Unless something changes, I'll have to start listing my occupation as part-time teacher, part-time cat.
I'll be 17 weeks along on Wednesday (or Thursday, depending on whether you believe the due date my OB gave me or the date she put on the sonogram) and am finally starting to regain some of the energy that has been conspicuously missing since--oh, about July 4th.
Since I teach, I was able to spend a good six weeks after my positive pregnancy test literally doing nothing but sleeping all day. (The cats were very pleased with this turn of events, and welcomed me with enthusiasm to their world of endless slumber.)Since I teach only part-time, even once I started working I was still able to spend 5/7ths of the week snoozing and being lazy in general.
It's been a hard habit to break.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm really still so tired, or just so accustomed to doing very little besides lie in bed. Obviously, I know that fatigue is part of the whole pregnancy package, and I have to be careful not to over-exert or work myself too hard. Nonetheless I've noticed that all the time spent lounging about isn't nearly as refreshing as it was previously...quite the opposite, actually.
Saturday night I meant (I really meant!) to clean the guest bathroom (which we have been using since our master bedroom is out of commission.) Instead I plopped down after a late lunch and alternately slept, watched movies, and browsed the internet. All day. All evening.
It wasn't until about 9:30 that I realized that not only was I wide awake, I was restless both mentally and physically, and I still had a ridiculously dirty bathroom. For a half-hour I lay in the dark, trying to convince myself that I would do it in the morning--an attempt that failed miserably. I ended up getting up around 10:30 to clean the stupid bathroom. And then I did the dishes. And then I had peace.
So, this week I am considering the somewhat paradoxical fact that working is oftentimes more relaxing than relaxing is.
3 comments:
You do still need lots of physical rest, but now that you are into the 2nd trimester you should have more "energy" than that of the 1st. Just don't over work or over strain yourself, but get out and do stuff. Take a walk, clean, and get your fill of rest while you can...the 3rd trimester is really not much better than the 1st minus the "sick" factor. Fatigue sets in hard, but you also experience lots of sleepless nights since you can't really get comfortable in the big belly stage! Trust me, rest, relax, and enjoy "you" time while you can. The 3rd trimester on into the next 18+ years of their lives you will never get that real rested feeling again! Tell daddy to be, to be doing the same. Rest and enjoy each other as much as you can...especially right now while you are feeling better. Date nights will be hard to get, and time to your self will be the best gift you can get once baby is born =-)
Glad to see you have written again. I had been looking and looking, then quit looking.
It was a surprise this evening whenI did not have to sign in again as times before, AND there was something to read!!
I know the feel, no energy all day and then energy suddenly appears late. Love U, Grandma
(Looks like I do have to sign now.)
Glad to see you have written again. I had been looking and looking, then quit looking.
It was a surprise this evening whenI did not have to sign in again as times before, AND there was something to read!!
I know the feel, no energy all day and then energy suddenly appears late. Love U, Grandma
(Looks like I do have to sign now.)
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