Week 17 did turn out to be a lot better than Week 16, even though I had to work a full week and the weather was colder than predicted and rainy. The highlights:
-Tuesday I finally got my ass to pre-natal yoga for the first time. The studio and group were very nice and the class relaxing, but nothing like the yoga workout I used to get at my old studio. Which is fine, because I went more for the community and relaxation anyway.
-Wednesday over my lunch break I found a perfect dress to wear to a wedding this Sat., the first one I tried on, regular price $25, but $8 for me because I had a gift card for the store (Marshall’s). I had actually been planning to take Thurs. afternoon off to search for a dress I could feel cute in, because even though I don’t like shopping much and am no fashionista, I’m still really picky.
-Wednesday night I went to dinner with some friends at Sen Yai Sen Lek, a very vegan friendly thai place that even my meat eating friends who frequent good restaurants love. I tried mock duck for the first time and it was amazing. This coming from a girl who doesn’t really love tofu or ever regularly eat “fake meat” products.
-Thursday night I went to my first meetup.com event, I had joined the “holistic families” groups forever ago to ask some advice about finding a new doc, so am on their mailing list – most of it is playdates and stuff, but this one was a potluck at someone’s house to share birth stories and pregnancy advice. The women were actually really cool to the point where I look forward to hanging out with them again. Most of them work part time or not at all and always have events planned like going to the park, farmers’ market, or lunch at decent veg-friendly places.
So now it’s Friday night and the week was good but it wouldn’t be honest of me to sit here and post this and not admit I’m moody tonight over missing a bike pub crawl one of our friends organized. Nathan was out all night at his friend’s going away party, and we might’ve met up with the bike group otherwise, but I didn’t have the motivation to track them down alone….. what I really wanted to do was bike the whole tour, with as much alcohol as needed to numb me to the cool weather. Oh well. 5 more months and it will be a possibility again. (Yesss I’m aware I’ll be taking care of a newborn then and not partying, but at least I’ll be too tired and distracted and hopefully in love with my kid to care so much….and by next summer, you bet I’ll be ready to party again!)
K
p.s. I just previewed this post and jeez my stomach doesn’t look pregnant, it just looks so THICK through the whole length, like those heavyweight bodybuilders!
I apparently don’t look pregnant at all, at 23 weeks. Just extra fatter than usual. π Seth and my mom say I definitely look pregnant, but they kind of have to so I don’t go into “OMG I’m an effin fatass” mode.
From what my doctor said, some of us just look chubby until the last two months or so, then we blow up because the baby is growing so fast. Liam and his apartment still weight under 4lbs. total, so any weight gain beyond that would just be fat anyway.
I used to love going out for drinks. I’ve never been the type to like the feeling of being drunk. And sloppy hammered drunk is soo tacky. Since I don’t drink much, going from buzzed to sloppy could mean as little as finishing my current drink. But I do like a good beer. There’s also an amazing wine bar in my area that I liked to frequent. In the winter they have this amazing mulled cider. Paired with a couple different wines, it makes for a very good evening. Now that I’m staring into the face of mommyhood, it’s almost like the urge to go have some wine is greater. I’m going to make sure to pump a day or 2 worth or reserves so I’m covered when the urge to go there kicks in.
I think the craving for things like that might be because it’s something I can’t have. For me, it’s the same with caramel macchiatos, soft egg yolks, and cold cuts. All things I would never normally crave or ‘need’, but somehow do now because I can’t have them. I may buckle and go to Starbucks at some point today. π
Oh a little caffeine is harmless! I think it’s only if you’re drinking tons of caffeine regularly it can pose a threat of miscarriage during the first trimester?
I’ve been drinking half-caf coffee a few times a week lately, with a little hot chocolate mixed in, I’m sure it’s fine and feels so indulgent =).