I hate burping. Really. Not so
much when other people do it, but I feel like my body is trying
unsucessfully to vomit when I burp. So my whole life I've tried to avoid
carbonated beverages. Why? Because they make me burp. Guess what one of
the blessings of pregnancy is. Burps. Yuppers. The same hormones which
cause my soft tissues to swell, etc., cause my digestive system to move
more slowly. So I get "filled" at a meal much earlier than you'd expect,
and I get heartburn and lots and lots of burps. Now that I'm into the
second trimester, and have a much healthier appetite, I burp even more.
Oh, what bliss! I am enjoying
the appetite's return, though. And I can handle seeing raw meat again
without gagging. I even asked Ben to make bacon for me last weekend, and
he did and I ate a lot of it. I used to love bacon and I was afraid
that I'd never be able to enjoy it again. This might seem funny to those
of you who would love to be rid of cravings for such fattening foods. I
would, too. But it's just so strange when your body starts acting so
unpredictably. I started feeling like I wasn't myself at all anymore. So
it's good to feel a little more like me again.
As
for "babies" -- I am thinking about the plural now, not just one
anymore. While I'm very hopeful (and pretty sure) of having just one
baby in my womb, we did have an alarming visit to the midwives last
Friday. My mom was visiting us last weekend, so I took her with me to
visit the midwife, so that she could hear the baby's heartbeat live. The
midwife thought that my uterus was much larger than normal for how far
along I am... she was wondering about twins, but we won't find out
anything for sure until the ultrasound on April 28th. CRAZY! We're
hoping I just had a seemingly large uterus that day... hmmm.... but it
does kinda put some of the planning and registering on hold... there are
twins on both my side and Ben's side, so I guess it's not totally
impossible...
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