This is my blog that captures my journey & experience as a surrogate mother for my two best friends who are gay!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Where did my appetite go?
Where on earth did my ravenous appetite go? And where are all of the other pregnancy symptoms I should be expecting? (secretly, I have been very excited about the crazy food cravings!) This past week my appetite has dropped off. Not that I am not hungry, because I am. But I am no where craving the food I did a few weeks ago. I think possibly all of the hormones are maybe starting to settle in to my body. Even my emotions seemed to have leveled off. Possibly my body took a bit to get used to all the progesterone I was suddenly getting every night with my shots. The good things is that even when I am not hungry, if you put something appetizing in front of me, I will gladly eat it. Although I have also noticed at times I am not able to eat as much as I would like. I think that is due to the constipation/gas thanks to the hormones! I have increased my water intake, began walking daily and as of yesterday began eating prunes to help keep me regular. There was quite a debacle with what I could/could not take for constipation. Both things my doctor approved to take were told strictly by the pharmacy & internet research as "no-no's." Like many things in the pregnancy world, it seems you can get two different opinions about whether something is OK or not on just about anything. So for now, I am going to just stick with the prunes and see if that helps. Because BD1 is highly anxious and a worrywart, we talked the doctors into allowing us to have a 3rd Beta level check, so tomorrow morning we are going in just to ensure the number is rising as it should! My first ultrasound is scheduled for Friday, 04 May. I cannot wait for that first look inside of my belly!
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I lost 5lbs my first trimester... I think it was due to not drinking beer!
ReplyDeleteHaha you are hilarious! I do miss adult beverages!!
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