Over the course of the past week and a half or so that I've been working on this journal, one thing I haven't mentioned yet are my pregnancy symptoms. I guess this is partly due to the fact that I'm not really experiencing any. Not to say that I'm not experiencing them at all, but more that they're more subtle. And I don't know if it's b/c I'm very early in my pregnancy, or if it's b/c I'm actually going to have a fairly easy pregnancy.
So far I've experienced dizziness, nauseousness, upset stomach, cramping, inability to sleep well or to get comfortable in bed, slight increase in frequency of urination, and at times increase in appetite.
I guess the biggest pregnancy symptom that I've thus far experienced which honestly really cements my pregnancy is the fact that I have missed my period entirely and there is no period in sight. If I were to have my period, I would have had it between March 2 and March 9. And today is March 14. Though there is the sonogram I got which proved to me that there is really a baby in there growing.
I can't wait until my next doctor's appointment; I am really looking forward to talking to the doctor and seeing my baby again. I guess at that appointment we'll be able to hear a heartbeat. I'm having the appointment a little early because we have to have it on a Thursday. I'm going to schedule all of my prenatal visits on Thursdays b/c that's the one day that AJ and I both have off together.
It was so funny yesterday when we went to schedule the appointment, the lady asked me if some Friday was ok for the appointment....I told her it needs to be on a Thursday, and I told her "I know that's pretty specific of a day, but that's the only day we'll both be able to come." I loved her reaction...she said "well, then it has to be on Thursday!" with a nice big smile on her face.
One thing I need to bring up with my doctor is the fact that I'm getting really bad numbness in my hands when I'm sleeping. It's getting to a point where it's taking forever for me to get the feeling back in my fingers. Hopefully a new bed will help alleviate some of these issues. AJ and I will be looking this weekend into getting a new bed.
And we did get a new bed for pretty cheap on Amazon. Kind of a side story, but it was way too firm and we learned a lot about the firmness ratings for those mattresses. Had to get a foam mattress topper and it all worked out OK. That hand numbness seems to have gone away at some point. But I'll tell you what I think it was based on reading all of this; it was how much you were typing! lol
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