Penetrating the Haze

I think I might be coming out of the first trimester haze - my 2nd trimester officially begins Friday. I probably would have noticed sooner if I hadn't spent the last week sleep shifting to graveyard shift for the Shuttle launch, unshifting after the scrub, reshifting for the 2nd attempt, and unshifting yet again after another scrub. Eesh. Anyway, I'm feeling suprisingly well tonight considering I haven't had a full, uninterrupted night's sleep since last Wednesday. Unfortunately, nausea is already being replaced with heartburn. Time to put the Tums in my purse.

I am amused at the blurb that showed up on my pregnancy calendar this morning. "You should soon be getting your appetite back..." Um, back? This is my typical eating schedule the last several weeks (when I'm being good and not substituting one of these fairly healthy snacks for a bowl of ice cream):

8:00 AM - Bowl of cereal, large glass of milk
10:00 AM - Yogurt
11:30 AM - Full lunch
2:30 PM - Fruit cup, 2 string cheese
4:00 PM - Crackers, pretzles, or granola bar
6:30 PM - Full dinner
10:00 PM - PB&J
4:00 AM (sometimes) - Pop tarts

In spite of all this eating, I've been doing pretty well with my weight gain. My bathroom scale hit 170 the other day, which is about 7 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight. Much better than the last time when I jumped 10 lb in the first week I knew I was pregnant. That being said, I'm popping out about as much as I did with Carina 5-6 months in. Definately two babies in there.

One of these days I'll write about Disney World, but I guess I'm feeling the mundane tonight.