25wks6days

I was standing in front of the mirror naked just now and noticed how incredibly veiny I am. I guess because I have increased bloodflow in my body, all of my veins are really visible. I can see them down my sides and on the sides of my belly. You can even see them on my chest under my old lady skin. I think I might be getting stretch marks on my belly, but only very faintly. I can't see underneath my belly anymore. I'm just about 26 weeks. I told Erik the other day that I only had 15 weeks left of pregnancy and he asked if I could keep it in longer. Apparently he's a little nervous about having a new little one! Me, I'm pretty excited. Actually, I guess I go back and forth. One minute I can't wait to have the baby and see what it looks like and do all the mommy things and the next minute I'm freaking out because I'm gonna have a baby. I was suuuuper grumpy the other day and Frances was banging around and stomping down the hall and I just about bit her head off! I just thought about what I'll do if she's making all that noise when I have a newborn that I just got to sleep.

I have a midwife appointment tomorrow. I'm supposed to bring a 3 day food log and I really don't want to admit to anyone, let alone hippy dippy midwives, what I've been eating. I am totally craving sweets. I met Erik for lunch and on my way home I stopped at the donut shop and bought two donuts and scarfed them down before I even got home. I think I might not put those on the log. I eat lots of cheese and meat, too and I know they frown on that. They think that I should be getting more protein from beans and nuts, but I'm a carnivore. Plus, I read that cholesterol doesn't matter when you're pregnant because the baby needs lots of it to develop properly. I should be eating more veggies, but I have come to the realization that I'm really not that in to vegetables. Salads bore me, so I have to put tons of dressing on them. I like broccoli, but you can only eat that so many times a week. I don't like greens at all. I've tried to like them, really I have. Oh, and there's this pregnancy tea that they want me to drink every day. So, I dutifully went to the herb store and bought all of the herbs for it and mixed them all together in a big jar. I poured a portion into a quart jar and let it steep for 4 hours, like they recommended and took a sip and decided that I pretty much hate it. I'm supposed to drink a quart of it a day! I don't drink tea. I drink water all day. Apparently that's not good enough. They especially want me to drink it because I still have to have my cup of coffee in the morning and supposedly it will help offset some of the negative effects of caffeine or something like that. Hmmmph is all I have to say about that. So, I don't have any good news to tell the midwives. They're going to be disappointed that I've been eating too much meat and cheese and sweets and not drinking my pregnancy tea. Pth. Well, I have to go try to register for a childbirth class now. 'Til next time!