How Far Along: 8 weeks, 4 days
Size of Baby: Olive
What I'm Doing: I just woke up from a nap. At 9:00 at night. Maybe the pregnancy fatigue is hitting me harder than I thought.
Cravings: RED MEAT! This is all I can think about - I've even started dreaming about steaks. Last night, I woke myself up with a watering mouth. Bear in mind, that in a normal year, I have steak - maybe once? But steaks and burgers are all I want right now. Luckily, I have a pretty handy grillmaster on speed dial. This weekend, we made monterey jack cheese stuffed burgers with a knock-off version of In and Out Burger's special sauce and it was amazing. I couldn't stop talking about how good it was to Nick. He assures me this means we must be having boys. I think I am just low in iron.
I continue to be averse to chicken and now turkey, as well. But, as long as I am eating every two hours, I can pretty much eat anything. I am still doing my green monster shakes in the morning, although sans the protein powder. Tons of big salads, seafood, pretty much anything I want except poultry.
Sleep: In general, my sleep is pretty consistent with what it is typically. However, the one change is that my dreams are incredibly vivid and my sleeptalking/sleepwalking seems to have increased. Last night, I woke up standing in our bedroom holding a framed wedding photo that I had just removed from our wall because I thought Nick was hiding something underneath it. The night before that, I caught myself trying to put one of the cats outside because I thought it was a stray dog. I've heard that stress can exacerbate sleepwalking/talking, so I'm assuming that is what's going on, but nevertheless - strange!
Sex of Babies: Unknown, other than Nick's very unscientific predictions
Symptoms: I hate to say this (for fear of tempting the fates), but I am having a really easy go of it. I had one week early on where the nausea seemed more pronounced and a lot of food didn't sound very good to me, but as I said, if my belly's full - I'm a happy camper! I am not experiencing the tremendous fatigue that a lot of my friends have told me about. In general, I don't feel that much different at all. I can only take this to mean one of two things - 1) it's still coming or 2) I am getting a pass because it's going to be harder with more than one baby in there down the road.
Fetal Movement: None
What I'm Looking Forward To This Week: My dear friend Jenni's wedding! And the fact that my bridesmaid dress fits. :)
Best Moment Of The Week: The long weekend - every glorious moment of it. In particular, I was able to work out for the first time in...awhile. As I recall, Dr. G put an exercise restriction on me in late March - at the time that I started the stims. Then, I wasn't allowed to exercise until the pregnancy was confirmed. And then when I had all of the issues with bleeding, I was again told not to exercise until a full week went by without incident. That milestone finally passed, so I was sort of excited to get back into a routine. I have to say - it was not pretty. But it felt good. I had ordered a pregnancy workout DVD off of Amazon - chosen because reviewers said that it was a pretty decent workout. I guess I could have kept to my regular routine, but what I like about the DVD is that it incorporates stretching and strength training that are supposed to help with some of the strain of pregnancy.
Special Thanks To: Nick - he's always been a very supportive husband, but his nurturing, protective side is really coming out lately. I am getting a lot of offers for foot rubs, random kisses to my forehead, inquiries about how I'm feeling, admonishments to not get near the cat's litter boxes (now that I'm pregnant, he has inherited that job!), and a ton of attempts to make me laugh, which isn't that difficult because Nick is pretty damn funny. I think I'll keep him around. :)
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