Week 6

Life:

According to all the books and resources I've been pouring over since I found out I was pregnant just two short weeks ago, my baby is only a tiny 4mm in size, and yet he or she has already drastically changed my body, my emotional state, and of course my life!

I am starting to get really excited about this baby and all that he/she will mean for our family! Harmony is really excited too, so I can't help catching on to her enthusiasm! She is already kissing mommy's belly, and when I first told her about the baby, she was sitting on my lap and then said "Uh oh, I don't want to squish the baby!!!" and climbed right off! I am trying to tell her how tiny the baby is, and that it will be a long time before the baby comes out, and she seems to be understanding most of what I tell her, which is good. I am glad in a way that she is older, because she really has the capacity to understand about babies and where they grow and stay, etc. Unlike a younger child, she is not confused or asking for the baby to come out "right now", nor does she expect he/she will arrive as an automatic playmate. I think it will be a fun experience for her to share in this pregnancy with us, and I'm glad (despite the challenges of trying to keep her from letting the "cat out of the bag") that I caved in an told her I have a "baby in my belly"! :)

Emotional:

The roller-coaster continues! This weekend little Harmony was in the back reading to herself... we had no idea what she was saying (and we know she was not *actually* reading the words on the page), but it was so cute I *literally* felt my eyes well up with tears. I knew I had a wonderful and amazing kiddo even before I was pregnant, but it just seems that now little moments like this tend to bring on the waterfalls. :P

As for my temper, yikes. I am a ball of "irritation" sometimes, and feel like the littlest tiniest things can really "set me off". Which has been good in some regards (one of the politely-harsh letters I angrily typed to the Student Financial Aid office got me my loan approved faster!!!), but has mostly been just a challenge to try to keep myself calm. :P It's not too too bad though, I can still keep my cool in most situations, but sometimes I feel like I need a little "time-out" first! Can I have 22 minutes by myself since I'm 22 years old? ;)

Physical:

I am starting to wake up some days out of the week without feeling like I'm going to lose last night's dinner right out of stomach, which is a good thing! I still get morning sickness most mornings though, and sometimes it continues throughout the day! which has not been fun, but it seems like it was really strong at the beginning (stronger than when I was pregnant with Harmony!) but has been gradually losing steam! Fingers crossed that this trend continues!

The tiredness is still around... I start feeling sleepy by mid-afternoon and on the weekends I find myself wishing that Harmony was still at a "nap-having" age (hey, there's another pro for those of you mom who want closely-spaced sibs!) because I want to have one myself! I find when I go to bed at around 9 or 10, I get enough sleep for the night, but staying up to my "usual" (i.e. pre-pregnancy) bedtime of 10:30-11:30 leaves me a real zombie in the morning! But hey, I'm fusing together a neural tube (spinal cord) this week ("what's your excuse?") so I am listening to my body as much as I can and trying to hit the pillow at a decent hour.

The most noticeable physical feature this week has been my BELLY! ack! I remember when I was pregnant with Harmony and still not *really* showing by like, the middle of the 2nd trimester! and I remember wishing that I was more *obviously* pregnant... oops, watch what you wish for... I feel like I can already tell I am pregnant just by looking at my rapidly expanding waistline (the "waist" part of it being a rapidly *disapearing* part!), and my clothes are already feeling tight, so I know it's not just my imagination when I look in the mirror!! At this rate I'll have to dig out my maternity clothes by Thanksgiving, but for now my trusty comfy overalls are doing a good "in-between" duty. Stay tuned for belly shots sometime soon...

Next week...

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