Tomorrow marks the end of my 7th (or is it 8th - seems to depend on the book you look at) week of pregnancy. Woo hoo. Tomorrow I will be exactly 20% of the way through carrying this baby.
So far... so good. I have been feeling some vague morning queasiness, but nothing I would describe as awful. I have had about the worst heart burn... in fact heart burn is a misnomer since it seems to start somewhere around my toes and continue until about mid-forhead. I told my husband I wasn't sure this baby was mine because it doesn't seem to like spicy food. Today I am subsisting on yoghurt, tums and soda crackers to see if I can get some of the burn under control. I have also taken to eating vast quantities of fiber to keep things moving.
Is this the extent of my pregnancy symptoms? The day by day pregnancy book that I check as soon as I wake up in the morning says that symptoms sort of reach their worst as you finish the 7th (or is it 8th) week of pregnancy.
All I know is that every day is a milestone. One extra day that Shmily has to tell me that s/he is doing ok, still growing and not leaving. Every day I become more convinced that this baby is sticky. So far s/he's stuck good. Every morning as I wake up to pee (for about the 3rd time that night) I whisper to the baby inside me "7 weeks 6 days down... you're doing good Shmily. Please stay safe, please stay healthy. Please stay inside".
Just coming over to say hi! Congrats on reaching 7 weeks... once you have a heartbeat at 6 weeks, you're almost certainly in the clear; and at 8 weeks, it's like 99% in the clear. So close! Can't wait to see how your pregnancy progresses... hopefully that heartburn gets under control. That shit scares me to death -- always feel like I'm having a heart attack!
ReplyDeleteTuesday, tuesday, tuesday... this is our first glimpse at our baby, s/he will be over 8 weeks... I promised my husband I would become ever so slightly less worried after we saw that... he thanked me for my honesty.
DeleteGlad to see another local and I will be looking forward to all of the events of your childbirth since it will be in teh same place as my own. Thank you for your good wishes!!
Found your blog via Stirrup Queens and just wanted to congratulate you on your pregnancy! I'm also 39 and expecting my first child; we also got a surprise pregnancy right before starting IVF. That, plus the fact that your favourite book is The Blue Castle, makes me feel that you're a kindred spirit. :)
ReplyDeleteWishing you all the best with this pregnancy. I'm looking forward to following your journey.
I am trying to remember when I revealed my love of Blue Castle on this blog.. but it's true... and not many people know of the love affair between Valancy and Snaith or about those dreaded purple pills. I was looking for your blog but I can't find the link.
DeleteOh, I was a creepy stalker and looked at your Blogger profile. It's listed there. :)
DeleteI moved from Blogger to Wordpress a few months back. You can find me at http://aboutsproutblog.wordpress.com
Ha ha! Nothing creepy about that... I don't remember filling that in at all... but i do love that book. Nice to find a fellow devotee. I re-read that book about once per year.
Delete20% through the pregnancy - that's a big milestone! And the fact that you get to see the little one next week. I've been keeping my fingers crossed (figuratively, of course, or I'd never get anything done) that this baby sticks for you. Glad to know it's all going well so far! (despite the heartburn, but at least that is giving you a sign s/he is in there!).
ReplyDeleteThank you Sarah... means so much... I am welcoming of the heart burn... everytime I mention it to my husband my face cracks open into a huge wide grin because it means something in there is growing... and that's all good news!
ReplyDeleteHang in there... I had wicked heartburn, too. BRUTAL! And the peeing... yeah, I remember that. It sounds like things are going really well. Can't wait to hear more... :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you are right... I feel a bit like the box that
DeleteSchrodinger's cat is in... because I have no idea what is going on inside of me. I can't wait to see!
I fully believe your child will come out loving spicy food as a result of you being unable to eat too much of it now. My bithmother ate a wild abundance of olives while pregnant with me and there very little I hate on this earth more than an olive.
ReplyDeleteThis is a sticky one I can feeeeeeel it.
If your example is correct than this child has a chance of fitting into our lives. But if our kid doesn't like spicy food I have no idea what I'm going to cook!
DeleteYay for heartburn! ;) I only had it towards the end of my pregnancy with the twins, and that was enough for me! (Though at that point, I was getting monitored 4+ times a day, so I probably didn't find it as reassuring as I would have in the first trimester...) I'm glad Shmily is hanging in there, and I'm absolutely dying to hear about your ultrasound next week! Happy 8 (or 9?) weeks tomorrow!
ReplyDeletePS: I have to know...is Shmily pronounced like "Smiley" with an "Sh-" or like "Milly" with an "Sh-"? I just didn't want to go your whole pregnancy pronouncing it incorrectly in my head lol :)
We are rhyming it with Milly. Of course already the baby gets "The Shmilster", "The Shmilinator" and other variations.
DeleteI do find the heart burn very reassuring...along with the crop of acne that broke out on my cheek this morning. Whatever Shmily wants to do I'll take it... happily. As long as it stays.