It's gonna be a long summer...

I was getting into my car the other morning, and thought, "it's going to be a long summer" - this was after I was sweating from just getting ready for work and having a slight bit of trouble getting into my car - it's just not as easy as it used to be! So....it's gonna be a long summer. But I know I can do it. I am not feeling as great as I was feeling - lots of backaches (and I am doing my Bradely method back stretches every day!) and general discomfort. When I took the dogs on a walk the other day I had to cut it short - too hot and hard for me to keep going. That was when it really hit me - I cannot do as much as I used to. PJ tells me that all the time of course and I just laugh and say of course I can do whatever! He thinks I need to stop cutting the grass, but I really enjoy it.....do I really need to stop? I have stopped lifting things, isn't that enough?

So this morning I had my 28 week bloodwork screening (though I am only 26 weeks) - and everything looks good. They tested for gestational diabetes, blood cell count, and blood type along with a few other things. All normal. YAY!

I cannot decide how I feel about being pregnant. On one hand I love it - I love seeing my expanding belly and feeling BBM move about. I love that people will do so much for me and offer to carry things for me and make sure I have a chair. I hate that I cannot do as much as I used to, the extra weight in my thighs , the backaches, and the cankles that are developing (are you kidding me - I don't want cankles! I am trying to drink lots of water and prop my feet up often, but it's to no avail!).

14 weeks to go!