belly shot, take 2.

i think i understand why i have felt like such utter shit this week. over the past 24 hours, my belly grew. it’s hard and tighter than it’s ever been, and the part above my belly button is stretching. it’s so strange to feel this shift, this growth, happening in real time. [...]

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favorite search engine terms.

over the past 24 hours:
“rock on, sparky!”
buried money
lefthanded lesbians
pregnant cat chart
care to share your favorites, dear readers?

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two things.

i’m back at work today, so my capacity for forming coherent sentences is limited. but i had to make mention of 2 things.
1. i broke up w/ my doctor today! all that’s left of the relationship is my signing of the release form so they can fax my records to michele. [...]

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my arse!

anyone have a surefire remedy for pregnancy constipation?  seriously.  i’m pooing like twice a week.  no me gusta.  high fiber foods don’t seem to  help much.  even the ethiopian food extravaganza didn’t help.

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11w1d.

i forgot to take a belly shot last week…but 11 weeks looks a lot like 9 weeks in my opinion. here is today’s shot (with special guest appearance by sal the cat) :

the only difference i see is perhaps the bump is higher…? (h says i just look thinner.) my belly shot gallery is [...]

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i thought i was safe.

quick thanksgiving update: due to the accidental poisoning of h’s cousin’s dachshund, aunt, uncle & cousin did not attend thanksgiving festivities. (the dachshund is okay.) we had a lovely, quiet day, and i was able to eat just about everything, including 2 pieces of my beloved pumpkin pie. yum. no pregnancy [...]

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thankfulness and trepidation.

once again, i’ve been completely remiss in my entries, and once again it’s because there is not a lot to say.
i am exhausted. many nightmares and daymares lately of sparky being dead. i’ve had no signs of miscarriage, and i’ll get to the nausea in a moment, but this fear of losing sparky [...]

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milestones.

1. my beloved midwife called me in a prescription of z*ofr.an yesterday. as far as big guns of antinausea go, it’s the safest on the market, and she’s sworn by it for a long time. at our appointment last week, i was so sick that she offered me one to take home [...]

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belly shot anyone?

not a lot to report today. sick and exhausted. stayed home from work and tried to eat foods that are easier to throw up than, say, eggs.
i did manage to take a belly shot. enjoy. i see no change from last week. do you?

(you can see the growing belly shot set [...]

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radio silence.

i’m so sorry for the silence here. i haven’t posted because i knew it would be boring. kind of like this post will be. the sick has continued to be really bad, with smells and textures sending me over the edge. last night i had my first actual hurl of the dinner, [...]

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