Maybe worry beads will help me stop worrying. The ultimate fear has come true....I've turned into my mother The Worry Wart of all worry warts. So, I am sailing into 2nd trimester feeling better than ever. No nausea, no hip pains, no food aversions (mostly) but I can't stop worrying.
Now that I feel pretty normal I think there must be something wrong. Especially since I am not quite sure if I have felt the baby yet.
I am almost 18 weeks and while I have felt some little lower abdomen muscle twinges, I don't know if that is the baby or not. It would be so comforting to feel it more so I actually feel pregnant. My belly has grown, so that is a definite sign. Weird how I can't accept the fact that feeling normal is normal.
I am counting down the days till our big ultrasound on Feb 10th. We are definitely finding out what we are having. And I want to see that baby move again, if only on a screen so I don't have to worry about it so much. Lots of people think I am having a girl even DH, but I don't really have a sense either way right now.
We are going on a Caribbean cruise in 3 weeks and I can't wait to get away from all this snow and cold. It going to be hard not to gain some extra pounds on that boat, the all you can eat shrimp and lobster night....I've been dreaming of it for months.
It's been a long time! Part 2
13 years ago
I'm glad that you're sailing through things. And, if worry beads will help, then go for it. Whatever works. It's a weird in-between time (the 2nd tri). I can't get over how I'm feeling less pregnant than the 1st tri (I get that it's normal, but still) and, other than my belly expanding slightly, feel like my regular ol' self. I'm with ya...I get it!
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I'm so glad you're finally feeling better! OMG, I threw up every day for 6 MONTHS! It sucked. And it took 'til 6-7 months for me to really start feeling the baby move. That time in between was nerve-wracking! I just wanted a sign - every day! :) - that all was ok. It helps a lot now that I can feel it move. But now I panic if I don't feel it move for a while, so I guess the worry never really goes away for us IFers!
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