My Weekly Progress Report | slackermama . com

Welcome to another week in the life of the pregnancy of me. *whew* Hopefully, and God willing, there will be many more weeks to add to this report. The last week went pretty well, in my opinion. Here it is:

How far along am I?
6 weeks and four days. 4 weeks and four days from the gestational side of things (not counting if this was late implantation, which I highly suspect it was). Well into the second month here.

Signs and Symptoms

Still with the queasy stuff if I don’t keep food in my tummy (isn’t that ironic?). Thankfully, now I have a good stash of munchies to keep me satisfied. However, that pop tart I had a little while ago didn’t do much, I’m STILL starving. :blush
Still congested too. I’m getting rather used to it now.
Speaking of irony, even with the congested nose, I can smell EVERYTHING. We have some rose bushes out front that are being attacked by both aphids and powdery mildew. So I bought some spray that would eliminate both problems. I was spraying it on and had to hand it off to K because it STUNK like something dead. Of course, he then said he didn’t smell anything. I have a hard time believing that.
The trips to the bathroom are still pretty frequent. Of course, I’m upping my water intake so that probably has something to do with it. And there were a few nights where I had get up in the night. Yowza!
Still with the starving thing. Case in point: I had breakfast about 7am this morning. Cereal, toast and orange juice. About an hour or so ago I had a single frosted strawberry pop tart. I’m STARVING right now.
Cramps are pretty much gone.
Tight clothes. Yes, you heard it here first. I went to put on some denim capris on Sunday and they were hella tight. Now these were always pretty loose on me so this came as a shock. And so soon! I’m puffing out all over the place. Course, it could be the constant starving thing.
Fatigue. Not as much as maybe it could be. But I know I could easily crawl into bed right now and fall asleep. And I’ve been sleeping like the dead at night. And waking up less than refreshed.

How much have I gained?
According to the bathroom scale 3 pounds! :blink I chose not to accept that, however, and will have to invest in a new scale. Because that’s just crazy talk. To be on the safe side, maybe I should hide the pop tarts.

Observations
Formerly “Gripes and Observations”. But I realized, there’s very little to really GRIPE about during pregnancy. After all, I well know how lucky I am to be pregnant right now and that is nothing to complain about!

So I did it. I told my parents. And K told his parents. And we told our neighbors. So much for not telling anyone until the second trimester, huh?
My second beta was GOOD. Well, not fabulous, not as high as I would have liked to see it. But 1786 is a perfectly respectable number.
I totally got the book I mentioned in my last report and I’m so glad. It’s a great book and I’m enjoying it. It is definitely reassuring to find out that the fears and worries I have are completely normal. And that it IS possible to have a sucessful subsequent pregnancy.
We’re going to need to get me a recliner. Or a glider. Something that rocks that isn’t made of solid wood. Yeah, good luck with that. :roll
I have a couple appointments lined up. One is June 9, with the RE’s office. It’s an ultrasound, but there’s that whole unpaid bill thing. :shifty I also have one for June 14 with my regular doctor. That may get moved up. I’ll probably get a u/s with them too. Anxious to ask some questions and get a good idea of how we’re going to handle this pregnancy!

And so finishes out another weekly progress report. Will I go see the RE and get shamed for the bill? Will I keep gaining until they have to remove me from the house with a crane? Only time will tell. Check back next week and see how it’s going.

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