Just Checking In

So, it's been more than a week since my last post. I know you're all just checking your computer every 5 minutes to see if I put up a new post (Right?), but I really don't have a lot to talk about right now. Not much has changed. I'm still really tired, but have little bursts of energy here and there (which then tire me out! lol) I've lost about 5 pounds since the beginning of the pregnancy, which is normal for me. My appetite changes so much. Believe me, I haven't been depriving myself of anything. If it sounds good I eat it! I just get full quicker. Plus the things I've been craving (apples, oranges) are healthier.  I have been experiencing more frequent heartburn, which I don't remember having this early with the others. In my other pregnancies I just used tums to treat it, but I know it's just gonna get worse, so I asked Dr. Bishop for a script for Prevacid.  My insurance doesn't want to cover it because you can get a different dosage of it over-the-counter, so I'll have to see what we can do about that. In the mean time I bought some Pepcid AC and it really has helped.  I read in a magazine that they actually made a link between the hormone that grows hair and having heartburn in pregnancy (You know, the old wive's tale about mothers who have a lot of heartburn in pregnancy birth babies with a lot of hair?) So, how much hair is Sarah and Brian's baby gonna have? ;-)

Another symptom that has popped up earlier than I expected is waking up to pee in the middle of the night! At least once a night, sometimes twice already! I guess 4 pregnancies makes for a weaker bladder. But, all in all, I don't have lot to complain about, though if you ask my husband he may disagree! (Hey, I gotta have someone to gripe to.)  

I've noticed that my belly has started to stick out a little bit more, but I fear I'm entering that stage where people start to think, "Is she pregnant or just fat?" But especially when I'm laying in bed, I can feel the roundness of my growing uterus. : )