14 weeks, 5 days...

Pretty quiet week, except for the bulging tummy. It’s becoming more noticeable (it seems like every day), especially at night when I’m moving around. Obviously I can’t feel the baby move yet, but it’s really apparent something is in there. It feels different when I stretch, lean over, move, and bend over. It’s just this odd feeling that’s never been there before. I wonder if that’s mental or real…?

Woke up last night with a bout of nausea in the middle of the night. It typically goes away when I sit up, so I just slept sitting up for a bit and then it was gone. Sleep is better now, though it won’t be what it was until this kid is a year old! But I don’t get up as much, only about 3 times a night instead of 5 or 6. I think I made it through one night over the weekend with only having to get up twice. That’s huge considering I sleep for the better part of 10 hours on weekends because I’m so exhausted from the week.

Eating more, but not. What I mean is that I’m consuming more food because I’m hungry more frequently, but I’m getting really fully before I finish my plate during dinner. Which is not normal for me HAHA. I need to learn to stop when I’m full! No weird cravings though. I’m pleased that I’m not having them, but I wish I could have just one to know what it feels like. I’m still really into juice, but the yogurt thing has dropped off. The doc wants me to drink lots of water and that’s fine, I love water, but I also want lots of juice and milk too. I love having milk with dinner because it also helps everything go down and helps reduce the heartburn. I have been into bagels and cream cheese a lot lately. I feel like I can eat them five times a day and never get tired of them. Weird.

Ligament pain has kicked up over this past week. I had it a bit around 10 weeks, but now it’s back. It’s more of an annoying feeling than anything, but kind of hurts too.

Went shopping over the weekend with Shannon and man was it depressing. I wanted to try on so many cute things for summer and spring, but had to stick to stuff that was big in the belly. No maternity stores at the Northridge mall either! Got two cute shirts I can wear probably until around 6 or 7 months and then wear after and even once I lose the weight. Got some leggings too which will be helpful during summer time, since I’m not a short dress person. What I really need is a bra to get me through until I pick up some maternity bras. My cheapy Wal-Mart fake sports bras are just not doing me any good. Think I’ll look at Target this weekend.

Work, is work. It has its moments of insanity and then it has these dull boring moments where time just doesn’t move. Eventually it will all change into a steady pace, but for now I’m having a hard time keeping myself awake. My desk is nice and big, but in a dark corner, so the lighting is a real drag-me-down and hurts my eyes and most of the time gives me a headache. I miss having people to go to lunch with or a nice cafeteria to walk over to in this nice weather. I try and walk 2-3 times a week on my lunch break and it’s not a big walk, but at least I’m trying. Think I’ll try and make it longer today just to get the exercise and to get out of here longer. I think I’ll also take my lunch into my car with my book and sit in there on my break. This whole building is just horrible! The lunch room is dark even! So at least if I sit in my car I can feel the nice breeze and the sun on my skin. I should try and enjoy it now because it’s going to be hotter than hell before I know it and I’ll be really pregnant and definitely not wanting to take a walk! I look at Serena who is about to have a baby by the end of this week, and she looks only 7 months pregnant because she goes to the gym every day! I don’t know how she goes to the gym every day! I mean she doesn’t work, so that helps, but still…I just hate the gym so much and I’d hate it even more at 39 weeks pregnant! I know the docs say you should walk a half hour a day 5 times a week, but is that really a realistic goal when you work full time or live somewhere where the climate is insanely hot 6 months of the year? It’s not for me because I’m too tired to wake up early to walk and too tired and hungry when I get off work to walk, so the best time for me to go is lunch and I work in the industrial center and it’s not the greatest area to walk for a half hour. And there’s no way I could do it 5 times a week.

Names. I could come up with girls’ names all day long, but the boys’ names are a little harder. We’ve narrowed it down to either Aaden or Conner, but fall short on middle names that flow. In keeping with Jeff’s family tradition we are doing two middle names per child, so this is even more difficult because I can’t even think of one middle name or at least one we can agree on. I really like Aaden Cole or Aaden Jeffrey, but he doesn’t. And with Conner, I have no idea. Originally it was going to be Conner William Christian Happ – after his great grandfather, but now he’s decided not to do that. And for a girl we’re definitely set on Olivia.

Still trying to make a decision on the Lamaze classes, but I think we’re leaning towards no. Kaiser has two programs for childbearing and one is 5 sessions and the other is 3. Considering the hospital is not exactly right down the street from us and these classes are a couple hours after work in the middle of the week, it just doesn’t sound appealing. I’m sure they’re really informational, but I figure there’s been many mothers before me (including my own) who didn’t take classes and still raised their kids just fine, so I’m sure it will be the same for me! We are going to do the hospital tour, but probably not until June or July when I’m actually really showing and I think it will be fun. There is one class I am interested in and that’s the Baby Care Basics class where you learn how to care for newborns. This one you just show up to and it’s free, so maybe I’ll think about that one. I wonder out of the many women that give birth in the U.S. every year, what percentage of them actually takes a Lamaze class? Just doesn’t seem as necessary as 20 years ago I suppose! I’d be willing to hear the positive things about taking it though and if it’s really worth it!

Well I’ve rambled enough for today, especially with a thankfully quiet week.

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