So I’ve come to believe I am the World’s Most Boring Blogger.
Ever.
During my never-ending IF treatments, I guess I always had some drama going on. Hundreds of doctors’ appointments, new treatments, different meds, a new plan, a new cycle starting, another two week wait…something.
Why does being pregnant, after all of these years, seem so much less interesting after all of that? I mean to other people. Not to me. I fear that it’s so boring for you all. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled and happy beyond belief to be pregnant. And so, so grateful that so far, things are going well.
But I guess I worry that people reading will just be bored to tears with my updates. I’ve tried to spice it up a bit, what with my tales of acne from hell, hair growth that defies all explanation and the like. But truly, how often can you read about some pregnant lady’s bad skin and beard growth?
But for those two or three of you who are interested, here’s where I’m at:
12 weeks and 4 days today.
The morning sickness (which would pop up on and off all day but was never terrible) is getting better. (Thank God, the nation’s supply of Saltines might be safe after all.)
I am still eating pickles every day. My acupuncturist says the vinegar is good for my liver. I say they just taste so fricking good. Dill, whole pickles. When BeBop brings home a different brand or the wrong variety of dill pickle (not whole but sliced? WTF dude, who wants those??) the entire neighborhood can probably hear me yell, "Nononononononononono!" like a spoiled little brat.
(Speaking of spoiled little brats, I can’t say my mood is always cheery and bright. When BeBop asked me why my car was so dirty, I told him because of the trees I have to park under at work. "But why is that white stuff so sticky?" he asked. "I don’t KNOW! I’m not a fricking arborist!!" I yelled, just like a snotty tweener.)
I’m off the Prednisone and, as of last Sunday, the Metformin. I’ll stay on baby aspirin, Folgard, thyroid and the pre-natals for the duration. It feels great to not be taking a thousand different medications twice a day like a little old lady.
Weight gain? Oooof. I’ve been very careful, really! And still, I’m too embarrassed to write it down. I’m not eating for three, I’m not even really eating for two, but yet the pounds are piling on. Three different people so kindly noticed last week and said that I was looking ‘quite big’ for being three months along. Well fuck you very much. And good day. (I blame it on the goddamn pickles, which are just little sodium delivery systems disguised as delicious snack food. Surely THAT’S making me retain gallons of water, no?)
I haven’t had any round ligament pain yet, but GOOD LORD the foot cramps! Holy hell those suckers are painful. They usually strike at night, when I’m in a deep slumber. All of a sudden, I will awaken from said slumber and literally bolt straight in the air and out of bed in one movement, as if BeBop had placed a stick of dynamite in my corn hole and lit the fuse. I mean, I seriously go from a prone position to walking around the room screaming in pain in about .00005 seconds, waking the husband, the dog and probably the entire neighborhood. Good times, people.
I have to get my killer cell blood panel done again this week, and I’m praying to God and anyone else who will listen that it comes back clear, so I don’t have to do another infusion. Baby Jesus? Ganesh? Anyone?? Bueller…
I am starting to get the pre-screen jitters again. My NT scan is this Friday, and although I’ve been feeling good and very optimistic about things, in the days before my scans I notice my anxiety increases until I get the results back.
So we have talked about names. But I’m not ready to share them yet. Before we were married, we lived in San Francisco, in two different neighborhoods. One day, in that pre-marital, we’re sooo in love lalala stage, one of us said, "wouldn’t it be great if we had a boy and a girl one day, and we named them —- and —- (the streets we lived on at the time)."
"Yes, what a lovely idea," the other one said, "can you pass me the tequila?" This might also be the day one of us said, "what if we told people the kid’s name was —-, but that we call him Wolverine? That would be cool!" "Yes, that WOULD be cool," said the other one of us. "Can you be a peach and pass me the limes and salt?"
Anyway, fast forward almost ten years and here we are, about to have a boy and a girl. And I think we’re going to go with that plan, conceived (no pun intended) when we thought we’d get married in a beautiful wedding ceremony surrounded by family and friends, BeBop would work his way up the corporate ladder as a graphic designer and we’d get pregnant easily.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
And no, the names aren’t Haight and Ashbury. GAWD. Have you been to the Haight? It’s nothing but Meth addicts, people peeing on the street and head shops, so no, we won’t be naming the kids that.
And that is where I’m at today. I warned you…pretty boring. But in a good way, I hope.
Now I’m off early to go home and wax my face, in preparation for a big fete we have Saturday night for BeBop’s company. (It will probably take me between now and then to de-forest the face, I swear.)
We are going to a black tie screening of Pix.ar’s new movie, Rata.tou.ille. And if I can cram my ever-expanding self into a formal dress and my little piggy feet into some strappy heels, and stay awake past 9:00 PM, I’m sure we’ll have a glorious time.
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