Going Down?

I had my second prenatal visit today. All is well in the land of Baby Taves! Blood pressure was fine, we listened to the heartbeat (which I do every night thanks to a fetal monitor I borrowed from Deena) and I hopped on the good old scale. Much to my surprise, I have lost 5 pounds in the past month! Woo hoo! My doctor said this is normal for plus sized women. He said he would be surprised if I go over my original weight (from the first prenatal visit). As long as I stick to the Canada Food Guide, everything should stay on track. A woman I know told me that plus sized women should expect to gain 50-60 pounds...I'm thinking that just because she did, it obviously doesn't mean every woman will!

Originally, I thought there was some discrepency in terms of how far along I am and when my due date is supposed to be. I thought I should be coming up on 18 weeks this Wednesday, but I just now realized I've been counting the first day of my last period as week 1 instead of week 0. Oops. So I really am 16 weeks, 5 days today. But when my doctor was listening to Baby's heartbeat, he mentioned that my uterus is larger than what it should be. He knows that twins have been ruled out (because I've had 2 ultrasounds already). I guess we'll just have to wait happens at my 20 week ultrasound!

On the downside, depression and nausea are still very much a factor. I'm hoping the throwing up is done...it's been over two weeks since my face has had contact time with the toilet, but I still get nauseous quite often. Thankfully, a friend of mine (who's an acupunturist) showed me the pressure point for nausea so that is helping A LOT!

The depression is tougher to deal with...I feel guilty that I'm feeling crappy during a time in my life when I should feel the happiest. I don't want to paint the picture that I lay in bed and cry all day, every day, but some days, it really does kick me in the ass. On those days (or two or three or four in a row), I don't care about anyone or anything. The house and all the cleaning/upkeep (laundry, dishes etc) get neglected and things pile up faster than expected. Then, it turns into a cyclical thing where I just can't catch up and it makes me even more depressed. I talked to my boss's boss last week about taking time off. I am taking off the next three weeks of work. I'm hoping between the acupressure points, extra vitamins and some added exercise, I can kick this depression in the ass and get on with the fun part of pregnancy (like hemorrhoids, backaches and constipation!!).

Back to the upside...it is just too cool to lay and listen to Baby's heartbeat each night before bed. Even if we can't find it one night, we still get to listen to Baby swoosh around and swoop back and forth. Mama's intuition is telling me it's a girl. I guess I'll just have to wait until August 20th to see if I'm right :-)