Tired. SO. TIRED.

3/12/13 - 10 weeks 1 day

Not just sort of sleepy. Can't-keep-my-eyes-open tired! Part of it is the stupid time change on Sunday. It was just one hour, but it's made me feel all wonky. Part of it is me not going to bed early enough for a couple of nights and having too much to do in the afternoons to have time for naps. But mostly it's because I'm building a person inside me! That's hard work!

If I don't nap, I'm usually pretty okay until about 10:00. If I do nap, though, It's sooooo hard to make myself wake up! I intended to get up at about 5:20 today, having gone to sleep around 4:00. I was going to get up, make dinner, go to writing group at Barnes and Noble, and stop by Target before or after that. At 6:00 when I finally dragged myself out of bed, I thought, "Yeah, that's not going to happen." Here I sit, trying to find the energy to stand up, wash out a pan or two, and start dinner. I could totally go back to sleep right now and probably not wake up until tomorrow morning before work! But that's not plausible or possible. I do need to eat about three more times between now and bed, after all!

In other news, I still feel like my belly is ginormous for only being 10 weeks along. Today I wore a dress I bought when I used to work at a maternity store and I still felt like I looked pregnant! I can't wait until we start telling people in a couple more weeks (after a good second midwife visit at 12.5 weeks) so I can stop sucking in my belly all day! I don't mind how I look, really. I love looking pregnant, even if right now most of the pooch is (sorry) gas, food, and being bloated. There's a little bit of pooch there, though, that is either uterus OR other guts getting shoved up out of the way for my grapefruit-sized uterus, now.

My little baby is the size of a kumquat-ish, or will be soon. (Each of my phone apps tell me slightly different things for the weekly updates.) He or she has individual fingers, hair, and its insides are working--kidney, liver, that sort of thing. It's also able to move more, turn somersaults, bend its arms, and so on. :) It's amazing that something so little is actually a person!

It seems like there was something else I wanted to say, but I can't remember it now. I can totally blame that on pregnancy brain, right? Right?

(Later) I remembered! Gentlemen, avert your eyes from this paragraph---- My chest is still tender but not very much bigger. Some women have already grown two or three bra sizes by now! I've been wondering how I'm going to feed a baby with these little things! Then I talked to a friend who has an almost-one year old (I told two friends that I only "see" online since it's not like they'll blab to anyone I know--I couldn't stand it) and she said her chest grew throughout her pregnancy and then "exploded" (her word) in the third trimester. Also, milk production has nothing to do with chest size. So I'll be fine and so will the baby. Apparently I should enjoy having smallish knockers while I can. I don't wanna explode!