Is it Monday Already?!?!

Next Monday I finally go to the Doctor. It seems like it's been an eternity since I first found out that I was pregnant. It's strange because with Maia I was at the doctor at least twice already at this time. But I guess it's standard that you don't go until you are 8 weeks pregnant. I just want to know that everything is OK. Sometimes, I have no symptoms at all...and I'm like...am I still pregnant? LOL It's strange but I think it's just the normal worries I remembering now that I had with Maia. Although I feel more laid back this time. I'm sure it's because I've already been through one pregnancy not too long ago and because I'm just so busy with Maia that I don't think about every little thing that is going on in my body. Though I do have to say that my pregnancy brain is quite frightening. I mean sometimes I can't remember certain things, or I forget where I put something, or where I'm going when I'm driving. Well, that just happens for a second and then I regain my consciousness. But hell, is this what it's going to be like when I turn 60...70...just much worse?? SCARY LOL. I guess some ladies don't get preggers brain so bad but I sure do. I think it's because I don't have any of the nausea and sickness so that's my pay back. Nope. Everything just tastes equally as good as it did before I got pregnant. This past week I've been really good. Eating a healthy diet and cutting down on the sweets. I also reduced my coffee intake, I was drinking about a cup a day and now I sometimes only drink half a cup. It's not intentional, but for some reason my body is rejecting it. I changed from friend eggs to scrambled eggs because I just couldn't bare the taste anymore of the egg cooked so well it was dry. I like my eggs over medium and apparently I can't eat that right now, so I switched to scrambled and it's actually pretty good. The other day, I was craving greek yoghurt, granola and berries for breakfast but then reminded myself that I didn't have granola or yoghurt in the house. I might have to add that to my grocery list. Interestingly, I've been so good not eating dairy, I practically cut it out from my diet and now suddenly since I got pregnant, I've been noticing that I'm eating more dairy (cheese, chocolate, ice cream etc.). I should cut out the ice cream and chocolate and replace it with the yoghurt and I should be fine ;)

I just realized, and I forgot to mention it in my week 7 update (and if I add it now it messes up the entire layout which is so annoying) but I noticed again (same with Maia), well Brad pointed it out too, that when I'm pregnant I don't like my showers as hot anymore. More like, the shower seems so hot and I can't handle it. Normally, I would love it that hot. And, during the day I am always colder than usual. I never had the heat flashes so many women spoke up during the later part of pregnancy. I seemed to have the opposite. I am always cold. I'm always cold to begin with, but now it's worse. I'm not sure what that's all about but I know I had it with Maia too. 

Right now I'm in serious work mode. I have a personal deadline to reach before our trip to Switzerland and I want to get it done. It will be such a relief if I get my ch. 5 almost done that when I get back, I can finish it up by end of August, get the edits done, send it to my chair, revise, send it to my committee, edit, edit, edit....and hopefully schedule my final defense by beginning of November! That would be so exciting and such a relief to finally freaking be done with this! I can't take it anymore. I want to move on to something new and start seeing clients again! My dear friend who graduated before me told me that it feels like you've been released from prison when you graduate...the feeling is indescribable. Ah, I can't wait! The thought of getting this done before thanksgiving and before the holidays sounds so good! I'll be able to enjoy, plan my next move and get ready for the new baby! It will be a fun project changing our guest bedroom into a nursery....it will be two completely different projects if it's a boy or a girl. If it's a boy, we will have to paint (well, we will probably do that either way), put up curtains, and deck out the nursery like a man cave LOL If it's a girl I won't put up curtains because it will eventually be a play room when the girls move into the same room. I will have couch in there for the adults to hang out in and lots of toys for the kids to play with. If it's a boy they will have separate rooms and toys will be in both rooms and I guess the play area in our living area will be around for longer if it's a boy because we won't have a play area for them together. Ahh this is making me so curious to find out the sex haha....it will be a while...

:)