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February 11, 2003
14 Weeks
Woooo Hooooo! I have now graduated (so to speak) into the second trimester. Or, at least as far as I can determine. There are so many different ways that people, doctors, experts, whomever, decide when the second trimester starts, that it just ends up being WAY more confusing that it ever should be. So, I made the decision that at the end of 13 weeks, I would enter into the second trimester. This is based on the fact that 13 weeks is actually 3 full months of pregnancy, not 12 weeks as most people assume. I will be using this method of measurement all through the pregnancy, so let it be known that when I say I’m 5 months, for instance, I will be…22.5 Weeks. Roughly! Anyway, I just think it’s more realistic to use this method, because then you aren’t left with extra weeks, so to speak, at the end of the pregnancy, just when you don’t want to have ANY weeks left :-)
So, I am happily reporting that I have said my good-byes to the first trimester, and all the symptoms that go along with it, and the risks as well, and am opening my arms wide for all that the second trimester will bring into my life, and the Little One’s… and let’s not forget Simon! While I am the one blessed with carrying this tiny being, he certainly receives enough symptoms for him to qualify as also moving into the second trimester! Lord, he has been so patient with me so far, really, there have been very few moments where he’s been upset for me doing something or other. He has, however, taken to talking to the Little One, trying to negotiate the loan of some brain cells back to me, if only on a short term basis, for certain tasks. Unfortunately, it has not worked thus far. I am, most of the time, completely addle-brained!
I had my first session at Pregnancy Yoga this past weekend, and I have to say that while I was fairly intimidated by all the beautifully pregnant women there, it was absolutely wonderful! The class is led by my favourite instructor, she knows all about my body and what I can and cannot do for poses, which makes it great. If there is a pose that is just not beneficial for me, I either alter it, or just do another posture for the duration of time that’s required. Anyway, she’s really supportive, caring, funny, in awe of us pregnant women, a really great person :-) So, while the class was wonderful, that is also not to say that I am not feeling the effects of some of those postures we held – oh my! The class concentrates on hip and pelvis opening poses, some stomache and back work, some upper torso work. My inner thighs and hip flexors right now are voicing their loud opinion about the fact that they are not quite up to the task of doing some of those poses for as long as we did them for… That’s okay however, it just shows me areas in which I need to work on. I’m really looking forward to next week’s class!
I had another appointment with my regular Dr today. I had had some light brown spotting on Friday, lasting from about mid-morning to mid-afternoon, with no known cause. Because of this, I had the pleasure of doing another internal exam, and she announced that everything was fine and that she didn’t know why I spotted. I am under the belief that it was probably in conjunction with when I would have had my normal period, had I not been pregnant. I know that some ladies can spot for their whole pregnancy during when they would have regularly been going through menses. I really wasn’t that concerned, as the whole time, it was brown, meaning it was older blood, and quite light, and only lasted for perhaps 6 hours start to finish. The strange feelings that I have been having when I see her just aren’t fading away. She checks my due date, tells me how many weeks I am, I correct her to the right due date and weeks (because my cycle is shorter, my due date is shorter, and thus my weeks are based on a different day etc). She asks the same questions, like if I’m taking this particular brand of maternity vitamins, and if I still plan on breastfeeding. It’s just very odd, as if she has no recollection of the conversations and passion I have shown in past visits on the same topics. The other thing is, I haven’t ever given her a urine sample to check, nor has she requested it, something that all the other pregnant ladies in the Prenatal class do with every visit to their doctors.
I am going to see her a couple more times, but really, I just can not see myself wanting to go to her for an exam/visit/prescription, nor do I want to bring my child, as I just do not feel as if she gives a fig about what I am saying. Ever. She asks a question, I start to give an answer, and she is already nodding and writing down something, when I haven’t finished what I am trying to tell her. For instance, I had mentioned at the last visit that I was feeling more thirsty during the pregnancy, and that was interesting as I usually do not feel thirst, but I was making sure that I drank lots of water because I realized that my body was trying to tell me something. Well, this time, she asked if I was still feeling thirsty, and if I was drinking water enough, as I had said that I was thirsty. NO, that is not what I said at all, actually.
The only good thing about the visit was that I now have an appointment with the Dr who will be delivering the baby (or should I say will be present during the delivery, as it will actually be me delivering the baby). The hospital here – I think I’ve explained how it functions etc. – has a Prenatal or Obstetrician’s office. I will be seeing a Dr within the office. This has great benefits actually, as apparently when I come to the hospital having been in labour for several hours, I do not need to register or do any of that stuff, as I would have been there a maximum of a week prior, and they have my whole file on file there. Yeay, right? Besides, Simon absolutely abhors filling out forms, so I just know that it’s actually going to be me sitting there filling out forms in between contractions ;-)
And… the cat’s out of the bag! Well, maybe just it’s head so far. There is a classmate of mine who is doing a Planning and an Engineering degree, and he is in one of Simon’s classes this semester. The course is fairly seminar structured, and since Simon’s so smart (Hey, I’m allowed to brag, he’s my hubby, but more importantly, MY diary :-) ) he talks quite a bit during the classes. Well, this week as he was speaking, he realized that some of the points he was making were sounding a little ‘off’ because many people didn’t know the context of his situation, what with me being pregnant. So, the next time he spoke, he first said that his wife was pregnant before going on with his remark. A couple of the people already knew, they are in the same supervisor group with him and they all share one office, but Simon got an interesting look from the planning fellow. Afterwards, he asked about me, and Simon just said that he was free to share this information, that we weren’t really keeping it a secret. I talked with Simon right after the class and he gave me a little heads up that the fellow knew, just so I wouldn’t be completely shocked when he said something :-) I saw the classmate later that afternoon, and he was discrete about it, which was pretty thoughtful of the guy, what with his personality and all. So, basically, I can expect that this little bit of gossip will make it’s way around the studio pretty quick now. Information like this doesn’t usually stay private for very long, people are quite chatty around here, and hey, I’m in the second trimester now, right? I’ll be obviously showing in just a few more weeks, so it’s not as if it was going to stay silent forever!
Symptoms: Well folks, it’s official! I have a belly! Albeit, it’s huge in my eyes, tiny in others’, but I still say that it’s there. Also, with this week, we have started doing Belly Shots. I searched through my closet for something that I could potentially wear for a few photos in a row, for consistency, and then I had Simon take them. We are taking the photos every two weeks, so that there will be enough difference in between them that the growth will be noticeable. When I have a few weeks in a row taken and developed, I will be scanning them in – let me know if you would like me to email them to you! The other thing that occurred with my move into the second trimester is that I have not really had any morning sickness at all lately. I never threw up, but it was getting a little weary of feeling like I was going to, all the time. I haven’t felt sick now, except for very brief moments, for over 6 days :-) The other thing is, I haven’t been having as many of those bizarrely realistic dreams for the same amount of time. It takes me only a moment to get out of bed now, because I don’t have to make sure that I really am awake first anymore.
**Talk to Me **
When did you decide that you had made it to the second trimester?
When did co-workers, friends, whomever, find out you were pregnant, and how did they learn this information?
Namaste, Laura and the Little One
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