20/20 hindsight.

[rivka]

In retrospect, I didn't have very strong pregnancy symptoms with my miscarried pregnancy. At the time I certainly felt tired and nauseated, but there's just no comparison to the way the first trimester is beating me down this time around.

It's not totally intolerable, and in fact I actually find the symptoms reassuring. I need all the evidence of pregnancy that I can get. But... it's the difference between having to be careful about what I eat and sometimes being unable to eat; between often feeling tired and often needing a nap to get through the day; between outgrowing my regular bras and outgrowing my maternity bras. (ZOMG I have outgrown my maternity bras and I'm only just entering the ninth week.)

I produced pregnancy hormones last time - enough to make a placenta, even though it had nothing to support. My pregnancy symptoms were real. But they were a shadow of what I'm experiencing now that I'm churning out enough hormones to support an inch-long fetus.

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[acceberskoorb.livejournal.com]

D'oh. That was from me. (which, I suppose was obvious, from the subject line)

Re: watgw11b! :)

[rivka.livejournal.com]

May your discomfort and fatigue continue normally until they blossom into nearly unbearable pain and you are rewarded with a bloody, screaming bundle of joy!

Awww! That's one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. :-)

We do indeed usually skip church in the summer, but that doesn't mean we don't want to see our church friends. We leave for SUUSI on the 20th, but what's next weekend look like for you?