I cannot believe it. We are 13 weeks from my due date, give or take two weeks, and in 10 weeks she will be considered full term. TEN WEEKS. Wow. I have to pee, brb.

As I mentioned in my vid, I am starting to need a late afternoon nap again (soooo tiiiiired), but other than that I am feeling pretty  good. At my Dr. appointment this past Wednesday, I had my glucose tolerance test,  that I apparently passed, along with our 3D/4D ultrasound which turned out to be a total bust because the baby would not cooperate. Humph.  Not only was she facing my back, but she covered her face with both her arms AND her legs the entire time. We tried for over an hour to get her to turn or move but she was not interested. So, we are going back this Wednesday, to try again… unfortunately, I am feeling her kick in the exact same places as I did last week and so I don’t think she has turned around.

Regarding her position, she was in a full breech, legs crossed sitting position, facing my back. My Dr. told me that she looked pretty comfortable and that oftentimes babies in this type of breech position do not turn head down, ever. She said that there is still plenty of time for her to move  though and we will keep an eye on it. According to my books, babies don’t usually begin turning until around 28-32 weeks so there is no need to plan that c-section just yet.

My blood pressure was surprisingly LOW (112/60) considering how pissed off I am all the time and I had only gained 3 pounds in five weeks.

So far I have gained a total of 10 kg,  around 22 pounds. I started off what many books/calculators/doctors would classify as underweight, 118 lbs at 5’11 and 3/4, so I am “allowed” to pack on about 35 – 40lbs total which means I am alright as long as I am putting on a pound a week (normal for the 2nd and 3rd trimester), which I am not, yet.

Eating has definitely been the most frustrating part of this pregnancy. I had no morning sickness really, a little nausea in the evenings, but no chunkage. However, I’ve had a real problem with having a crappy ass appetite. Nothing sounds appetizing. I have no cravings, other than Franks hot sauce, and when I finally make up my mind about what it is that I want to eat, I am full after like three bites.

This sucks. I used to love to cook and would look forward to sitting down to a huge plate of food at night, whereas now, dinner time causes me loads of anxiety.  I know that either I wont be hungry, I wont know what to eat, (which drives my husband CRAZY), or I will make dinner but I wont be able to eat.

I’ve pretty much decided to let my body do what it needs to do and to stop trying to compare myself to shit I read on the innernetz. If I am hungry one day and not the next, I am not going to stress over it. Obviously I am gaining  weight and the baby is fine. I drink tons of water (around a gallon a day), and when I do eat, which I DO just not as much as I had imagined I would, I eat good stuff like fruits, veggies, bacons, fried cheese with dingleberry sauce and chocolate.  Additionally, my iron level is excellent (they check it at each visit), I am not constipated (I had to throw poop in here somewhere) and I haven’t been sick once (cold, flu), even after traveling overseas,14 hour flight 2x,and having experienced the coldest winter of my life which consisted of taking public transport surrounded by coughing sneezing assholes who don’t know how to take a damn sick day.

I think it’s safe to say that I am getting the nutrition that I need. More sausage AND less sausage, thank you very much.

Apart from the physical pregnant-y stuff, the first of the baby furniture arrived!!  And it STUNK!  I am not kidding. The dresser came yesterday and as we were removing it from the box I nearly passed out from the fumes. OMFG. I don’t know what to do?! I think that it is either something in the paint,(the smell is worse inside the drawers and inside the dresser), or maybe something  in the glue that was used to put this thing together… blah, whatever it is, I am kind of freaking out a little y’all!!??  I took out the drawers and moved the entire thing out of the apartment to air out. It was making me want to hurl. I wiped it down twice, once with vinegar, and placed a bowl of baking soda inside of the thing… shit, I don’t know. Is it safe?! I emailed the manufacturer but I doubt they are going to have anything to say about it. I don’t know what to do?!I guess they put some real nasty shit into furniture these days, even stuff they call BABY furniture and claim to be “nonp-toxic”. Rats. I am thinking that I will let it air out for a few weeks, or until the smell is gone, and then spray it with a coat of polyurethane to seal in the toxic crap so that it doesn’t contaminate my baby. I am so mad!!!

Honestly, I can’t pin point the smell. All I know is that it’s terrible and I hate it and I refuse to have it in the house. I read that they use formeldehyde in glues and that it is a very common cause of new furniture odors, however, I am not sure that is what I am smelling ( I took tons of bio, I THINK I’d know that smell??). I tried to google it, but googling a smell is absolutley useless. Srrsly people, must I remind you that I haven’t had a drink since 2010?

If the smell doesn’t go away, I will have to get rid of it, but since I paid to have it shipped to me from the UK on my own, completely separate from the store, I am kind of screwed. And I can’t sell something that I know could potentially be hazardous to someones health.OMG! This is a nightmare!!! Fuuuuuuuuuuck meeeeeeeee.

Alright just thinking about that whole situation exhausted me and I think I will call it a night. I made a new video but I haven’t put it up yet. Will do tomorrow or Monday. Peace out and if you have any advice on ANYTHING, please leave me a comment. I love you in advance.

27 weeks!

I don’t know WHY but this mirror always makes my face look ugly. :-/ ja ja.

I miss posting shit in the “currently on lifetime” category. Ok bai.