Plugging along

Well, the news this time is that the creepy pregnancy symptoms seem to be lightening. I'm not feeling sick much. I get dizzy from time to time. My appetite, while still lower than it was pre-pregnancy, is better. I'm tired, but I don't hit the proverbial wall quite as hard, midafternoon, as I was. I can manage to get through a day without a nap. (Though I can still fall asleep if given the chance, oh yes I can) While many of my pants are too small to be comfortable, I really don't feel that preggers as far as that goes. I am drinking tea instead of coffee. I enjoy getting exercise, though it takes the encouragement of another (dh, dd) to get me moving. I am very sure of what I want my meals to look like. It's funny. We had discussed having burritos tonight (until dh and I both decided that neither of us wanted them) and I knew exactly what mine had to have in it to be good to me. While there doesn't seem to be any one thing I'm especially craving, our fruit drawer seems to be full again. (I ate more fruit while pregnant with dd than I think I had in my entire life prior) My diet has been decidedly poor compared to my first pregnancy. I am LAZY. But of course I want to eat well, so I am redoubling my efforts. It's just so easy to open that can... I am planning our meals out for the entire week every weekend, and that helps. Oops, time to relieve dh of child care duty. More soon......................

Yek!

This pregnancy is teaching me what all of those books and experienced moms have known all along - what pregnancy symptoms can feel like! Recently I have had the WORST taste in my mouth after I eat. It persisted so much that I finally did a search on the internet to see if this, too, could be pregnancy related. Lo and behold, it is. Many women experience the same thing, and, like me, have to constantly keep something that tastes good in their mouths. The unpredictability of morning sickness is a drag. It's hard to plan things when you don't know if you'll feel fine, or feel like curling up on the couch. I started to eat something every morning before getting out of bed (and so has dd =) ) to combat sickness, something I read someplace. Since then I have felt better overall. (The bad taste does NOT help, but mints DO) Otherwise I can fall asleep and sleep deeply just about any time. I take most of dd's naps with her these days. (Not today, as she needed encouragement to go to sleep, and that was on the late side, so I need to stay up to be certain she doesn't sleep TOO long...) I also feel sort of down most of the time, but this is probably just a side-effect of being tired and feeling ill sometimes. Anyhow, it's week 8, and hopefully this stuff will go away after a couple of weeks. More soon.........gotta go wake dd!