In the spirit of overshare, here’s the latest:
Timeline: Week 13
Bump: Light
Giggle Activity: Felt a flutter/flip of the kid earlier in the week
Cravings: None.
Digestion:
- So constipated that I feel like I’m literally full of shit.
- No appetite. Nothing’s coming in until this shit is out.
- Gas levels are lethal. But intermittent.
- Gurgling is very mild/moderate
- Bladder has become the size of Barbie’s tea cup.
Playtime:
- “Wow. I have cleavage. WTF.”
- ”Um. When did *those* change color
- Do NOT fr*cking accidentally bump them unless you really want a pregnant lady to slap you across the room. Sensitive as all hell.
- The funbags are making their transition into being feedbags. Uh. Great.
- The desire for intimacy has been absolutely supplanted with the desire for a satisfying bowel movement.
Miscellaneous:
- For whatever reason I’ve grown a few dark hairs around my belly button. My belly button now looks like a 15 year old trying to grow out his first mustache. This has been promptly shaved for being absolutely gross.
- Skin feels dry and itchy. Overtime on the moisturizer.
- Sleeping solid and mostly comfortably.
Mood/Psychology:
- Oh, you mean the hicupping histerical weeping during the last 10 minutes of watching The Notebook until my eyes and face are puffy red and swollen and then calming down and giggling immediately after being brought a cookie?
- Or you mean the rage dreams where you replay confrontations with people where instead of taking the calm way out you wind up publically humiliating them in righteous fury that involves fantasy sequences of peanutbutter, red ants, and Betty White?
Overall Grade: B
If you wanna contribute to my baby’s diaper fund, feel free.
Thanks for sharing. I think.
And your Thanksgiving recipes are fucking awesome. I’m so making the noodles and kalbi (I’m not a big fan of turkey anyway, so I don’t really care).
I’m still planning on coming up to Seattle, probably in January, so hopefully I’ll get to see you when I’m up there.
We all miss you down in SF too.
hah! this is why i have a girlfriend. so SHE gets to have the TMI mentioned in this post. although in truth i’m almost always that moody.
Regarding color changes, yep, it’s common. I got to a point where I was like, “wth?? Humans don’t have parts that color! Eggplants do!” I figured it was some high contrast thing to help the starving baby aim for the bullseye, but AFTER birth and now breastfeeding, things have returned to normal. The sensitivity was bad too. So bad, the spray from the showerhead was painful. Thankfully, that passed as well, and before the third trimester. Yes, you will find hair growing in places you never had it before. With both my pregnancies, I ended up with junior-high sideburns, just enough hair to be noticeable close-up but hidden under my proper hair.
Ah, there’s so much fun stuff about pregnancy that books and people often fail to mention. “Your Pregnancy Week by Week” is referred to around here as “Horrible Things That Can Go Wrong Week by Week.” Seriously. Skip it unless you want to be paranoid about everything. “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” was read during my first, didn’t find it again for the second. Instead I tortured myself with “Week by Week.” The most helpful book I read was “The Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy.” It was the most practical and relevant and reassuring book I read. I was able to say, “Oh, I’m not the only pregnant woman who’s wondered about that!”
Since you didn’t mention it, are you over the evening sickness or found a way to control it?
Pamela!
Currently reading: a) What to expect when you’re expecting. b)Girlfriend’s guide to pregnancy and c)Skinny bitch with a bun in the oven.
Ha! Thanks for the recipes, MJ. Gonna totally make the pumpkin curry soup for the folks this time around. I’ll be forwarding your pregger lady posts to my sis. Something for you two to share in common. XD