Pregnancy: 4th week

Week 4
November 8 - 14

It's starting to sink in a little more now, but on the whole, I still feel like it's some dream I'm going to wake up out of suddenly.

I'm starting to feel better, too, which is good... I've been sick for a super long 9 days, and although you won't find me complaining considering the reason, I just ready to join the real world again. There is a huge difference between choosing to stay home and being forced to stay home.

As for how it's going, it's been going pretty good so far. On Friday, I went swimming and got 1,000 meters in before I died (I also had to pee. Putting a wet suit back on sucks ass, so I thought it was a good time to quit). And since it was Veteran's Day, my husband had the day off. He asked me if I would help him load up branches from a lilac bush he was trimming, and I said yes thinking it wouldn't be hard and that it'd be okay. It wasn't hard since the branches were light. But there were a lot of them, so I did a lot of bending, squatting and lifting. Conveniently, I hit my exhaustion point right when he finished trimming. He looked at me weird when I said I was exhausted, because I really didn't do that much. But then again, it still hasn't sunk in for him that I'm pregnant now, so he'd forgotten that I have to be careful now. Seems I need to remember that, too before I go and help him at the rental.

Later in the evening, we had plans to play some pinochle with good friends. I was planning on telling them, but on one of my many trips to the bathroom, I noticed some spotting, probably from all the activity I did. Definitely not telling people now. I think I'll give it a week and see how it goes. Today, I'm making myself lounge around all day and drink lots of water. I know spotting is super super common in pregnancy, and it wasn't accompanied by cramping, so I'm not too worried. But I am being a little cautious... it took us over 3 years to get this pregnancy, I'm not going to take it for granted.

But really, other than that, I feel really good. I can tell my body's changing already though... my boobs and my belly feel squishier, although they don't look any different than normal. It's all kind of interesting. Perhaps I should start taking weekly pics of my body... at least one from the beginning anyway. I have no idea when I'll start to show, but I imagine it'll be after the New Year, so maybe taking one every week from week 5 up until then won't show much. I think it'll be fun though.