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i go in cycles with lj...lately, i have not wanted to write anything. i've not even kept up with my flist faithfully- sorry 'bout that.
i'm just so fucking busy at work, and so completely engrossed in what's going on inside my body, and dealing with the symptoms of pregnancy, that i just can't keep up.
i've started to feel the baby move regularly now, and it's the strangest feeling ever. everyone describes it in the beginning as "butterflies"- i felt more like there was a snake in my belly. not as nice a metaphor, but an apt one. now it's graduated to definite kicks, though they're still too light to be felt from the outside. this baby likes to kick me in the cervix, which hurts, and to kick me after i do something that jostles it, such as sneeze or go up/down a flight of stairs. it is a wonderful feeling, though, to finally have a tangible and pleasant reminder of the birdie growing inside.
i am lamenting the fact that i have no cool clothes left to wear...maternity clothes are just not made with someone like me in mind. for work i don't really care what i wear, business casual blah blah- but going anywhere on a weekend sends me into depression. i have ONE pair of jeans that's a size larger than i usually wear that i can push below the belly, but said belly is getting so round that all of my fitted t-shirts are too small and i hang out the bottom of them, yet it's not round enough to fill out most of my maternity shirts and i look like the saggy baggy elephant in them.
d has been incredibly sweet, getting me mango smoothies and chocolate bars when i'm craving them, and rubbing my sore back all the time.
the "big" anatomy ultrasound is a week from today, so hopefully we will find out then what gender the baby is. i'm going on record here with my guess: a boy.
i'm just so fucking busy at work, and so completely engrossed in what's going on inside my body, and dealing with the symptoms of pregnancy, that i just can't keep up.
i've started to feel the baby move regularly now, and it's the strangest feeling ever. everyone describes it in the beginning as "butterflies"- i felt more like there was a snake in my belly. not as nice a metaphor, but an apt one. now it's graduated to definite kicks, though they're still too light to be felt from the outside. this baby likes to kick me in the cervix, which hurts, and to kick me after i do something that jostles it, such as sneeze or go up/down a flight of stairs. it is a wonderful feeling, though, to finally have a tangible and pleasant reminder of the birdie growing inside.
i am lamenting the fact that i have no cool clothes left to wear...maternity clothes are just not made with someone like me in mind. for work i don't really care what i wear, business casual blah blah- but going anywhere on a weekend sends me into depression. i have ONE pair of jeans that's a size larger than i usually wear that i can push below the belly, but said belly is getting so round that all of my fitted t-shirts are too small and i hang out the bottom of them, yet it's not round enough to fill out most of my maternity shirts and i look like the saggy baggy elephant in them.
d has been incredibly sweet, getting me mango smoothies and chocolate bars when i'm craving them, and rubbing my sore back all the time.
the "big" anatomy ultrasound is a week from today, so hopefully we will find out then what gender the baby is. i'm going on record here with my guess: a boy.