Sunday, 23 December 2007

8w4d and catnaps

One of my friends compared the first trimester of pregnancy to being in a permanent state of hangover. The fuzzy head, the tiredness, the dehydration that causes the brain to shrink away from the skull slightly, giving a headache. And of course the sick feeling you might also enjoy after a good night out.

A pretty good comparison, of course except that this feeling is not associated with over indulgence of alcohol, but by a little embryo going through crucial changes. Within this trimester the embryo has the most rapid rate of growth and development taking place. No wonder I am so tired!

I spend the days sleeping in between preparing Christmas dinner for 17 people. Or rather, making dinner preparations between cat naps on the sofa. The cats love it, always one of them quick to curl up with me on the sofa and keep my belly nice and warm!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lijkt op mijn eerste drie maanden... Heel veel eetlust (niet zo zeer veel ineens als de hele dag door kleine beetjes) en héél moe. Doe het maar een beetje rustig aan (beetje moeilijk, met 17gasten).
Geweldig zeg, dit jaar ben je zwanger met de Kerst!!!

Pobb said...

ja Flo, zwanger zwanger zwanger hahaha ben er elke keer weer vrolijk van als ik aan jullie denk! Onze pact werkt so fabulous! Kata, jij, hang in there he? aai over jullie beide buiken!

Marije said...

MOE-der
Nu weet je eindelijk waar het woord vandaan komt.... ;)

Anonymous said...

Flo en Jonny wij wensen jullie een geweldig mooi 2008!!! (maar dat kan al niet meer stuk hè ;-) )

Veel geluk met jullie kindje!!

liefs, Robby en Ilse

Unknown said...

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