4:42pm
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Yay I got my period! Dunno why that’s a good thing, but I’m glad that by the time I leave here, I won’t have to worry about it. Usually I get my period either right at the end (it sucks to have mind numbing cramps on an airplane) or right when I get home. Also… I like to share this info with him so he knows that I’m not “with child.” If I’m late he tends to freak out. I’ve stopped freaking out as I would know right away if I was pregnant.
My body is hypersensitive to change. Otherwise I’d be just as happy not to tell him anything. he at least is sensitive enough to take care of me and I let him hold me when I’m in pain.
When I was in a lot of pain before and I would scream, my ex would hold me. I have no idea why they were ever like that [the cramps] because when I’d get them in middle school/high school, they were never that bad.
I tend to think that since I’m more in balance with my body now, I can either sleep through the pain or ignore it as best as I can. Today I am choosing to ignore it, lol.
So… last night after Ryan came home from work he took a 3 hour nap. We didn’t have much for dinner which was fine with me. We just sat and watched TV, or rather he watched TV and I got to read the book I picked for yesterday. I couldn’t fall asleep (again) but I didn’t let it bother me this time. I figured… I have books to read, I’m in bed with my sweetie, who needs sleep? I can sleep when I’m home. I did figure out that I was overheating, which was probably my problem the night before, as well. I want to lay down before Ryan gets home. Neighbor lady is finally quiet. I will write more probably on the flight home. recaps of the trip and whatnot.
Love you,
Rita
5:09pm
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Book club
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Book title: Knocked up: Confessions of a hip Mother-To-Be
Author: Rebecca Eckler
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I always love hearing about pregnancy and birth stories, which is why I kept reading. But this woman… I just wanted to smack her. She gets knocked up after an engagement party (her own). Her fiance and she live in completely different cities, although the author doesn’t say which ones and never reveals the fiance’s actual name.
She has a newspaper column and I guess her life revolves around partying. During the course of the book all she does is bitch and moan about how fat she is and yet all she eats throughout her pregnancy is McDonald’s big macs and fries. She has all these questions about what to do after the baby is born yet never cracks open a baby book or attend one parenting class. For someone who is so “hip”, she could have been eating yummy health food (smoothies!) and doing pregnancy yoga. Some of the yoga I’ve done is good for relaxing and opening the muscles down there and can help tighten you back up after birth.
The one smart thing she did was not breastfeed because she was a smoker. But she didn’t even put 2 and 2 together. Like, smoking while breast feeding causes addictions and babies can go through withdrawls that can make them irritable and very cranky.
Also, I hated her fiance. He was so insensitive. He didn’t want to get her a Mother’s Day present because she wasn’t a mother “yet”. Uhh… how rude!!! And he was just… I dunno. Grrrr.
It should read as a “how not to” baby book. Call me crazy but I want to be as healthy as possible for my baby.
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