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Thursday, January 30, 2003
afternoon sickness - 05:15 PM
i think that i could definitely say that i have morning sickness now, as inaccurately named as it is. i feel fine in the morning, but then during the day, if i don't keep my stomach topped up with food, i start to feel a bit gross. i've only been feeling a bit of nausea up until just now when i had my first proper spew. it might have been because it's a bit warm today & my temperature dropped too rapidly when i had a cool bath then shower, or maybe because i just brushed my teeth & stuck my toothbrush too far down my throat, or possibly because the vegetable soup i made & ate didn't mix very well with the apple juice i drank afterwards ..
.. or maybe it was a combination of all of those.
anyway, i'm doing well to have come as far as i have with no morning sickness, so i'm not really complaining.
i'm officially six weeks pregnant now. they date it quite strangely, i think. the 'official' people like doctors & obstetricians etc date the pregnancy from the first day of your last period, which is silly really, because you can't possibly be pregnant while you're having your period! anyway, i guess we have to stick with convention, so according to that calendar, today i'm six weeks pregnant.
after i stopped taking the pill about six months ago, i'd been keeping track of when we had sex so that i would have an idea of when the bub was conceived. if the calculations that my doctor & i came up with are correct, then rudegere was conceived on new years day, so that would make him exactly 31 days old in the womb. happy 31 days, rudegere! 
i have a really big day coming up tomorrow & i'm not sure how well i'm going to handle it. i've been quite tired lately, what with making a whole new human being & everything, & with having to keep my stomach full, so i'm not sure how well i'll do with a full day away from home. i have an appointment at 9am tomorrow to see a lady over the other side of town, then i'll go straight from there to the prenatal yoga class in the valley, then head into the city to have some waxing & my hair done. after that, i'll be taking shroom for a massage in woolloongabba. that'll take me all the way through to about 4 or 5 in the afternoon. i'm going to have to take a whole bag full of food & sandwiches & snacks & fruit & drinks so that i don't feel sick.
i haven't had to take a packed lunch anywhere since i was in high school. i hate packed lunches. well, i'll have to do my best. rudegere needs to be fed & if i don't eat i'll either throw up or pass out from lack of energy way before the end of the day is over. at least while my waxing & hair is being done, all i have to do is sit or lie there. i can mostly deal with that.
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