I've been feeling very tired for the last couple of days, and consequently pretty grumpy. I get a wave of exhaustion sometime mid-afternoon and then don't seem to perk up at all for the remainder of the waking hours. In the evenings I've been feeling bloated and uncomfortable and horribly thirsty. Night times I am not sleeping very well, and as a result of drinking eleventy pints of water before bed, need to get up to go to the loo every 10 mins. I'm also feeling hot and bothered despite cold temperatures outside - today I was wearing a t-shirt in the car with all the heating off and the window down until G & D yelled at me that it was absolutely bloody freezing. I don't know if my body is fighting off some kind of bug or if this is pregnancy related but I really don't feel 100%. During the afternoon I often feel as though my blood sugar is low (when it isn't), a bit nauseous and exhausted.
Last night Dylan paid his usual visit to our bedroom from which there is no return and for the 2nd time I ended up going to sleep in his bedroom where I could have some space, not be kicked repetitively, and not have to listen to G snore. Usually I will sleep contentedly through just about anything but right now I'm not sleeping very well and if something wakes me (which it inevitably does) I am awake for an hour or so before I can doze off again. Away from the pair of them I managed to sleep well, only waking once to go to the loo. I have a feeling we're going to have to tackle the issue of Dylan coming to our room. He can be such an insecure little boy and when he comes in if you try to suggest him going back to his room there are heartbroken sobs and he's genuinely scared to go back. But I can't take another 6 months of this, particularly as my stomach grows and requires more & more space in the bed. Plus when the baby comes he'll really need to be in his own room or face being woken every 10 mins while the baby cries for feeds and I don't much fancy dealing with 2 kids at once during the dead of the night.
I had a very vivid dream last night that we were having an Ultrasound and the technician said 'It's a boy'. In the dream G and I were both a little disappointed and faked a smile. This is because, I think, everyone keeps telling me I'm going to have a girl so I'm almost believing it. Reality is that I'd love another little boy, but it was a weird dream with weird emotion involved that has stuck with me today.
Posted by katie at February 7, 2004 04:50 PM