Weekend Update - 4w6d

Last night, we went to DH's 1o year reunion. Good times. Actually it was kind of funny, especially from the perspective of an outsider. I met some of his old friends, was introduced to a lot of people and got to witness some fun gossip. She lost a ton of weight. He's bald now. She's married to an old man. She's a substitute teacher AND a stripper.

I told DH it would be okay to tell people if he wanted to since I figured a) it would explain why I wasn't drinking b) it was the honest response to the "so why don't you have kids yet" questions and c) I figured we would never see most of the people again, and why not share some happy news.

People were very sweet. One of his good friends has a 7 week old baby we got to meet, and she asked all about how I have been feeling. I figured that's a fair question, so I should share with the rest of the blogging world what is going on with me.

1. I'm exhausted. All the time. I'm tired at school, I'm tired at home, and the act of getting up in the morning is a chore. It involves crackers in bed, letting DH make me tea and my lunch, having to sit down after my shower to recover, and blow drying my hair sitting down. This is all because. . .

2. I'm dizzy. Mostly in the morning, and when I'm hungry. If I go for more than 2-3 hours without eating I start to get woozy.

3. My boobs are getting bigger. I'm starting to bust out of my bras and they are getting firmer now too. DH (whose nominated himself official tracker of the boob changes) also thinks my nipples are twice as big. I'll take his word for it. The girls also hurt, and are really sensitive.

4. Food aversions. I have always wondered what they meant exactly. For me, twice now it has been the smell of something that made me feel sick and like I needed to sit down immediately. Weird. Once it was ice cream, the other time it was some kind of pasta with white sauce and vegetables.

5. Naps make me feel worse. I think it must be only in the evening when I've taken a nap that means I've missed a meal. It sucks because I always really need the sleep!

6. I'm possibly a little cranky. I don't notice, but DH smirked when I asked him if he had noticed anything.

7. The bloat, oh the bloat. Still present, still annoying, still causing me to suck in constantly at work. Which makes my abs sore, like I've been doing a lot of sit-ups or something.

I think that covers the basics. As much as I've always said I wouldn't complain about pregnancy. . .I can see why it happens. Especially since I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that this just might make it to the end.