Finally Free

I finally told most of my associates, so I can talk about this PG business openly now. Not sure if I'm going to open up this blog or keep it going...I don't know.

The Appointments

Weird feeling...I've now scheduled all of my doctor appointments through the end of my pregnancy. This pregnancy is going by extremely quickly.

If I can make time during lunch today, I'm going to tour a daycare so I can get TBD's name on the list. Insane.

No Surprise

I've now told two more associates that I'm pregnant. One responded, "I knew it. I could tell when you were here last week." The other said, "I figured as much."

I am not telling everyone at work yet, because a) it's not really their business b) I'm very sensitive to mixing personal with business -- I mix it when it's advantageous to me...and that's about it.

I'm ready for everyone to know though. It would also be kind of funny to not say anything...which, since my boss knows, I guess I don't really have to tell anyone else.

I rarely see anyone, since I work from home. I could easily go the entire pregnancy without any of my associates seeing me pregnant. Until I cut off my travel, I could totally pass it off as weight gain.

No Baby Drama

I'm very happy to report that today, as of this moment, there has been no baby drama. I'm knocking on wood.

This Wednesday was considerably better than last Wednesday.

And Now, Contractions

When I was pregnant with V, I always wanted to "feel" more pregnant. That is a stupid wish. If I ever hear someone say this, I'm going to tell them that they're being stupid.

So, I didn't drink enough water today and I wondered what the side effect of not drinking enough water is...well, my side effect is that I've been having regular contractions for most of the afternoon. I've consumed about six glasses of water since I started having contractions and they're pretty much gone now.

I'm an idiot.

UPDATE: In re-reading this, it's mis-leading. It makes me seem like even more of a dumbass than I actually am.

To clarify, I forgot to drink water -- I didn't purposely not drink water.

To further clarify, I've known that you're supposed to drink a lot of water while pregnant, but I never knew exactly why. I still don't really...but I assume. Drinking water sounds like good common sense, so I do it...except on this day when I was tired and busy...and forgot.

Still not smart, but not intentionally cruel.

TBD is A-OK

Just got back from the doctor and TBD is looking good. They officially think last week's issues were caused by my placenta being very low and overlapping my cervix. NET: Woo hoo!

Week 14 is off to a good start.

I Take it Back

Yeah, bed rest is not great. Especially when you're as anal about cleaning your house before your maid comes as I am. I threw a temper tantrum tonight, because I was frustrated that I couldn't do my normal cleaning by myself.

Not good. I locked myself in the office.