Just as Sane as I Am

Last week, I had my first appointment with my ob-gyn pertaining to my pregnancy. Everyone in the office was very congratulatory, which was nice, even if it did feel a little premature. I guess after 10 weeks, I should get over that feeling. Things are looking good. (And I am mostly optimistic, really. I think anyone who's pregnant, though, has concerns and worries for the first trimester, probably because of how paranoid the internet, etc, has made us about this. I know many moons ago, women told everyone they were pregnant as soon as they knew. They didn't wait and worry, which is more common practice these days. I want to be nothing but happy and positive, but doubt creeps in occasionally. I also want to support the women in the Infertility Groups I'm in on Facebook, though a lot of them post when horrible things happen. Just this weekend, a woman lost her baby at 19 weeks. There isn't a huge amount of positivity, and that's probably because a) people need mor...

Being on bed rest for several days was not the most fun I've ever had. I'm a writer and a reader, and a lot of people (including me) thought I'd get so much of that done. But how could I do as much as I wanted when there are fun, time wasting phone games and episodes of "This is Us" to be watched? Plus my parents came to visit. They brought me lunch one day; pho, a delicious Vietnamese soup. Unfortunately , the pho that we order is served with raw beef that does get cooked by the steam from the soup, though not when you get it to go. It also comes with a heap of bean sprouts, which aren't recommended for pregnant women due to salmonella. I still had delicious noodle soup, but it cut out the enjoyment a smidge. That weekend, we had dinner with some family friends of my parents. Their daughter, her husband, and their two children were there. Amazingly, it's still not the easiest for me to be around young families. It's easier than it was, but it still ...