Making new friends

I thought I was feeling better so I stopped taking my anti-nausea meds. Whoops. Monday I felt terrible! So I'm back on. The good news is that it must be working.

Last week I was spotting a little and went to the doctor. No activity for two weeks. I'm not too worried because the doctor found the heartbeat right away. Maybe I should worry more, but I know that this occasionally happens.

Jen just found out that she's having a girl :-) My prediction has always been boy for Mary, girl for Jen and for me. So I'm feeling pretty confidents as I'm 67% correct. Actually, I'm 9 for 9 of the baby gender predicting.

I did this search for genetic disorders looking for what exactly the deal with Jamie Lee Curtis is and I got a link to this guy's blog. I went to it and it had good info and I read more and I thought, "wow, I like this guy. I agree with everything he says". Cool. It's good to find other people who think like you. So I looked him up to see his profile and sure enough, he's a physics grad student in Texass. It's almost kind of funny how nerds just click no matter where or when. It's like nerd-nerd particle interaction is what connects you. So I agree with all his ideas and read most of the books he has posted as library and it made me miss the last years of college when you take classes with other people in your major and sometimes it's like they're the only people who "get" you. I miss my physics geek friends. They aren't exactly a dime a dozen. Luckily my husband is in the nerd family and can satisfy my need for nerd. It's just nice to have someone who'll laugh at something like "nerd-nerd particle interaction". Oh, and Red Dave would like him too as there seems to be a strong interest in cooking.

Showing? Or just getting fatter

I have now gained five pounds, bringing me back to my pre-pregnancy weight. However, it is not my pre-pregnancy appearance. I'm finding that I'm more vain than I thought. My little belly is getting jigglier. I know this because we had a dress rehersal for bellydance on Sunday and I was at the studio with all the mirrors and there was more to my shimmy than there used to be.

It isn't that I think "I'm fat". It's more about the changes to what I'm used to. Pants feel tight and not as comfy. I'm in permanant "thanksgiving dinner" mode with my top button undone.

I'm trying to prepare for the out of control experience of gaining weight and inches, however appropriate it is. Pregnancy is one of those things where you think you know what it is like...and then it hits you. Reality. It's kind of like teaching. You think you know what it'll be like, but somehow it is so much harder. And you think, "wow, no one appreciates what teachers do, how hard they work... blah, blah, blah". Same thing with pregnancy. Man, it is hard to do and most people have no idea (and 50% of the population never even could know).

On a more positive note: Dave comes home Friday :-) I am lonely and I do love him. This is good because at about 6 weeks I hated him! Ah, hormones.