Heatbeat

I heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time at the midwife's appointment today. The baby was moving quite a lot, escaping the Doppler but it was quite nice. What's not nice is the remnants of the terrible respiratory infection I had. I am completely shattered. My head is like a factory, it hurts so bad. I cannot breath and with my headache I cannot think, walk or sleep. When will I feel normal again?

Influenza & Pregnancy

The cycle started with my husband, then my daughter and now me. I normally never get sick but I guess as the immune system is suppressed during pregnancy, I caught the dreadful virus and I have the flu. It is complete torture. What makes it worse is worrying about the baby I am carrying and whether it will be affected by it. I have been reading some terrible things on the Internet, so I requested a call back from my GP who still hasn't called back. Having a two year old toddler (who is already going through terrible TERRIBLE twos) and husband who are sick also doesn't help.

Exercise? No thank you

Now that I don't feel as nauseated anymore, I thought I would start physical activity with some yoga. My goodness, I couldn't have felt worse. For days after doing a short session of simple pregnancy yoga, I couldn't gather my energy levels back. And so, I couldn't go back to doing any exercise at all, which is worrying me.

Just like in the first trimester, I am still feeling extremely exhausted, pretty much at all times. Even work has started to get to me. I find it difficult to cope. I am starting to wonder if I have iron deficiency. 

Weight gain and bad skin

My weight gain has been ballistic this time around as I keep eating everything to stop feeling nauseated. I feel like a balloon and very ugly, very unattractive already. The very bad, pimply skin isn't helping the situation...