My Weekly Progress Report — slackermama . com

How far along am I?
7 weeks and four days. 5 weeks and four days gestational. The reality is setting in, though I don’t feel like I’ve totally relaxed about it all yet. Doubt that will ever happen.

Signs and Symptoms

Fatigue - a lot more than last week. In fact, this morning I’m definitely dragging. Which just about makes sense since I have so much that I have to be doing. But I’ve been squeezing in a little nap in the afternoon.
Hunger - yep, still just as ferocious too. It takes about 2 - 3 hours after a meal for me to be ravenous again. I’m trying to make healthy choices such as cottage cheese and grapefruit and cheese, but sometimes I eat a pop tart or some chips. :blush
Peeing - still dashing to the potty on a very regular basis. Of course, a lot of that is due to all the water I’m drinking. I’m making sure I drink at least 64 oz a day so that has kept my kidneys pretty darned busy. I have been getting up in the night regularly now though. This morning it was more like 5am so not totally nighttime. But once a night consistantly for the last week. Oh well, it’s good exercise.
Queasiness - Seems to be pretty much gone. I think a lot of that is due to my water intake and our regular evening walk around the block. Plus, I’m making sure I don’t get too hungry, which helps.
Tight Clothes - lordy, yes. Already?? Yes. But I remember this from last time so no big shock there. But anything that has to button at the waist is getting mighty tight and uncomfortable.

How much have I gained?
Okay, since I’m not actually writing down numbers here I forgot what I weighed last week. :shifty But I’m going to say I gained 2 pounds. Which is horrifying, in and of itself. I sure hope that scale is WRONG. That or that my robe is just really heavy.

Observations

Still doing our nightly walk. Not every single day but pretty consitantly. At least three times a week. Which has got to be good for me. But my ankles really start to hurt by the time I’m done. Especially, oddly enough, my left ankle, which is NOT the one I broke. I think it is because I’m unconsciously compensating on that ankle and it tires out sooner. So I need to work on that.
So this so-called u/s with the RE’s office is tomorrow. I still don’t know if I’m going or not. I wasn’t able to get in earlier this week to see my regular doctor, which is a big bummer. But Tuesday will come soon enough. I’m just anxious. Anxious to see a little heartbeat and anxious that I won’t, all at the same time. But according to my Pregnancy After a Loss book, that’s pretty standard after you’ve had a loss like mine.
I got a maternity blouse on Friday. It was 50% off at Kohls…how could I pass that up?? I’ve been wanting a relatively professional looking button down blouse and now that I’m pregnant, I may as well get a maternity one. The good news is this blouse doesn’t look overly maternity so I can get away with it after Shmear is born. Its bright pink, which I was nervous about at first, but really like now. It goes with EVERYTHING. I love it.
Other than all that, life is pretty regular around these parts. For the most part, there’s not much new going on in the pregnancy. Which is pretty good. I’ll take normal and boring over exciting and irregular anyday.

So ends another progress report. Next week, I should have some fun things to report. :fc

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