3 weeks since the last blog... Can you see the growth spurt? LOL I even see it looking down now. I'm already getting the "big as a house" feeling, and I'm just now four months along. Its gonna be a long pregnancy! :) A friend of mine just had her third little boy this past Friday. It definitely makes me ready to have this one. He was so small and innocent. In a word, he was beautiful. I think even Tom is getting that "itch" to have the baby after visiting little Tristan.
As far as my pregnancy goes though, I'm still getting some bouts of nausea, but they aren't horrible. Normally Tums helps and that's all I need. I've been a lot more "crampy" with this one too. Nothing to be worried about, normal pains, just annoying. I am also very excited to say that I've gotten the okay on my migraine meds so I don't have to suffer. I was told that generally, migraine meds are NOT recommended during pregnancy because in LARGE doses, it had "adverse" effects in baby rats. My doc basically said, if you're migraines are only once a month or so, taking the medicine will not produce even the closest amount needed to start any of those adverse effect. I asked what should I do in the event that they're more frequent, (because now she's got me worried about taking these meds). She told me that even if I had to take one a week, it still wouldn't be something to worry about. She said that the effect and stress that my body is naturally going through is MUCH worse than the chances of anything happening to the baby because of taking the meds. I'm trusting her judgement on this one, and ask that if you have an opposing "belief," keep to yourselves. I've got enough to worry about without other people trying to tell me they know what's best for the baby in MY belly.
Off my soapbox. Sorry about that. I've started getting a lot of unwanted advice, and if you couldn't tell, yes, I'm annoyed. This is the only place that I can safeguard against it before it becomes a problem. And yes, I've got people rubbing my belly. Friends, you're okay to do it. Random people on the street....? Please expect me to rub your belly in return while giving you a "how do you like it" look? :)
I've got a massive unit baby shower coming up on Tuesday and there are sure to be lots of pictures with that, but for now, I think I've covered all my bases. There will be more bump pictures in the next month or so (give or take).
