I still don't 'feel' particularly pregnant. I'm thoroughly enjoying not having had my period for 3 and a half months but that's about it. Even morning sickness didn't really bring it home. I just felt hung over and there's no novelty value in that for me. I peer at my stomach regularly to see if I can spot a baby bump but there's so much 'me' bump in the way I can't tell any difference.
Here's what other people think should be happening by this stage -
- Abdominal pain - nope. I did have some implantation pain during the first 5 weeks though which triggered minor panic attacks each time.
- Leaking breasts - not yet. I'm kind of looking forward to this. I've heard when you orgasm they go off like a sprinkler system. What's not fun about that? :-)
- Nosebleeds - what? I'm worried about everything else bleeding but my nose? Really?
- Hair changes - nope. I think I've noticed I'm getting a few more grey hairs but that might be because I'm an old married now.
- Skin changes - nope. Still looks the same old skin to me.
- You can probably feel your uterus about 3 to 4 inches below your belly button - what do they mean below? Do they mean going towards my spine or moving down towards my pubis (oh settle down - this is a pregnancy blog after all. Some words just have to be said.) Either way, poking around just makes me want to wee.
- You can easily tell that you are pregnant now. Yeah. Nope.
- On an average most women gain around 5 pounds of weight - no, thank goodness. Just the Easter egg weight. I'm not worried as I'm not planning on laying down any maternal fat stores. I'll just use the ones I prepared earlier.
- You might feel the ligaments stretching in your abdomen as the uterus expands and this can cause cramps, twinges or pulling sensations on one or both sides of your abdomen - ooh!ooh!ohh! I've got that one! I get a very slight pulling sensation on my sides every now and then.
- Urinary tract infection, bacterial vaginosis and yeast infections - no and gross.
- This is the week when the baby can listen to sounds so you can start listening to soft music or try conversing with the baby which might seem odd but is a great way of starting the bonding process - look, I'm a huge fan of bonding but Trogdor is attached to my uterus. How much more bonded are we going to get?
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I have a friend at around 5.5 months pregnant - she's not enjoying the leaking so much. I suppose because it's not happening at a good time like your wonderful sprinkler system talk there. I'm sure there are videos on YouTube of that :)
Yay for the twinges! Good luck with the poking and prodding today - I am expecting an entry about you bursting into tears when you hear the heartbeat. I know I would!
I love this blog. I can't say it's always inspiring me to have my own little trogdor, but I can't wait to see yours and tickle it!! (yes yes and change the nappies and give you guys sanity breaks) Plus you sound soooo much better than two friends from work who got pregnant and would tell me all about stretching pains and waddle around feeling exhausted. You look great and everything is going well, so enjoy it! That's what I hope my time will be like *touch my head*
I even think the hubby will be excited by meeting trogdor. When spidermonkey rang us to tell us the news, he was very excited!
I'm sure by the end I'll be having a good whinge about back pain and foot ache :-)
I'm very conscious I've been lucky so far but I think having supportive friends and family has made a huge difference. I can't imagine how women do this with out help.
(We'll be taking you up on the nappy changing offer of course :-) )
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