Changes

It’s kind of amazing that there are so many changes detectable in my body already. I’m probably in my 4th week now, and my stomach is slightly queasy much of the time, I head to the restroom more often than before, and every so often my heart just seems to work overtime for no apparent reason. But I am thankful to not be throwing up (at least not yet). Puck teased me when I told him today how crazy it seemed that this “tiny little thing” growing inside me was already affecting my body in so many noticeable ways. He said at least using “tiny little” added some affection to soften the use of the word “thing.”

Over a month ago I had set up an appointment with my doctor for a physical today, and it was nice to get my pulse, blood pressure, etc. checked and to have someone to question about various topics, such as what medicines are better for me to take or not take now. According to the doctor, the estimated due date is September 7th, which agreed with the one Puck had gotten from the American Pregnancy Association website (he set me up to get weekly e-mail updates from this site on what is happening inside me). She was surprised that at my age we got pregnant so very quickly, but then the women in my family just seem to be like that. All went well at the appointment, and now I will have to set about finding an ob/gyn.

After my appointment, I met up with Puck for lunch, and we stopped by Safeway where my honey bought me some decaffeinated tea. Yum. So far, caffeine seems like the main thing that I have to give up since I don’t smoke and I don’t drink alcohol often. I haven’t found the caffeine too difficult to give up, and my new tea will definitely help on that score during these cold winter months.