Tuesday, September 25, 2007 The going gets tough for Ria....

This last week has been the toughest yet of my pregnancy, we returned to school on Monday, which I have been anxious about because it’s not a job you can do at 80% - kids can be very energy sapping! Physically I am exhausted and feeling grotty all day, but because there isn’t much to show yet I also feel a bit of a fraud for feeling so rubbish!

Jon is like a cat with two tails and is bubbling over with excitement about the baby, but I just haven’t been able to share that this week because my body is doing funny things and making me feel very unlike me! He is convinced that in the next trimester all of this will magically disappear and I will feel wonderful…let’s hope he’s right!

We are eagerly awaiting the 12 week borderline, as we are desperately keen to tell everyone, partly to share in our excitement, but also so they understand why I’ve been so lethargic and weird! I have a little roundness, the start of a bump that is beginning to emerge and has literally popped up in the last week. I’m sure I’m not going to be able to hide it at school; teaching gym and dance and bouncing around you are on show a lot of the time so I’m not sure it’ll be a well kept secret!

I have started to swim as part of my “stay fit for baby” plan! I feel too tired to run or do much else in the gym, and am not allowed to play netball so swimming has begun! I’ve never been a great fan of swimming pools, but have actually found it quite therapeutic and good stress relief.

On the food front, I am still a bit low down on my appetite and have some funny ideas about what I fancy… plain crisps and Rich Tea biscuits are easy to stomach at the moment, and thankfully I can’t get enough of fruit, so am not going to turn into a total porker on crisps and biscuits!