Pregnant. Finally.

When things start to feel the same

by Veronica on September 1, 2008

in My body is broken., Pregnant. Finally.

Well things with this pregnancy have been pretty similar to the pregnancy with Amy.

I got morning sickness early.

Morning sickness went away at about 12 (ish) weeks.

I felt the baby move for the first time at about 12 weeks.

I didn’t fit into my clothes comfortably anymore.

My boobs got bigger and hurt lots.

Stretchmarks in stupid places. Like behind my knees and calves.

And the crowning glory?

When I was pregnant with Amy, at about 21 weeks, I caught a stomach bug, puked all night, lost a ton of weight and never really recovered. It also made my pregnant belly look merely fat.

Last night, at nearly 20 weeks, my body decided that SOMETHING had upset it. I then spent all night puking [in my outside toilet. In winter. How rude].

This morning, I am still sick and exhausted, food looks disgusting (although I have forced down some easy tomato pasta and half an apple) and I seem to have lost 5kg (10lb) overnight if my clothes are anything to go by. I also don’t seem to have a baby belly anymore.

I am just hoping and praying that this isn’t the precursor to having Amy’s pregnancy repeat itself.

[When I was pregnant with Amy, because I lost weight due to the stomach bug, my CFS jumped in and promptly made my entire life miserable. I couldn’t eat more than 1/2 a cup of anything at a time, I vomited alot, I lost weight, I developed acne and I was so exhausted I spent most of my time in bed.]

I already couldn’t eat more than 1/2C of anything without wanting to vomit, even before last night.

I am already exhausted and just trying to keep on top of things enough (like weight gain and as much of it as I can get) so that I stay healthy.

Cross fingers that it was just a freak coincidence and that tomorrow I will feel amazing and healthy and stuff.

</end whining>

Also, for anyone interested, here is the recipe for easy tomato pasta.

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Easy Tomato Pasta

Grab yourself a can of diced tomatoes (400g [14oz]). Place the tomatoes into a blender (I have a bullet blender that I adore) with a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of sugar, some cracked black pepper and a tablespoon of good quality vinegar. (I used white balsamic)

Blend until completely smooth.

Cook yourself enough spaghetti to feed about 4 people (you know I throw my food together, rather than measuring anything, don’t you?) and drain. Throw the spaghetti back into the (still) hot (now) dry pot, and stir through the tomato mix.

Serve with fresh chopped basil and maybe some grated parmesan.

Mmmm

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It is good pasta. Trust me. I also added about half a clove of garlic to the mix when I blended it. Roasted capsicum, fresh herbs, chillies, or onions would also go nicely with it.

Also, can someone tell me how Amy can eat 2 HUGE bowls of bright green spinach soup last night and tell me she wanted ‘more! YUM!’, and yet all she can tell me with this pasta is ‘YUK!’? She doesn’t even mean the yuk because she is finishing up her bowl of it right now.

Toddlers!

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19 weeks

by Veronica on August 27, 2008

in Pregnant. Finally.

19 weeks. Honestly, where does the time go?

The little one is an active little bug, although not as active as Amy was. I can feel it wiggle and squirm, as well as bounce on my bladder.

[Side note to baby: Dear baby, I would like to not have to pee every 5 minutes. I would like for you to not flump down onto my bladder every single time I stand up. I would like to have some pelvic floor muscles that I can actually use at the end of this pregnancy. Haven’t you read the same pregnancy books I have? You are meant to move UP from my bladder at about 12 weeks. Hmmph. Love, Mum.]

I feel a little strange blogging about this pregnancy. It still feels a little unreal you know? I think it will feel a bit more real once we (hopefully) find out the sex. [Scan booked for September 11]

And stretchmarks? I has them. We can all blame my poor genetics for that. (Thanks MUM).

My belly button is trying to poke out. I am tired constantly. I am gestating a tiny human.

I am so freaking thankful.

Naked photo. For the pervs. Notice how I am hiding the worst of the stretchmarks?

A few people have asked how I am doing in myself and you know, it’s hard. I don’t find pregnancy a time of butterflies and sunbeams, more likely a time of vomiting, exhaustion and constipation. Mum sent me a link to a site that explains what living with a long term illness is like. You can read it here if you are interested. Keep in mind that my CFS, while it isn’t Lupus, presents with almost identical symptoms to it, so much so that I have been tested for Lupus almost twice a year for the last 6 and a half years.

21 weeks left. Bring on January baby.

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Belly Shot and Amy

by Veronica on July 27, 2008

in Life, Pregnant. Finally.

So, a belly shot. 14 weeks and 3 days in.

Hey look! You can even see the stretch marks left by Amy! Thanks Amy, Mummy love you.

And I can smell pee. Seriously, I think Amy may have pee’d on the couch. Where I am sitting.

*sniffs*

Yep, definitely pee. Time for the vinegar spray methinks. Better than poo I suppose.

And the damn dog just hid under the TV and vomited. Sigh.

Nathan…. I need you…

Pee and dog vomit. Could this day get any better?

Oh wait yes it could! Because I had my first real craving [seafood extender. You know, that fake chunky crap flavoured stuff that you get in deafood cocktails? Yeah, that. mmmmmm]. Nathan refused to head to the supermarket to fulfil my craving. Hmmmph.

Luckily Mum had some in her freezer and Nathan wasn’t too averse to driving me to Mum’s. Thank goodness.

Amy has been helping in the kitchen alot lately. Isn’t she cute? [You know, if damn Youtube would ever finish letting me upload the file! Still waiting. 30 mins later… Why did no one tell me that Youtube takes ages?]

Ah here it is. A video! My first one ever.

I did have a longer (cuter) video uploading, but SOMEHOW youtube decided to time out my connection just as the damn thing finished uploading. No matter that I had waited for ages and ages for it to just freaking upload already! Was I doing something wrong?

Oh and in pregnancy updates, considering I showed you my bare naked belly, my morning sickness has eased, but the nausea that accompanies my CFS has been rearing it’s ugly head. [I can tell the difference, CFS nausea tends to be in big waves that floor me utterly for about 15 minutes. Morning sickness is different].

I am still tired and completely unable to eat some foods, but overall, I am starting to feel better. Much better.

Touch wood.

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Snippets.

by Veronica on July 19, 2008

in Animals, Headfuck, Pregnant. Finally.

Seven? Stop eating my goddamned underwear! If I get out of bed in the morning again and find all my underwear chewed I swear I will shove it down your throat. (Yes, it would probably help if I had folded and put away the clean washing, but whatever). At least they were clean.

Amy, I love you, but can you please help me evict the Two that has suddenly taken hold of your toddler body? I want my non tantrumming, non squealing, TALKING toddler back. Also, not climbing for a while would be nice. Mummy’s heart can’t take anymore climbing and leaping ‘Tatch Me!-s’.

I bought my first article of Maternity stuff today. A pair of knee high boots with no heel. Oh so gorgeous and oh so comfortable. Also some tights so that I can get through winter on a song and a prayer while wearing my stretchy material skirts (that are so much sexier than the stretchy material pants).

I also bought more underwear (Seven, you keep away from it you hear me!) because I was getting to the point where I was going to have to go commando. And honestly with all the increased *ahem* (TMI) mucus you get in pregnancy, I really didn’t want to be going commando. Especially not in winter.

Winter? You can fuck off. I am sick of being cold and depressed and sunlight deprived. Thanks.

Dear my Freezer, I would love if you could magically make things appear inside yourself that I felt like eating. IE: Frozen strawberries (that are too expensive to buy) and yogurt. Yes, I KNOW this would make you a magical freezer and it would mean that I would have to pet you a little each day, but honestly, I am good with that.

My skin has gone to shit. I look like a teenage pizza face again and nothing I am doing is fixing it. Sigh. Time to bump up the Vitamin C and fish oil I think. Also, I need to stop being lazy and wash my face more. With CLEANSER.

Dear Nightmares. Go away.

Dear blood pressure. Please rise, I am sick of feeling dead. (Yes, the doctor did check my blood pressure yesterday and he did say it was low, but he didn’t seem too concerned. Hmmmph). I am drinking a metric ton of water/cordial a day and it seems to help, but….

Seriously, I am sick of needing to pee every 30 minutes. Uterus, any time you want to move away from my bladder is good with me. Honestly, I won’t be upset or anything.

Oh and tonight? I can’t seem to string anything coherant together. Can you tell?

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I Never Thought A Nose Was So Cute Before

by Veronica on July 17, 2008

in Pregnant. Finally.

Baby at 13 weeks

Baby at 13 weeks

So, I had my NT scan today to check for Downs Syndrome (I am going to call it an excuse to see my baby’s heartbeat again).

The little one kicked and wiggled it’s way into many and varied positions (none of which the sonographer wanted, but all of which were very cute). Luckily I had the patient guy who is willing to answer questions and he spent alot of time smiling at the little one and pointing things out to me.

Like the nose, as seen above.

I am so very relieved to have seen the little one so active and to see a nice strong heartbeat (165bpm for anyone interested).

AND even bigger news! I had thought I was feeling flutters for a while now, but was also telling myself that it was wishful thinking, today the ultrasound confirmed that I can feel about 70% of the moving the baby is doing (I was feeling and watching at the same time. Very cool).

So all is well in my world today.

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