8 weeks, baby!

Listening to: Maybe You Should Drive - BNL

Reading: Your Pregnancy Week by Week (out of novels again)


Hey kids! I am 8 weeks today! Wow! Time kinda does fly. 8 weeks is when I saw my OB for my first appointment when I was expecting Cameron. Unfortunately, I don't go in until 10 weeks this time. I'm hoping they'll be able to find the heartbeat then, but I'm sort of not getting my hopes up. We found C-note's heartbeat with a rented doppler at home at 9 weeks, but I was much thinner then. I've read that the more fat you have, the harder it is to hear. I'm thinking of renting another doppler this time, but can't really decide. We only used it last pregnancy maybe a dozen times. And I'm lazy and kept forgetting to send it back, so we paid for several months when we didn't use it. Maybe I will be better this time? Doubt it...I seem to have gotten more lazy since then!


I think I will start a Belly Progression page. As soon as I get all showered and dressed, I plan to take the first shot today. I couldn't decide when to take photos (when to start, the interval between each shot, etc), so a friend on my message board suggested a shot each time I see the doctor. Brilliant! Except I'm taking the first one before I see the doc, since I want a baseline "not showing yet" picture, and I'm afraid I might be showing a tad in a couple of weeks. My lower abdomen is already starting to get pretty hard and full-feeling, although I still fit into my jeans just fine.


I'm a little worried about my belly flab. But too embarrassed to ask anyone about it. When I get pregnant with Cameron, I had a nice-sized pooch on my lower abs - much like normal women have. But it was, for the most part, tight and unflabby. Since having Cam, I just have jiggly, flabby fat all over my stomach...top and bottom. Will that stuff stretch and get hard when my belly grows, or will I have that layer of flab to deal with the whole nine months? If so, that will just look bad in my maternity clothes! Blah!


OK, moving on...Cam really likes to slow dance with me to a BNL song on this album (Maybe you should drive) called Everything Old is New Again. He "sings" some of the words (more like moans them!) as we dance. It's really crazy that he likes that song, because it's pretty damn depressing! Well, the melody is nice and semi-upbeat, but the lyrics are so sad. I interpret it as a song about depression. BNL does that a lot...they'll send a serious message using a happy melody. Why did I throw that bit in? I just listened to it and I though of the C-man.


I really want to work on the house today. I've been so lazy about housework lately. Tony has really picked up most of the slack and I really appreciate it. I need to snap out of my cleaning abstinence, though. This morning, I loaded and ran the dishwasher. Of course, there are still leftover dishes that wouldn't fit in. So, I guess I should unload the clean ones and run it again. Then I plan to clean the counters. That'll be enough for the kitchen. Maybe I'll do a load or two of laundry, too. And dust and vacuum the living room. Yep, then I'll feel pretty good about myself. Think I'll do it? I mean, it's possible, I guess. I actually credit Dr. Seuss for my procrastination skills. In my favorite, "I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words," the narrator ends the story with


"I'll teach my dog those hundred words

I think I'll start next year"


Thanks a lot, Good Doctor!

- Posted @ 3/10/2005 10:34:09 AM |

I had plenty of belly fat before I got pregnant with Z and it definitely stretched and got hard when I was pregnant. No worries there mate!


That is so cute about Cam singing and slow dancing :D

- Posted @ 3/10/2005 12:56:15 PM by Shannon