Don’t want to repeat myself… but I do marvel at being here. It’s so great. I still worry a lot. Am I big enough? Shouldn’t I be showing more by now? Will the baby still be alive by my next u/s? But most of the time I just decide that the odds are in my favor and I try not to torture myself.

The m/s has pretty much totally abated. No more urgent ‘must eat now’ crashes. No more aching, queasy stomach in the morning or if it’s been more than 3-4 hours since I’ve eaten. I still eat a bit more than I was. Milk is not quite as enticing as it was, but still tastes great. Some things still don’t taste quite right (meat must be very tender and if even slightly dry tastes gross) and occasionally I get very picky — a few bites and I don’t like it any more. Also, my gag reflex has gotten much more sensitive. I’ve had to figure out some tricks to get my prenatals down (head tilting, floating them down with lots of water.) Had some really bad gagging sessions where I came *really* close to losing my lunch/dinner. Apparently, as everything becomes super sensitive in pregnancy, so does the gag reflex and even lightly touching the back of the throat can set it off. Some women have problems brushing their teeth. Haven’t had that yet — phew!

Fruits, vegetables and water are my best friend these days. Pregnancy constipation (bleh!) is not and if I don’t get my daily servings… well, enough about that. Just a word to wise for any of y’all playing along and will soon be preggo yourselves.

My energy is mostly back – yeah! I still need a nap most days, but I have started to exercise a bit again. A good walk, 40-50 minutes  a few times a week. I’m building up slowly to walking every day or every other day, plus figuring out what kind of (light) weight lifting I can do. I don’t want to do yoga because a/I don’t really like it and b/wasn’t doing it before I got preggo. Dr. B said you can do almost anything you were doing before pregnancy except to keep weights to 10-15 lbs max. But I don’t think my ass is going to see a dance class for quite some time, unfortunately. Just doesn’t feel safe. Walking feels good though and I’ll start some weights this week and see how it goes.

I can’t say for sure, but I think I felt the baby kick a few weeks back. Would have been pretty early for that, but when I read the description of what that feels like in my baby book… it was exactly what I felt: a little bubble, or flutter. Very small and gentle but very there. And of course, as I haven’t felt it since, I worry about why I haven’t (!) I have felt ’something’ a few times in bed that felt less like a kick and more like a baby rolling over (?) So hard to say what that was, and again, a bit early. But I’ve heard you can sometimes feel it this early.

I’ve thought about getting one of those Doppler’s again… but I’ve read a lot of reviews that say they’re not always accurate and can cause more stress. So I’m leaning towards not getting one. Won’t see Dr. B for another 2.5 weeks. At least for now, I can hold out until then.