boo!

my pants don't fit.

I tried on 3 pairs of cords this morning, because I wanted to wear this specific sweater, and they all are too small. One pair laughed right out loud at me when I put them on, they didn't even come close to fitting. 2 pairs would do up, but there's no way I could sit down or even stand for the whole day like that. So I picked the lesser of the 2 evil pants, and walked around with my button undone for the whole day. Classy. What the hell do I wear now? Maternity clothes are way too big, but my nice, fitted clothes, are too small. Tops are fine, bras are a bit small, but bottoms are posing a serious problem.

whee!

I start a lot of posts that way.

2nd trimester, here I come! That's pretty exciting. I still haven't told work, because I'm still waiting for my appointment. It better be one hell of an appointment, I tell ya. I'm hoping to get some sort of like, confirmation, set my mind at ease a bit. And I know I'll feel better when I can tell work too. 2 more weeks.

better?

I don't seem to feel tooooo nauseated anymore, so I'm hopeful that things are going to start improving overall. The only real 'symptom' of pregnancy in the 2nd trimester is the ... well, being pregnant. The whole, no periods, getting fatter part. But the discomfort of nausea and sore boobs etc is supposed to go away. I'll keep you posted. That would be a good birthday present though! My bday is Sunday, at which point I'll be 3 months, so I'll be telling a few people I haven't gotten around to telling yet. Still holding off on telling school, at least until I have my dr. appt. After that, I'll have to let them know what's up, because I'll be needing to take a morning off a month for appointments, and I don't really want to use sick time if I don't have to.

fun stuff

check out the super cute counter-downy thingamajobber at the bottom of the page. 192 days to go! That's a lot. But not really. Hmm.

semi-useful appointment

but not terribly. She did schedule me for my prenatal classes, and give me a tour of the labour / delivery part of the hospital, which is refreshingly not scary hospital room-y. I got a bunch of information, but none of it is very useful for right now, more for say, when I actually have a baby to breastfeed and / or put in a carseat.

Happy 12 weeks to me!

I have a cold, which I always do this time of year with the weather changing and whatnot. It's extra fun this year though, because I can't take a thing for it. Really. I usually handle things during the day with Advil cold and sinus, and knock myself out with a Neocitrin at night. No such luck for the pregnant among us, those things are very much off limits. As are all cold remedies. Seriously. Good times. So, I've taken 2 Tylenol over the past couple of days to relieve the headache part, which works, but my head is still full of crap, so doesn't work entirely. T-4 weeks until my 'real' dr appt. man, time is not flying.

tired and fat

good times. Work is so hard. Laugh all you want, but going back after a vacation is hard enough, and combined with the fact that I'm exhaustd most of the time anyway, it's not a good scene. My stomach is gradually getting...thicker. It's highly annoying. I don't have much to report still, my ultrasound has been booked, it's November 4th, which is a Thursday, at noon. Could it be a less convenient time? No. So, I'll probably just take the day, because it takes a while, I'd have to take some of the morning and the afternoon off anyway, so whatev. Also, I was told I have to drink 4-6 glasses of water an hour and a half beforehand, which is a lot, and 1.5 hours is a long time. I'll drink a glass of water and have to pee like, 30 minutes later. I'm not sure how this is going to work. Then they're going to be pushing on my poor full bladder with the thingy. Ouch! I need to know if I really need to drink that much, and how big these glasses are supposed to be.

I'm done 11 weeks now, into my 12th. I figure in another week, week and a half, I'll feel better. I have an appointment with a nurse at the hospital on Wednesday next week, she's going to give me some info, some classes I can take, ask me some stuff, and show me around the maternity ward etc. Should be good, at least it's something to do until October. I'm very anxious for someone to just look at me and say yes, you are pregnant, you're this far along, everything is going swimmingly. 4 more weeks until that.

yes, loyal fans, I'm still here

but so busy! Here's an update from Babycentre:

Your baby has tiny fingernails now and the ability to kick, swallow, and move. That's quite impressive for someone who's only the size of a lipstick case. That will change soon; within the next few weeks, your featherweight child should double in size. You may notice your clothes getting tighter as your uterus is now almost big enough to fill your pelvis.

That last part is true, and I'll tell ya, I'm not happy! Hardly seems fair to not be showing, but to just be getting fat. lol. I'll manage, I'm sure.

Not too much to report, I'm very tired, but have been getting up a lot earlier than I'm used to now, since going back to work. I may have to tell them sooner than later, or at least one of the vps, because I'm in charge of the drama productions, whee! but don't want to agree to do a spring production knowing full well that I won't be around to see it through. The vp I'd have to tell, obviously, is / was the drama guy before becoming vp halfway through last year.

that's it!