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This morning I had another weird pregnancy dream.  I dreamt I was lying in bed next to my husband, which I was, and I felt the baby move on my left hand side.  I made Albert feel it, it was so cool.  Then the babies feet started coming out, but they were normal-sized and the baby just slid out and was a normal looking healthy baby.  I figured that I must have been like those women on "I didn't know I was pregnant" and was further along than I thought.  Then it went into a weird dream about how I was giving the baby up for adoption and it bothered me that the woman who was adopting my baby was single.

My appetite seems to be increasing lately.  On Saturday day night we went out to dinner with our friends and I ate a whole bowl of salad by myself (they brought my out my own without breadcrumbs).  Then I ate the whole huge bowl of gluten-free pasta I ordered.  I had pretty low expectations for the pasta since they told me before that it was pre-made and they just warmed it up, but it wasn't too bad.

This morning I ate a bowl of cereal, a yogurt, a snack-sized fruit bowl, a soy joy bar, and a small bag of pretzels and I was hungry at noon.  I wish I brought more for lunch.  I still feel nauseous a lot but it seems that as long as I eat I feel better. 

I woke up with really sore arms which I thought was really weird because I definitely haven't been working out, but then I remembered that I was packing around a little girl for two hours in nursery yesterday so that must have been it.  I can't wait to start working out again.  I actually miss it.  Maybe I'll start doing some yoga and see how that goes.  I'd really like to to start doing zumba and the elliptical next month. 

Only one more week until my ultrasound!  I should be starting my 11th week this week.  I figure since my cycle is a little longer (about 30 days) I'm probably a little less along than what my doctor says, but it seems to depend on whose calculating it anyway. 

My scale said that I didn't gain any weight, but my pants sure disagree.  I'm definitely getting bigger and I'm going to have to get out my fat pants pretty soon.  Unfortunately that leaves me feeling frumpier than ever. I've found it really hard to pick out any clothes to wear.  I can't wait until I can start wearing maternity clothes instead of just fat clothes.
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