitamins still make me super queasy, but this week every morning I have been awakened by morning sickness. I think this is kind of odd considering we're getting so close to the end of the first trimester and usually that's when all the morning sickness goes away but mine is just starting. I have found a way to sort of combat it though, I drink a glass of ginger ale while I'm getting ready in the morning and that tends to help. So far I have still not thrown up! I thought it was going to happen the other morning though, I have never in my life been to the point of bending over the toilet with spit swelling up in my mouth and not thrown up, until this past Monday morning. And I was like "come on!!! don't do this to me and not go all the way!" lol mainly because I hate being nauseated. I would much rather just throw up, and because I know that I would feel better if it would just happen instead of just sitting wondering if its going to happen.
The vitamin sickness has gotten some better though, I have tried taking them at lunch so that there is more food in my stomach. I still feel a little queasy but its no where near as bad as it was before. So the plan now is to take them with lunch and right before bed and hopefully that will continue to work.
I am still loving being pregnant :). I'm getting a belly and it makes me feel sooooo cute! For the first time when I go shopping I think everything looks good on me because I look just like I should :) Its pretty great. I am really looking forward to it getting bigger and definitely looking forward to that day I get to actually meet soybean!!!
Monday, March 12, 2012
One Big Fart Joke
Sooooooo 8 weeks yesterday!!! Whoo hoo!!! I have actually started forming a belly. I didn't know it would come this fast but I LOVE it! I can't wait until it gets bigger. Still no weight gain on the scale though (which is kind of weirding me out because I don't know where the belly is coming from if there is no weight being added). Oh well I'm sure the weight is just around the corner :).
Now for the title of the post, I am one big fart joke. My god the gas that comes from being pregnant! LOL it is absolutely indescribable. I feel so bad for the people I work with, even though I'm not sure they've noticed yet (at least not until now right? :)). The thing is I can't figure out why gas is a major symptom of pregnancy. I'm not really eating any different because we already ate pretty healthy so maybe its the vitamins??? I have no idea. It does get very humorous around our house though. Andy is pretty proud sometimes of how loud they are. (Can you tell we've been married long enough to be comfortable now? LOL). The funniest part is that I have no idea the fart is coming. It sneaks up on me just as much as the victim nearest me. Most of the time I laugh just because its so daggum funny but sometimes it can be embarrassing. I'm just waiting for it to happen during a tour of the lab by our supervisors LOL. Oh that will be a blog post for sure!
So far I am adapting to this pretty well. The only thing that has gotten me irritated has been taking the vitamins. A little back history, I have a severe problem swallowing pills. When I was in high school I got an Advil liquid gel stuck in my throat, and since then my brain thinks that is going to happen every time. I literally have to stand with my eyes close and head held back concentrating on swallowing this thing that feels like it is growing by the second. Anyway, because of my psychological issue with pills it is a daily battle to swallow two pills twice a day. More than once I have gagged and even dry heaved trying to get them down, and quite frankly its really getting on my nerves. Its the only thing thus far that has made me mad about my pregnancy and technically it has nothing to do with baby soybean. I'll get used to it I suppose or I'll just do it like I have been doing because its necessary for my child to be born healthy.
Only 32 weeks to go!! OOOOOH and only 7 weeks until our first ultrasound :) I can't wait to see little soybean moving around and hear his/her heart beating :)))
Now for the title of the post, I am one big fart joke. My god the gas that comes from being pregnant! LOL it is absolutely indescribable. I feel so bad for the people I work with, even though I'm not sure they've noticed yet (at least not until now right? :)). The thing is I can't figure out why gas is a major symptom of pregnancy. I'm not really eating any different because we already ate pretty healthy so maybe its the vitamins??? I have no idea. It does get very humorous around our house though. Andy is pretty proud sometimes of how loud they are. (Can you tell we've been married long enough to be comfortable now? LOL). The funniest part is that I have no idea the fart is coming. It sneaks up on me just as much as the victim nearest me. Most of the time I laugh just because its so daggum funny but sometimes it can be embarrassing. I'm just waiting for it to happen during a tour of the lab by our supervisors LOL. Oh that will be a blog post for sure!
So far I am adapting to this pretty well. The only thing that has gotten me irritated has been taking the vitamins. A little back history, I have a severe problem swallowing pills. When I was in high school I got an Advil liquid gel stuck in my throat, and since then my brain thinks that is going to happen every time. I literally have to stand with my eyes close and head held back concentrating on swallowing this thing that feels like it is growing by the second. Anyway, because of my psychological issue with pills it is a daily battle to swallow two pills twice a day. More than once I have gagged and even dry heaved trying to get them down, and quite frankly its really getting on my nerves. Its the only thing thus far that has made me mad about my pregnancy and technically it has nothing to do with baby soybean. I'll get used to it I suppose or I'll just do it like I have been doing because its necessary for my child to be born healthy.
Only 32 weeks to go!! OOOOOH and only 7 weeks until our first ultrasound :) I can't wait to see little soybean moving around and hear his/her heart beating :)))
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