A friend sent me this article, and it’s a very good one. Very interesting, I thought. It pertains to vaccinations and parents’ reluctance to have their children immunized, and it’s all anyone’s talking about lately at my hospital of employment. So without further ado, here’s the link:
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience
Sorry, you’ll have to cut and paste, can’t get the bloody links to work today. Have a read, and then let’s have a round of applause for informed decisions.
So, let’s get back to me. 
Not that I have anything much to say. Oh wait, the repeat Hep B test was negative so – that’s good. The gender scan is coming up (almost 20 w – rather excited about that) and none of my pants fit (not so much excited by this). So I do what anyone who likes to breathe does, and go and buy a couple pairs of maternity pants.
Why was I resisting these things again?
If I’d known how comfy they were, I’d have picked some up years ago, I tell you.
Ummm, went back to see the RE and almost got yelled at for not taking my calcium supplements (an even bigger no-no while on heparin) until he figured out how many Tums I’m taking. Then I got dismissed until the 30w visit with a bored wave of his hand. Seems 10-12 of them per day is pur-lenty of calcium…but it completely fixes the heartburn. Which I can get after drinking water, but don’t get after a cheese sandwich stuffed with Lay’s potato chips and jalapenos. Go figure.
Let’s see, what else….. I might be feeling the baby move. Very strange sensation and very, very cool. I can’t feel single specific movements, but it is perhaps a clue when your uterus becomes lopsided and then smooths itself back out (I know, I’m a genius). Just as long as nothing suddenly bursts out of my chest, I can completely roll with this.
D snores. A lot. I never noticed before because I always go to sleep before him. Not so much now. The unforseen naps during the day and nightly pee trips have opened my eyes to this phenomenon. And oh, my God.
I may have to kill him. How do people live with this, and stay married/in the same room?
Maybe if I tape his mouth shut….. Or perhaps that’s just my hormones talking….
So glad that the HepB came back negative. Also glad that maternity pants are comfortable – I wouldn’t have thought of that. And how does one get through the night with a snoring partner? Well, I have recently discovered soft squishy ear plugs.
By: cat on November 4, 2009
at 10:03 pm
You know, I was in some maternity pants until, well, until I started WW this past April…glad that you discovered the joys of being comfy!
And yay neg Hep B, and double yay that your scan is coming up!!
Very cool that you are feeling the baby move. It starts like soda bubbles or gas-like movement/pops, and then moves on to flutters, then rolls, then all out rockette movement! And you are right at the time where you would definitely be feeling it.
Not so cool about the heartburn, and I can sympathize. I was on zantac 2x a day for almost my whole pregnancy – it really helps if you want to talk with your dr about switching – that is if you want to go back to those pesky calcium pills.
Snoring – my remedy is to pinch, punch and kick his side until he turns over. Or ask – it depends on how pissed I am that I’m not sleeping and he’s at the decibel level of a small chain saw.
By: oobiewoobie on November 5, 2009
at 1:40 pm
It’s not hormones. When H snores, I completely forget what a sweet, good-natured, mellow chap he is and how he makes me tea every morning, and can only think about suffocating him with a pillow. When it’s really bad, I kick him awake and nag him into sleeping in the spare room. If he protests, I pull the ‘I get MIGRAINES when sleep deprived card!’, and so, I tend to win, heh heh.
Not having Hep B is excellent. Feeling the baby move is beyond excellent. The heart-burn, not excellent, but I get the same worse-with-water, suppressed-by-proper-food thing. I think it’s because stomach acid floats to the top of water and gets pushed to the bottom of the solid food.
By: May on November 6, 2009
at 9:11 am