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Jellybean Watch – Week 9

The body is weak. Very weak. This week I figured (in all of my wisdom) that as I wasn’t wracked with morning sickness I should get moving again and actually do something akin to exercise or possibly risk actually becoming part of the couch. Exercise involved step-ups (at home), yoga (at a new class) and [...]

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Jellybean Watch – Week 8

Morning sickness has arrived. Or all day sickness, to be more accurate. Which is a relief. One less thing to worry about. Although I might struggle to remember that when I’m rocking in the fetal position on the couch. Finding that salt and vinegar rice crackers makes it better was the grand achievement of this [...]

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Jellybean Watch – Week 7

I was 7 weeks pregnant on Sunday. Pregnancy symptoms are still a little bit AWOL. Except for the exhaustion part. I slept for nearly four hours in the afternoon on Sunday and was in bed by 9pm. Yes, breasts are tender, but not nearly as bad as the first time around. And the lack of [...]

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Jellybean Watch – Week 6

It’s a shame that this photo doesn’t really show how tiny that little suit is. I remember when Riley was born I had one suit that was five-zero and the rest were 4-zero figuring that she would be too big for 5-zero anyway. Not so. She swam around in that 5-zero suit. I’m still waiting [...]

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Jellybean Watch – Week 5

Today is my first doctor’s appointment for me and the jellybean. I imagine that the blood tests will come back and say I’m iron deficient (again!) and I should be taking the super-strong iron supplements. Last time I was on them and they were about 20x more than the general recommended intake. And I took [...]

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