H\owdy Humble Readers...
I hope you're all keeping warm wherever you are. It is, to quote my mother, snappin' a**holes cold around here. When my Beloved left for work this morning at 8:30, with the windchill, it was -46C. At that temp, exposed skin freezes in about five minutes. Ugh! Things are supposed to warm up by the weekend, thank Heaven. If you look out our window right now, and look past the build up of ice around the edges, it actually looks very pretty. Clear blue sky, fresh blanket of snow... if only the air wouldn't freeze your lungs at the first breath.
One unfortunate effect of this cold snap is that Tilly the Toyota won't start. I still wonder at the sense of selling a car on the Canadian prairies without a block heater, although I guess it's the new trend. We called AMA yesterday and had them come and give us a boost, and I let the car run for more than a half hour, but twenty minutes after I shut it off, it wouldn't start again. My Beloved is just going to have to bum rides to work for the next few days until it warms up I guess.
Ginny has been happy as a clam, these past few days, to just snuggle up on the couch with her favourite stuffed dog or playing with the cake pans she can get at in the kitchen. She also loves blowing on the patio window and seeing her breath fog up the glass. She's developed a fondness for chicken noodle soup (with lots of crackers). Both she and I have been napping a bit more than usual, but she's just finished up another round of teething so I'm happy that she's getting lots of rest.
Anyway, onto the update...
How far along? 22w1d
Maternity clothes? Oh yeah. There's no way I could get into my regular jeans now.
Body Oddities? dry skin, periods of extreme fatigue, alternating constipation and IBS flares, acne, bruises from insulin injections, back ache, cracking joints, super sore & slightly leaky boobs, increased earwax (happened last time too), dry/itchy eyes, leg cramps. NEW THIS WEEK: lots of round ligament pain
Sleep? Pretty good for the most part. Have had a couple of rough nights, but I think that was more the cough and cold than anything pregnancy related.
Best moment this week? Sunday's epiphany was pretty awesome.
Worst moment? Finding out about my low lying placenta and getting myself freaked out about it..
Movement? Still pretty random, but I think I feel a bit of a pattern emerging. First thing in the morning, and in the evening the Halfling is pretty active.
Food cravings/aversions? Milk! I can't seem to get enough, which is a problem as one cup has 12 grams of carbs in it. Damn GD.
Rings? Still on, still loose
Gender? Still leaning toward girl.
Intense Dreams? I know I've been dreaming a lot, but I don't really remember any from the past week.
Medical Concerns? Gestational Diabetes (insulin 5 times a day), High blood pressure (on 100mg of lobetalol 3x daily), continued heartburn (on 150mg of zan.tac 2x daily), kidney stones, low lying placenta.
What I miss? Sushi, iced tea (that doesn't taste like artificial sweetener), ice cream
What I look forward to? the end of this cold snap, getting a haircut
Emotional State? Pretty good actually, feeling content and not terribly stressed about anything.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
22 Weeks: Halfling Update
Good Morning Humble Readers!!
I hope that you are all doing well this morning and that the weather where you are isn't too hot or too rainy. We seem to waffling between the two here on the flatland. I missed last week's Halfling update due to being at my parents' place, but I wanted to get back on track here.
How far along? 22w1d
Maternity clothes? Of course. Other than my jeans (still weird), I don't have anything that fits that's not maternity or worn with a bella band. While we were in Kelowna, I picked up another pair of work appropriate pants and a few more t-shirts.
Body Oddities? So so many oddities... heartburn, weight loss rather than gain, leg cramps, stunning hair growth, stuffy nose, dry skin (especially on 'the girls). But what's really weirded me out this week (and this is tmi) is the increased amount of earwax. I know, I know... who notices this stuff?
Sleep? I struggled with sleep the whole time we were on vacation. I can fall asleep easily, but I can't seem to sleep longer than three or four hours at a stretch, at the best of times.
Best moment this week? The look on my mom's face when she heard the Halfling's heartbeat. (Yes, I brought the doppler on vacation)
Worst moment? The long drive home on Sunday. I was really uncomfortable in the car, and my feet and ankles were really swollen from sitting for so long. I had also managed to strain something in my back, on the right side, which then with my hypochondriac tendencies, I started worrying that my liver was inflamed (a sign of pre-eclampsia that my OB mentioned). Of course, it was just that a lower rib was slightly out (fixed by my wonderful chiropractor this afternoon)
Movement? Off and on throughout the day. I can feel the Halfling rolling, poking me, and shifting from one side to the other. My Beloved is very anxious to be able to feel our Halfling from the outside.
Food cravings? Mostly sweets recently... and I'm not really a sweets person. I'm trying to be careful about how much I eat of them.
Rings? Still on, but Sunday night when I was feeling so very bloated after the drive home, I had to take them off for a few hours.
Gender? Not going to find out, but I think it's a boy
Intense Dreams? Constantly. The weirdest one was about my Grandma R dying. It wasn't really an upsetting dream, as we have been expecting and even praying that she could go soon (she really has no quality of life any more and lives in pain and confusion). In the dream, my mom called me from Grandma's nursing home, and told me that she had passed during the night. My Beloved and I dashed down there, and when we arrived, my high school friend 'D' was there and I was trying to tell him about Grandma, but he wouldn't stop tad dancing around me in circles long enough to hear me tell him the news. He just kept tap dancing around me in the entryway of the nursing home.
Medical Concerns? High blood pressure (on 50mg Trandate/Lobetalol three times a day). I will be going for multiple (3+) GD tests... yuck!
What I miss? Proper sleep, energy for intimacy with my Beloved
What I look forward to? starting to work on the nursery, doing more practical prep for mat leave and the Halfling's arrival.
Emotional State? Up and down. I found myself being rather irritable with my poor Beloved a lot more lately. I think it's primarily due to my lack of sleep, but I really do feel bad about it.
I hope that you are all doing well this morning and that the weather where you are isn't too hot or too rainy. We seem to waffling between the two here on the flatland. I missed last week's Halfling update due to being at my parents' place, but I wanted to get back on track here.
How far along? 22w1d
Maternity clothes? Of course. Other than my jeans (still weird), I don't have anything that fits that's not maternity or worn with a bella band. While we were in Kelowna, I picked up another pair of work appropriate pants and a few more t-shirts.
Body Oddities? So so many oddities... heartburn, weight loss rather than gain, leg cramps, stunning hair growth, stuffy nose, dry skin (especially on 'the girls). But what's really weirded me out this week (and this is tmi) is the increased amount of earwax. I know, I know... who notices this stuff?
Sleep? I struggled with sleep the whole time we were on vacation. I can fall asleep easily, but I can't seem to sleep longer than three or four hours at a stretch, at the best of times.
Best moment this week? The look on my mom's face when she heard the Halfling's heartbeat. (Yes, I brought the doppler on vacation)
Worst moment? The long drive home on Sunday. I was really uncomfortable in the car, and my feet and ankles were really swollen from sitting for so long. I had also managed to strain something in my back, on the right side, which then with my hypochondriac tendencies, I started worrying that my liver was inflamed (a sign of pre-eclampsia that my OB mentioned). Of course, it was just that a lower rib was slightly out (fixed by my wonderful chiropractor this afternoon)
Movement? Off and on throughout the day. I can feel the Halfling rolling, poking me, and shifting from one side to the other. My Beloved is very anxious to be able to feel our Halfling from the outside.
Food cravings? Mostly sweets recently... and I'm not really a sweets person. I'm trying to be careful about how much I eat of them.
Rings? Still on, but Sunday night when I was feeling so very bloated after the drive home, I had to take them off for a few hours.
Gender? Not going to find out, but I think it's a boy
Intense Dreams? Constantly. The weirdest one was about my Grandma R dying. It wasn't really an upsetting dream, as we have been expecting and even praying that she could go soon (she really has no quality of life any more and lives in pain and confusion). In the dream, my mom called me from Grandma's nursing home, and told me that she had passed during the night. My Beloved and I dashed down there, and when we arrived, my high school friend 'D' was there and I was trying to tell him about Grandma, but he wouldn't stop tad dancing around me in circles long enough to hear me tell him the news. He just kept tap dancing around me in the entryway of the nursing home.
Medical Concerns? High blood pressure (on 50mg Trandate/Lobetalol three times a day). I will be going for multiple (3+) GD tests... yuck!
What I miss? Proper sleep, energy for intimacy with my Beloved
What I look forward to? starting to work on the nursery, doing more practical prep for mat leave and the Halfling's arrival.
Emotional State? Up and down. I found myself being rather irritable with my poor Beloved a lot more lately. I think it's primarily due to my lack of sleep, but I really do feel bad about it.
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