Pregnant musings.

Wow. My second day knowing that I was pregnant with my second child. It felt NO different than normal! I guess that's a good thing, because if everything goes well, things will be changing very, very soon. I've had a few spells of sickness today, and I got full way faster than usual, which is a very good thing. Since I'm already overweight, I should not gain more than 15 pounds during a pregnancy. With Izzy, I weighed the same the day I went to the hospital as the day I became pregnant. I would lose a few pounds, gain a few, and ended up being exactly the same. A month afterwards however, likely due to nursing, I was about 20 less than before I got pregnant. I'm starting this one exactly where I started the last one. *blush*

Things are going to be so different, I'm sure. For instance, we went to the Marshall game today, and it was so amazingly hot that we just about melted. Chris made me leave about five minutes before half time because he was worried about the baby. He didn't do this with Izzy. Of course, neither of us knew what to expect then either.

Tomorrow morning I have to go have blood drawn at the hospital to check my progesterone levels and make sure they've doubled. If they haven't, I should probably temper my optimism. But I think they'll be fine. If they are as good as I expect, then my ob/gyn will call me Tuesday to come in for an ultrasound, which will verify that everything is going well, and which will give me a pretty good due date. I'm expecting either the end of May or beginning of June.

When we got home from the game, we stopped at mom's to pick Izzy up. I grabbed him up and we sat down on the loveseat. "Did you miss momma?" I said as I gave him a good raspberry on his belly. He squealed with laughter and leaned up on my shoulder, stretching out, and resting upon, my stomach. "Honey," mom said to me, "Don't let him bounce on your stomach now!" I said, "Mom, it's way too early for that to matter yet." She looked at me with her eyebrow raised, and said, "I don't think it is." Is it? I have no idea. That's going to be the hard part, changing mine and Izzy's current roughhousing relationship.

No, probably the rough part will be the morning sickness again. :-) That truly sucks, you men who are reading this. A side note to you: you all must be an amazing bunch on guys! I don't know many young men who would pay frequent attention to a stranger's blog about her baby, and then make such kind comments - but I really appreciate them!! That having been said, let me reiterate - morning sickness is sickness like no other. It's horrendous. Way worse than the flu. The upside is that I always felt just fine afterwards. In fact, morning sickness is a sign of a good pregnancy, although not all good pregnancies cause it. So I'm hoping for it!

Trust me on this: pregnancy and childbirth, while amazing enlightening experiences that I treasure, ARE NOT FUN. But the results are wondrous. Izzy is such a blessing. His humor and love are the touchstones of our lives now.

That reminds me of a funny story. This is even funnier - by the time I typed that line, I forgot the funny story I was going to tell you!!! Pregnancy shrinks a woman's brain by three percent, and while most of it returns, some doesn't. I didn't have much to spare to begin with, and it looks like the shrinking has already begun!!

Wish me luck tomorrow!! I'm headed off to bed now, to dream those wonderfully vivid pregnancy dreams. I am so very lucky, and so blessed.