I feel great this morning! A little nauseated, but that’s pretty normal until I get some food in me. (And my morning “a little nauseated” is just that – just a mild stomach rolling feeling. I don’t get the morning pukies very often.)

Last night was… eventful. Not for me… for our cat. We’re not 100% sure what happened, but I surmise it has to do with eating a whole bowl of dry cat food overnight. I didn’t get up until around 1pm and then didn’t see him for a few hours…. by evening when he jumped up on the bed beside me I noticed a problem right away. That poor cat. He looked totally bloated, VERY unhappy. He kept squatting, he could barely walk he was in so much discomfort. So we watched him until we went to bed, and planned to take him to the vet ASAP this morning if he still wasn’t feeling better. I was pretty sure he just had a stomach ache and was a little bit constipated (trust me, I have experience in the matter. I recognized the look on his face), but of course there’s always that fear. Especially with cats, if it’s a urinary blockage it could get very bad. So I spent the night pretty fitful, dreaming of taking him to the doctors.

Early this morning Den woke up and found a happy, cheerful, cuddly cat. Merlin jumped up on the bed for his normal morning snuggles, and all was well with the world. We were SO relieved!! Goodness, I hate seeing any of my babies sick. :( He looked so damn miserable yesterday. I am thankful our pets don’t get sick very often.

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I said to Den this morning, being pregnant is the best diet I’ve been on! Yes, I was joking. I mean, yes I’m thankful I haven’t put on 20lbs so far… I did have that fear. But then instead I’m worried about the baby, making sure I feed it enough. At least milk is a good source of protein, I get lots of that… and I’m trying to eat eggs and peanut butter and meat when I can. I know I’m not even coming close to the recommended calories per day. And it’s not like I want to fill the calories up with junk. But what can you do. I eat when I’m hungry, as much as I can without getting sick. It’s the best I can do for right now, no sense obsessing over calorie counting.

I do *feel* good though. Other than the obvious complaints of nausea, the small aches that come with this stage of pregnancy… I just feel very good. Everyone comments that I seem to glow, and no I don’t blame it on my oily face! I think people just see how very happy I am to be pregnant.

Ms. C commented on my hair. I didn’t bother to put it back for this last week’s photo, so you got a pic of my hair as it is in the morning, without shower or brushing. My hair’s always had a nice curl to it… not tight curls, but enough to give it shape. And fuzziness, depending on the day. But anyways… what I’ve noticed most about my hair is that it’s both drier and oilier at the same time. How is that even possible?? It definitely gets greasy and stringy quicker than it used to. But it also feels very coarse… it doesn’t get silky after a good shampoo and condition like it used to. In fact I’m using the tiniest bit of conditioner through the length to untangle it… I realized that using my normal amount was making the oiliness worse. So I shampoo the heck out of it, comb through a tiny little bit of conditioner, and rinse rinse rinse. Seems to be working well.

The biggest complaint about my hair is not the ones on my head. It’s the ones, errr, growing elsewhere. Not my stomach (always had a couple of hairs there), not my boobs (always had a couple of hairs there too)… but up my buttcrack. (I’m sure you always wanted to know that, right?) It is driving me NUTS. Maybe it’s always been there and I’m more sensitive – I don’t know. Either way, it’s itchy, and there’s not much I can do about it. (I learned my lesson a long time ago… shaving hairs in a crack means MAJOR UNPLEASANTNESS when it grows back. And HELL NO I am not getting anything waxed when I’m this sensitive.)

People say that your fingernails grow fast when you’re pregnant. I haven’t really noticed… but my nails have always been wicked strong and grown fast. So no real change there.

Boobs, oh let’s talk about boobs. I’ve mentioned they’re a little sensitive and have gotten a bit fuller. But did I mention about the little dots? No. Well… I have little bumps around my nipple. I’m sure it’s normal… some sort of milk glands or something… but it’s weird.

So that’s my what’s happening in my body update for the week. Full of things you were desperate to know, I’m sure.

I think it’s almost nap time.