Pregnancy update

Well, it sure has been a while since I've given an update... I can hardly get my monthly letters out to Zoe let alone blog about other things going on in my life!

I'm close to 8 months now, and the clock is ticking. You wouldn't know this by the state of our affairs as we haven't started on the nursery yet! This is so unlike me. I don't have my hospital bag packed. This is so unlike me. Time is zooming by and my energy levels are still not up to scruff. I'm convinced it's because I'm having a boy. I had loads of energy in my first pregnancy, but this one, thinking of doing things is too tiring. Other moms have confirmed that boys tend to suck a lot more out of you...

This is a rundown of how it's been going:
* lots of heartburn -- I have extra strength antacid
* pelvic pain still, so I am an even slower walker then the grey hairs that shop at my local grocery store
* going to the dentist was the most painful thing I've experienced! DO NOT GO if you are pregnant, even if your evil pregnancy book advises you to go. There was more blood than in a Quentin Tarentino movie. Ouch.
* energy levels are low low low -- I have Mondays off (using up the last of my vacation days) and basically I'm catching up on a lot of nothing
* the headaches and migraines are there, but at least they are not brought on by citrus (a former trigger). I have been taking advantage of this and consuming COPIOUS amounts of mandarins.
* food is DIVINE. Anything I eat is the most amazing anything that I just ate. This is great for RJ's ego since he cooks all the family meals! He's two creme brulees away from thinking he's a master chef.
* I have a bladder the size of a walnut, but at least I still don't have to get up at night. I go a million times a day but I still get to make it through the night!
* I don't have gestational diabetes this time... but this also means that I have afforded myself the luxury of eating things that were forbidden to me... there was a time where a cherry strudel and I had a torrid affair.

RJ has started to build the nursery furniture, so hopefully all goes to plan and Maxwell the 2nd doesn't decide to join this wacky world any earlier than expected! He's building a bookcase, a wardrobe and a toybox. We'll paint it all white and have a navy blue and white themed nursery. Although, it's pretty hard (ok, impossible) to find anything navy blue in this city! Ahhhhh I miss my conglomerate sized stores back home. Where you can find anything you're looking for, and cheaper than a second hand book.

I'm going to get back to my doing-nothing, so hope all is well with you!
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