Day 69: Nausea and Children's Books. Boy, doesn't that title just make you want to read?

I would like to start out today by saying: What the heck?!?! How come everyone keeps voting that I'm going to be late??? That's just wrong.

Which leads into my topic of discussion, pregnancy. What, you mean I've already talked about that a lot? Well, I'm going to again, so deal with it. For some of us, there are some topics that you just can't say enough about. Like the weather. Or the price of gas (dad).

My pregnancy is going just fine right now, swimmingly, in fact, but there are certain others of us who are having serious problems with nausea. So, if anyone who reads this blog has any helpful suggestions on how to keep food down during pregnancy, please comment on it. For myself, I find that saltines work well, as do slices of fresh french bread with sharp cheddar cheese on top. My book says that warm liquids and sugary hard candy actually make it worse, suggesting very cold liquids instead, and little sugar. I basically feel that anything at all that sounds good, as long as it's not actually harmful (like alcohol or lunchmeat), would be the way to go. Also remember that you don't have to eat a lot at the beginning of the pregnancy, so don't worry if you can't keep a lot down. Just keep taking your vitamins and get whatever else down that you can. Especially liquids.

So, as I was saying, my pregnancy is going well. I feel extremely, well, different from what I've felt like for the past several months. I am still tired, and there is a rather obvious lump sticking out in front of me, but otherwise I don't feel all that pregnant. Many of my senses and hormones seem to be returning to normal, as is my appetite (very small, mostly just desiring easy foods, like genisoy bars). I'm thinking that this means that Jade has dropped, and that my body is getting ready to finish this race and return to its usual self. There are only three weeks or so left (that is, unless all the mean rotten people are right and I am late), so I suppose this makes sense.

Which leads to my final bit of pregnancy talk for the day: the date of Jade's birth. As requested by my mother, I am setting up a guessing game as to the exact date. I have already claimed the date of Thanksgiving and the day after (I get two, since I'm the mother!). So, pick your dates and leave them in my comment area. And if every one of you guesses that she won't come until December, so help me, I'm going to...

Oh! I almost forgot! I got tagged by my sister to put down some of my favorite children's books. For little ones, I really enjoy a book called "I Love You As Much," as well as "Hand Hand Fingers Thumb." "Wee Willy Winkie" and other nursery rhyme books, and simple prayer books, like "Good Morning Prayer" and "God Made Me" are nice, too. The Narnia books are fabulous, as they grow up. In fact, both of my boys became saved through conversations we had after reading "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe". Beyond that, I'm going to have to think a bit more about what they have been reading the past few years that I really liked.

Ok well, I will be closing for now. Don't forget to vote! Or, if you're like my parents, shirk your duty by convincing yourself that your vote won't really matter anyway (tsk tsk).