It’s week 10 of my pregnancy and I have a baby the size of a kumquat inside me. I’m starting to pop out, it’s definitely getting noticeable. I was really worried I had been gaining too much weight, because from the books it sounds like at 10 weeks you aren’t really showing yet. Turns out I haven’t gained anything, so it really is just baby hardware. Crazy. Tom noticed it too yesterday while I was in my snug long johns shirt and boxers. He had an ear to ear grin. I think it’s going to be ok getting big as a house. I’m trying to stay calm and just deal with it. I’m certainly not the first person to go through this. I went into one of those fancy maternity shops where all the clothes are made for short skinny people and I realized this is just not where I’m going to shop. I saw some ok stuff at JCPenney maternity yesterday and there are always the plus size shops. I bet I can find some maternity stuff there with pants that will actually be long enough and with shirts big enough for my expanding boobs. I think this summer is going to be all about baby doll dresses.
I’m doing good. I feel like I was pretty lucky in my first trimester. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been trying to exercise, or if it’s the great prenatal vitamins I have, but I haven’t been very nauseous or anything. I have been less tired but this weekend I went to a sewing circle and then a dinner party. Sunday I was exhausted. We went to the mall to get me a big flannel shirt to use as a robe at the gym, so I don’t have to feel so pregnant and naked after my swims. Just going to JCPenney was exhausting.
A friend asked me what it felt like to be pregnant. Although I of course know there is a baby in my belly, my pregnancy at this point still feels a little more like something is happening to me rather than that I am with child. Does that make sense? I don’t know if I can explain it really. I’m just tired, I feel like my body is working really hard and like marathon training, I mostly want to eat really high protein, high vitamin rich food. But I also want a couple spoonfuls of ice cream because it’s so delicious. I also have incredibly bad gas, but I already mentioned that in a previous post. I’m so excited about my 12 week check up, when I can see a fully formed baby with kicking limbs. I think I will feel much more secure about this pregnancy then.
I’ve been a little nervous to keep up a daily exercise routine because I had some spotting. My doctor didn’t’ think it was anything, but it still made me nervous so for a while I’d been going to the gym every other day and just really taking it easy. I haven’t seen spotting for a while now, my cold is all gone, and most days I have pretty good energy, so I think I’m going to try and start going every day again this week. Wednesdays are prenatal yoga. I love the class. I’m going to go to that every week for sure.
My drawings a day are falling behind a bit. I was just busy or tired this weekend. I’ll knock out a few today and ease up on the subject matter a bit. The important thing is to keep up, if some of them are ugly, it’s ok.
I definitely dropped the 52 audio sketches for 2010 idea. I just realized this pregnancy and birth is going to take up lots of time. Plus I went to the apple store and they could not help me fix Garage Band. They told me I would have to start over from scratch, scrub the hard drive and reinstall the OS and Garage Bang. I think the guy i taled to was incompetent and couldn’t admit he didn’t know what was wrong. He didn’t even bother to launch Garage Band and look at what was happening, He just flat out told me I had to start completely over. What a tard. With work being so busy right now, I don’t have time to track down the problem. I wasted $200 on Garage Band and a Jam Pack. I love Apple, I’m angry this happened. If I have time, I’m going to try another Apple store and another “genius”, someone who will actually give me the time of day. In the meantime, I could use Tom’s set up downstairs, but it’s not as convenient. And frankly, right now, I’m tired.
We have another appointment to meet midwives next week. These ladies came with a direct recommendation from a friend. I really loved the first midwife we met so no matter who we pick, I think we are in good hands.