5 Random Facts

1. I've only had 10 days of feeling morning sick. Out of those 10 days I felt pretty dreadful for two. I'm generally ok but if I get over tired, or I try to skip a meal, it's all bad.

2. I haven't put on any weight yet. In fact people have complimented me on looking like I have lost weight. I don't expect this state of affairs to last much longer.

3. Spidermonkey, my Mum, Dad and Gran all think I am having a girl. Spidermonkey has never had much luck with fortune telling, Mum and Dad both thought I was going to be a boy and Gran sent them a lot of blue clothing for what she believed was going to be a grandson. For these reasons (and for these reasons only) I think I am having a boy.

4. It is only recently that I've been able to read a book I haven't previously read. For the past 11 weeks I've only been able to concentrate on my favourite novels. I have a theory that it's something to do with comforting myself with the known as I step into a huge, scary unknown but who knows? The only psych stuff I know is from reading Silence of the Lambs.

5. I would feel very Blanche DuBois if only she had said "I've come to rely on the integrity of strangers." (Obviously I don't relate to her on the beautiful southern belle/fallen on hard times/ raped by Marlon Brando front.) From dealing with doctors to eating out I feel I am at the mercy of people I don't know taking their jobs seriously. Without Trogdor I simple don't have these issues. I don't go to the doctors even when I am sick. It's not a religious/social/political thing - I just don't. If some thing I eat makes me ill well, it's unpleasant but it's happened before and I'm sure I'll survive it again. But with Trogdor? Suddenly I feel I need an insight into the work ethic of every one I deal with. "What do you mean, I might have leukocytes but it's probably fine? What if I may or may not have a violent episode and brain you with the blood pressure machine? Is that probably fine too?" Or, "How sure am I that the chef at this restaurant didn't leave the chicken on the bench in the sun for 20 minutes before partially cooking it in a stir fry?" Pregnancy and paranoia - happy bedfellows apparently.