Obsessions, Complaints, and Thanks - 15 Weeks
I think I've visited every website related to pregnancy, babies, and especially baby names. It's getting a little obsessive compulsive at this point. I think I spent all day on friday reading archived articles at the Parenting magazine website, a magizine that I've had a subscription to since 2000. The really sad thing is that I have long since realized that just about any book, advice, or article about babies says basically the same thing. But does that stop me from flipping through Dr. Sears' book at the bookstore, wondering if it might have some tidbit that's not in my other 4 pregnancy books? No. And does it stop me from comparing the 15th week beteen babycenter.com, parenting.com, and about.com? No again.
The other thing that I've realized, after reading all of this, is that although there's all this talk about feeling great and attractive during pregnancy. I'm patiently waiting for the moment when I don't feel fat and uncomfortable with dry skin and indigestion. I'd like to actually meet a real woman who felt sexy during pregnancy, cause I'm really not feeling it.
Okay, enough with the hormonal rant.
The really really good news is that I had a doctor's appointment this week and all my tests came back just fine. The did take my blood pressure at the beginning of the appointment and it was 160/90, which is terrible, but then when my doctor took it again after we were done, it was 138/80, so that's a big difference. I also got another look at peanut. My mom came with me, since she was visiting for Thanksgiving, so she was able to persuade the nurse into a sonogram. Unfortunately we didn't find out the sex, like I thought we might, but he or she was actually sucking on his or her fingers and even had the hiccups for a while! It's really easy to forget that all I was complaining about above is because there's a real person in there. I can't wait to feel somethning, I think that will make it all more real. We will probably find out the gender in a few weeks when I have my offical sonogram with the technician, and luckily Ian will be there to see it all.
We also had a wonderful Thanksgiving here at our house with my mom and brother. The highlight for me was when we did the somewhat hokey tradition of saying what we're thankful for, and after I blundered and joked my way through what I was thankful for, Ian gave a very elequent and heartfelt little speech that made me feel really special.
So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, the things for which I am thankful are: A healthy pregnancy, despite my many, many complaints; Ian, who is a wonderful, wonderful man, and already talks to my belly and gives me backrubs; Emily, who is one of the most fun people in the world to be around; my mom, who I always have fun with, even if we're lost in North Idaho; I'm thankful that Andrew is happy, and doing something he loves; Ian's entire family for being so thoughtful, caring, and willing to love Emily and me; I'm thankful that we're all hapy, and relatively healthy (Ian's back is on the mend); I'm thankful that Sara and Evan are healthy and I'm really thankful that I'll get to meet him soon; and since this is getting long, I'm thankful for leftover Thanksgiving food, which is delicious and has allowed me to stay out of the kitchen for the last 3 days.
The other thing that I've realized, after reading all of this, is that although there's all this talk about feeling great and attractive during pregnancy. I'm patiently waiting for the moment when I don't feel fat and uncomfortable with dry skin and indigestion. I'd like to actually meet a real woman who felt sexy during pregnancy, cause I'm really not feeling it.
Okay, enough with the hormonal rant.
The really really good news is that I had a doctor's appointment this week and all my tests came back just fine. The did take my blood pressure at the beginning of the appointment and it was 160/90, which is terrible, but then when my doctor took it again after we were done, it was 138/80, so that's a big difference. I also got another look at peanut. My mom came with me, since she was visiting for Thanksgiving, so she was able to persuade the nurse into a sonogram. Unfortunately we didn't find out the sex, like I thought we might, but he or she was actually sucking on his or her fingers and even had the hiccups for a while! It's really easy to forget that all I was complaining about above is because there's a real person in there. I can't wait to feel somethning, I think that will make it all more real. We will probably find out the gender in a few weeks when I have my offical sonogram with the technician, and luckily Ian will be there to see it all.
We also had a wonderful Thanksgiving here at our house with my mom and brother. The highlight for me was when we did the somewhat hokey tradition of saying what we're thankful for, and after I blundered and joked my way through what I was thankful for, Ian gave a very elequent and heartfelt little speech that made me feel really special.
So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, the things for which I am thankful are: A healthy pregnancy, despite my many, many complaints; Ian, who is a wonderful, wonderful man, and already talks to my belly and gives me backrubs; Emily, who is one of the most fun people in the world to be around; my mom, who I always have fun with, even if we're lost in North Idaho; I'm thankful that Andrew is happy, and doing something he loves; Ian's entire family for being so thoughtful, caring, and willing to love Emily and me; I'm thankful that we're all hapy, and relatively healthy (Ian's back is on the mend); I'm thankful that Sara and Evan are healthy and I'm really thankful that I'll get to meet him soon; and since this is getting long, I'm thankful for leftover Thanksgiving food, which is delicious and has allowed me to stay out of the kitchen for the last 3 days.
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