what momma writes

not exactly how i should label a post, but sort of how i feel... while meeting with my midwife i was mentioning a few things about this pregnancy and she suggested that i keep a baby journal.  "Doh!" i thought as if it wasn't already on my radar.   you see, it's not that i haven't wanted to write to this child, it's that finding the time and energy to write things is just more tiring since it's not just work, work out, do what i want sorta schedule like it was to some degree with stella. also, sorry mister second child, but i wasn't feeling the urge to document things like i did the first time around.  i did start a letter to egg noddle sandwich, but it was kind of more of a mean note to him telling him how i'm tired of him making me feel like poop. how's that for mother of the year? already telling the poor child they are annoying me and haven't physically met yet. so because i respect my midwife and because i want to have somethi...

if you've seen me in the past 3 weeks you probably could have guessed i'm growing a human since i popped the moment the pee hit the stick. so it's only like, i think 9-10ish weeks (i keep losing track already) and already this pregnancy has been different from day one. i pretty much just told people when i saw them after like 8 weeks so finally getting to make it all official and yadda. i would have texted or emailed friends more, but honestly looking at my iphone or computer made me ill. so when i didn't have to do anything i didn't. as much as i know every pregnancy is different and kept thinking i got this, i know what to expect because i've been down that road. well, yes. but, false. with stella i knew so early, there was no question i had symptoms at 4 weeks and i pretty much knew at conception. this guy, not really much going on early on, but i missed my period around when it was supposed to come so it was a morning pee win for the + sign. nifty!  i...