I haven’t talked much about the pregnancy lately, and I do want to have part of this blog be about becoming a mom, so I guess it’s about time for an update. All has been going well with the pregnancy and although I have had a few days where I wasn’t feeling 100% good, I really haven’t had much to complain about.
Ultrasound of Mackenzie from August 4th, 2008
So far everything is on schedule and looking good with Mackenzie. She is growing at the right rates and has me eating every hour or so now. I have the feeling that I’ll be eating all the time by the end of this pregnancy which should be interesting. But thankfully it’s all going to the belly right now and shockingly she seems to love fruits and veggies so I’m glad I won’t pack on too many pounds. I am actually planning to start running after she arrives to get back in shape – which for me is about like saying I’m going to climb Mt. Everest because I really am not a fan of running. But I won’t be entering any marathons or anything like that so no need to call the men with the white jackets just yet.
We’re going to visit one of the two hospitals we are considering in our little town tomorrow. The other we’ll see next week. I was also planning to visit the Geburtshaus Frankfurt (a birthing house) to see what the experience might be like there and because they offer a child prep class in English – but it’s full already and I found out we can’t do the stem cell retrieval there either so it frees up an evening for us.
I had a bit of a rough day emotionally yesterday. Kinda felt like the world was against me. I was baking zucchini bread and knocked a jar off special volcanic salt off a shelf (a birthday present for Stefan from one of his friends this year which we hadn’t even had the chance to try). Of course it broke everywhere and for some reason really affected me. Thankfully Stefan was around to finish off the bread which, as mentioned, turned out awesome. I had an email in my inbox this morning (one of them from Babycenter.com or Fit Pregnancy or something) that tells you what is going on each week of your pregnancy. It actually mentioned that I may feel more depressed this week but that I should snap out of it soon…I felt like my normal self today again, though, so hopefully it was just temporary insanity.
In addition, I just couldn’t seem to stop myself from being evil every chance I got and bit off Stefan’s head as soon as he opened his mouth. He called me on it and I still couldn’t manage to stop doing it even though I really didn’t want to be that way. This of course made me feel like crap because I don’t want Mackenzie to have to deal with this also…so maybe writing about it and acknowledging it will make a difference. I know pregnant women have a lot more excuse to be moody…but it still doesn’t make it right.
Does this mean a baby Ayla, but with less fur?
xo
SB
🙂 Looks that way, Sophie! Ayla keeps asking why I’m getting so fat and I just tell her we’re creating a new playmate for her…she’s just going to have to wait a little while until they can actually really play fairly.
At least now Ayla will have someone to sneak her food from the table…will be a big responsibility to catch anything that hits the floor 😉
Personally I thought it was quite amazing to see you get all beaten down over a little glass of dropped salt – you my lovely wife that can handle anything thrown at her. No worries I know not to take it personal when you get your bitchy streak while pregnant – when you are not it will be a different issue 😉
Eh, that was pretty much just the icing on the cake after feeling like I’d been terrible all day already and not really managing to do anything “right.” But at least after that email I started to think I’m at least normal (whatever that means) and not just losing it altogether!
It’s no wonder pregnant women are so moody…they never know what’s in store for them each day which just scares the crap out of them…and things never go back to how they were before after that!
All I can say is LOL! 🙂
Welcome to motherhood… Prepare yourself for it to be a little worse after she gets here… or if your me… well into the first year… 🙂
Hang in there Tiffon 🙂 I love you!
Yeah I know. I thought of you a lot on Sunday…knew you would completely understand. One just doesn’t know quite what to expect the first time around, regardless of what the books say. And since I’m pretty bitchy to start with, it’s a wonder Stefan hasn’t wanted to take off my head yet 🙂
I had no idea you were pregnant! Congratulations…
Thanks for finally updating us on the new blog. I was wondering where you and Ayla had gone to!
Thanks very much! About half way now so it won’t be long before Ayla has to get used to a bunch of new things…or remember what it was like when she was a puppy 🙂
hello love! welcome to my world. LMAO and to think it only gets better when they actually start to have hormones of their own. wait til she’s 7 or even better yet 10! mine will be on their way out the door….sad to think huh?