more pregnancy crap...

This pregnancy is so different than my last.  

With Ellie thing seemed so easy.  Yes I was sick for almost 18 weeks.  But after that I just don't remember being in pain, uncomfortable or so out of it until the very end.  I actually quit working 12 days before having Ellie because I was huge and very uncomfortable.

This time around I am uncomfortable.  Every.  Single.  Day.  Not all day but always at some point(s) during the day.  

I was just reading chapter 9 of What to Expect While You're Expecting (month 5, since I'll be there next week) and there is a section called: "What you may be feeling."

TMI ahead... don't say I didn't warn you.

Fetal movement - check

Increase whitish discharge - check

Constipation - has finally cleared up

Heartburn - am on med's now but for the first 17 weeks it was terrible

Indigestion, flatulence and bloating - check

Occasional headaches, faintness or dizziness - check

Nasal congestion and occasional nosebleeds; ear stuffiness - check

"Pink toothbrush" from bleeding gums - check

Hearty appetite - not so much

Leg cramps - check

Mild swelling of ankles and feet and occasionally of hands and face - check

Varicose veins of legs and/or hemorrhoids - check

Increase pulse (heart rate) - check (sometimes I can feel it pounding in my chest

Easier/or more difficult orgasm - very little interest in this in the last 17 weeks (that's what got me in this situation to begin with, geesh!  oh and don't be thinking "oh poor Greg" - he is FINE)

Backache - check

Skin pigmentation changes on abdomen and/or face - haven't noticed this yet

Fewer mood swings, but occasional irritability and continued absentmindedness - check

At this point with Ellie I would have said "check" to 3 or 4 of the above list... and that would have included increased appetite and fetal movement.  So yeah. What's up with this one?  

It must be a little Greg in there... that is the only thing I can come up with.  :)