knitting is a hereditary disease

So... very... tired

Posted on 06/25/2008 by Andrea | Comments (4)
Filed under : Babies!

I always thought I'd knit like crazy during pregnancy (I mean, what better excuse to knit??) but the reality is that I've been far too tired to knit. I have to get a baby sweater done by the end of July for a baby shower I'm going to and I haven't even started it. Yikes. Gotta get on that.

So today I'm at 10 weeks, 2 days. The end of the first trimester is within sight and I'm glimpsing the hope that I'll soon have that energy I hear so much about. The energy that will make it possible for me to knit and set up a nursery and do all those things I'm supposed to (and need to!) get done before I have a baby in my life.

Till then, I'm still just trying to get through each day.

There are moments it's all worth it. Like this morning. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. Our little Muppet's heartbeat sounded strong and sure: BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM, racing along at 160 beats per minute. It was pretty amazing.

4 Comments

Isn't it awesome when you hear that for the first time? Another heart beating that wasn't anywhere in the world just a few weeks ago!

Hang in there, the tiredness does pass for most people...

- said PrincessPea (06/25/2008, 9:45 AM)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl6j8eD0Xtg

This song is awesome. Since it dedicated to some other baby, just listen to it in the background, it was the only version I could find.

- said jamie (06/25/2008, 9:45 AM)

Wow. That was great. It made me cry; I blame the hormones!

- said andrea (06/25/2008, 9:45 AM)

I was 35 with my one and only pregnancy. I wanted only to sleep through the first trimester. Eight hours a day was essential to my standing up and eating but 12 hours or more a day were delicious.

In the second trimester I could tackle mountains, 3 mile walks on the beach and late night novels. I glowed.

I slowed down again in the third trimester, but in an earthy, deliberate way. I still glowed.

I've done a lot of things in my life, but being a ma to my only child has been the best gig of all.

Rest. Trust. Dream. Eat good food.

- said Cheryl (06/25/2008, 9:45 AM)