i finally figured out...

... what the pregnant nose is for. it's to counteract the pregnant brain. how many times have i started cooking something, when i had to go to the loo (pregnant bladder), and completely forgotten what i was doing. so i sit down with a magazine, or with my knitting, or at the computer, and all of a sudden - what's that smell? i have done this countless times, but so far, so good - i always smell dinner in plenty of time to keep anything dreadful from happening. go, preggo nose!

in other news, despite the total lack of sleep, i do seem to be getting my energy back. i just made a lasagna, and painted a dresser for the nursery (don't worry, i did it outside, and it was quite windy today, i couldn't even smell the paint at all, even with supernose). part of this, i think, is due to the fact that my husband and i have started doing a weekly meal plan. before, he would say "what do you want for dinner?" and i would say "toast!" and i would eat toast, and he'd say "you have to eat something else," and run through some possibilities which i would veto, and by then it would be quite late, so he would wind up heating some canned habitant pea soup. for several months, it was all toast, pea soup, and poutine (for lunch). the only vitamins i got were from the materna supplement and all the lemonade i was drinking (that's got vitamin c, right?). now, we're making a point to get more fibre and more leafy greens. whole wheat pasta! spinach! kale! i've been keeping track of everything with fitday.com, and so far, i've been getting almost all the nutrients i'm supposed to, just from diet. plus i'm still taking the supplement anyway. i swear, it's making a difference.