She's Baaaaack!
So, I've been a bad EP'er. I admit it. I haven't been on here in almost 5 months. I've got reasons, I've got excuses! I've been meaning to come back on and give an update. Especially since I keep getting little nudge emails from a few of you, but I always put it off until tomorrow, and tomorrow never comes. :(
First I'll catch you up, in case any of you are still coming back to read this. :) My hubby left for Alberta on Oct 14th as scheduled, and I had my hands busy being at home alone with my son. I ended up arranging a home daycare for my son, and was getting prepared to go back to work. THEN, my hubby called me on a Friday and said "Guess what? My project's been canceled, I'll be home on Monday!" So, my Husband came home on November 12th, after being away for only a month. I was so happy, and Ryan was too. Plus we ended up being able to celebrate my son's first birthday as a family.
On to the next part of the news. I'm pregnant!
After Bill got home we reunited like bunnies. :) I was no longer on BC, becuase of his planned absence, and when he got back we just didn't care. I was due to start my actual period on Monday Nov 26th, but it didn't come. My son's birthday was on the Wednesday of that week, so we were busy with that. Finally on the 28th I got around to taking a pregnancy test. So after my son went to bed, I took out the test, did it and it was positive!
So, I'm about 18 weeks pregnant and due on August 5, 2008. My pregancy symptoms have not been fun to deal with and for the first 3 months I have been suffering from constant nausea and tiredness. Added to that is that I returned to work on Dec 3rd, and dealing with my fun but challenging little toddler. :) Some nights for the past few months I was going to bed at 6 or 7 pm, and sleeping through until the morning. Luckily it seems that the worst is over. I'm finally feeling back to myself again. I'm sure the days getting longer is helping too. The winter just seems to make me want to hibernate every year.
So, obviously for the next 6 months or so, I will be gaining some weight. I have been watching what I eat, and trying to eat nutritiously. Of course I have been having cravings, but not for anything too abnormal. Just random things like chicken wings, mashed potatoes and bacon (not all at once though!). I have lost my taste for onions, and garlic doesn't seem to be sitting well with me any more either. The biggest changes to my diet have been that I have full fat versions of things like salad dressing, cheese, yogurt and butter. Although I am still drinking skim milk. I also eat almost immediately after getting up in the morning, although this is good for my metabolism anyway. So far I've gained about 5 lbs. I weigh about 208-209 depending on when I weigh myself. I also stopped going to my Tops meeting, although they say I am still welcome to attend as a pregnant member. I'm just not sure what I'd get out of it at this point. I don't want to add anything right now, that might make me feel self-conscious about gaining weight or my body.
I do plan on still writing on here, just not as often. I'll keep those of you that are interested updated on how I'm doing. I do still plan on tracking my weight while I'm pregnant, because I don't want to get too out of control. I've got 22 weeks left, and I anticipate gaining another 20-30 lbs. But you know what, even if I do gain 30 lbs, I'll still weigh less than I did with my last pregnancy, because of the weight I lost before getting pregnant.
I'm sure I'll be visiting and catching up with all your blogs soon!
Shirls
PS: Thanks Kimby and Kia for those extra nudges. :)
