Pregnancy / Health Update 2
C8 and I used the stethoscope on the baby bump (seems more like a hill) this morning. As expected, it was a little early to hear the heartbeat, but we enjoyed listening to the whoosh-whoosh-whoosh of the placenta. Right now, at almost 18 weeks, the placenta is on the lower right side. The children enjoyed seeing drawings of unborn babies at this stage.
Regarding my pregnant body, I feel much better after Googling photos of pregnant women as far along as I am. I have been feeling so fat, but by the pictures, I guess it is normal, even small for this stage! My regular pants still zip right up!
Derek took my blood sugar this morning, and my mother took my blood pressure last night. Both were in the normal range. I don’t know why I am so extremely weak and tired. It has been going on so long that I am getting very discouraged and losing hope. After 25 days of continually getting worse on the vegan diet, I have added a little more protein, but I still feel terrible.
The combination of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Pregnant-at-Forty makes you appreciate the good minutes, hours, days of life. I look at people and am amazed at their strength. They can get up and move without exhaustion. They can talk without tiring. Being physically able to stand, and walk, and sit up, and talk, and work, and play are certainly things to be appreciated, because sometimes, “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone.”
“No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.”
Cicero“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.”
Romans 8:18-23“We were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life.”
2 Corinthians 1:8“Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.”
1 Peter 4:12“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
2 Corinthians 12:9“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
1 Peter 1:6,7“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Revelation 21:4
“But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
2 Corinthians 3:16-18
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Carol,
I’m so glad to hear that “bump” is growing!
I’m sorry you’re still feeling terrible.
Have you tried going grain-free? I was almost completely grain-free during my last pregnancy… I was following the “Brewer Medical Diet”.
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Glad to hear your sugars and bp were normal!
THANKS.
I have tried grain-free, and it worked great to burn fat. I tried Mercola’s, Atkin’s, other high protein, low carb approaches…
I have been doing reasonably well for years no matter what I did, but this pregnancy has brought on the fatigue big time.
Praying for you, your family,and especially that precious little one!
Thanks.
There is much wisdom in a traditional foods diet. I would suggest reading Nourishing Traditions or The Makers Diet. I was never more sickly and weak in my life as when I became a vegan.
Thanks. I have been trying different health plans for the past 17+ years, and this was one thing that I had not tried. I was so desperate, I thought it might be worth trying.