the health thing

so, we've been making an effort to eat healthy and drink lots of fluids etc. etc. on the weekend, we come up with a meal plan for the week, incorporating lots of protein, fibre, leafy greens, and other such things, and then we do the shopping. we cook healthy dinners, and i pack up the leftovers to bring for lunch.

well, last week i sent my husband out to do the shopping on his own, as i was pooped. so he couldn't find whole-wheat pasta, so he got kamut pasta instead. even healthier!

my advice to you: never eat kamut pasta if you can avoid it. you can really taste the fibre! right now i'm eating leftovers (with a really creamy mushroom sauce and spinach), and you know how re-heated pasta can sometimes get mushy? this stuff is mushy, but still somehow fibrous. it's intense.

in other news, i measured my belly yesterday, and it's a whopping 39 inches! that's a full 50% increase over what my waist is normally! no wonder i'm waddling...

updates

wow, it's a while since i posted, isn't it? let's see, what's new...

lots of movement! little pokings and proddings going on all the time. very strange, but very cool. my midwife guessed that it took so long for me to feel anything because the placenta is in front, and she was right.

finally got the results from the 18-week ultrasound - everything is "perfect."

we've enrolled in birth prep classes with cousin and co-worker, and have booked a hospital tour as well. still haven't taken care of childcare, very bad.

hospital bag is packed, largely as a preventive measure i guess, since the midwives tell me that if everything goes according to schedule, i'll be going home two hours (!) after delivery.

have to find a hotel for mum that is convenient to hospital and our house.

bought a few preggo shirts the other day at the modern maternity warehouse. the clerk asked me if i wanted to borrow a pillow to try things on, "since you're not showing yet." ?? is she crazy? i'm huge! last time i measured my waist - which was over six weeks ago - it was already at 36" - a full 11" bigger than normal! and i've gotten much bigger since then. maybe this is why i can't get a seat on the subway... i guess everyone still thinks it's just a beer gut!

it moved!

finally!!

i had been getting quite anxious over the lack of any moving or kicking, so before getting out of bed i lay very still with my hands on my belly and just waited. i felt a little poke, and a sort of nudge, like something brushing past under my left hand. then i coughed, and i felt it move to the right side.

whee!! there really is a little person in there!

in other news, we're signed up for birth prep classes starting end of october. and, i spent saturday sewing, so i now have two skirts that fit and a pullover. finally getting a few things done around here!