Pregnancy Journal :: Week 29
5/27/10 :: day 203
Last night we had one of Derek’s old friends over. Dane now lives in Washington state with his wife and two kids, and every so often comes back to Memphis to visit friends and family. Unfortunately, this trip it was just Dane and the kids, because his wife had to stay at home because she is in school and they haven’t let out yet. On the bright side Derek got the chance to catch up with an old buddy and I got the chance to play with two of the cutest kids you will ever meet, Taya and Paxton. Taya is 3 and Paxton turns 1 TODAY! Having these two over helped Derek and I realize how many items in our house will need to be moved from low lying book shelves or the floor. Thankfully, Taya and Paxton were very well behaved when it came to not touching things, but when you are keeping an eye out for little ones you start paying attention to the things they might get their hands on.
I’m not quite certain what is happening, but the past few lunchtimes I have had an aversion to dairy. It’s not that I can’t eat it at all. It’s just that if I have cheese or too much milk the night before my stomach gets queasy at just the thought of a dairy item around lunch the next day. Maybe this is some weird version of lactose intolerance.
6/1/10 :: day 208
I must say I am still thrilled to be pregnant. I still look back at my pregnancy in awe. I enjoy the attention. Don’t get me wrong that is NOT why I got pregnant, but the attention coated with sweet and loving comments truly is nice.
6/2/10 :: day 209
My back is beginning to hurt again. I must admit I did have a tiny panic attack last night when I realized that there is the chance that my stomach may never look the same again. I had forgotten about that little detail. I was so focused on the tremendous amount of pain I will so be going through that I totally forgot about the mutilation that pregnancy can bring to your mid region. I understand that it doesn’t mess everyone’s stomach up, but it could. I am doing my best to control my weight and to apply my stretch mark lotion everyday, but the doc said if I’m going to get them (stretchmarks) then there really isn’t much I can do about it. I haven’t seen any marks on my tum tum yet, but I still have 2.5 months to go. The wait is torturous.
