For the first time in quite some time Kate is in bed, Den has gone to bed, Kate has not woken back up again (yet), and I have some honest free time – no homework, no phone calls, no chores. (Well, there are always more chores, but nothing I have to desperately get done right this second.) As I said goodnight to Denis I said, “I have no idea what I’m going to do with my time, but I know it will be relaxing. And it will involve Cheerios.” Apparently this pregnancy favors cheerios.<\/p>\n
This pregnancy is also starting to favor nausea. It comes and goes, but it’s sticking around a bit more, making me want to throw up. I’m also getting heartburn some nights, which is bizarre because the only time I have ever had heartburn was in the third trimester with Kate (that I can remember, at least). My stomach just feels all gassy and gurgly and I feel a lot of pressure at the top of my stomach. I need to burp a lot, and that leads to gagging. Today as I was just hanging over the toilet just in case Kate helpfully ran up to me and burrowed her head under my arm so that she could see into the toilet, too. She grinned at me and giggled, like this was some new fun game. I told her just not to throw anything in. Yeah, morning sickness is going to get really interesting with a toddler around.<\/p>\n
We haven’t told family and local people yet, mostly because I’m still not really comfortable dealing with the over-optimistic nothing-will-go-wrong congratulations that most people will give. But it does make for a bit of a situation. If I do lose this pregnancy what am I going to do, pretend it never happened? Never mention it? Not tell people why I’m so upset? That’s not my way. And it would feel weird to just be all, “Oh yeah, you didn’t know I was pregnant, but I was and now I’m not.” Though I think that is the more likely for me. Hopefully soon I might be able to get another little ultrasound just to confirm that there is in fact a baby in there (they could see on a sac last week, I was too early to see anything else). Then hopefully I’ll feel comfortable enough to share the news and celebrate a little bit.<\/p>\n
Plus, you know, if I start puking at every family function someone’s going to figure out that something’s up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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