Monday I went for a walk.  On this day, I was filled with excitement.  I can’t wait to meet my baby!  Tuesday I did a light workout at home – legs and shoulders with active rest.  At first I was going to go to the gym, and then I realized I didn’t feel like dealing with people.  I also noticed that I had been feeling better physically.  The main symptoms left are slight nausea off and on, a weird taste in my mouth, and a weird feeling in the stomach (different than nausea).
 
Wednesday I went for another walk.  I felt okay.  Thursday I woke up in a bad mood because I had a dream that made me angry.  Even though I woke up and realized it was just a dream, I was still mad.  I had 2 or 3 dreams that night, and I forgot them all.  My angry mood stayed with me all day Thursday and the annoying day to day things that I have to deal with only added to it.  By the end of the day I was furious, and then I worried that my anger would affect the baby. 

Today I am feeling better emotionally (a talk with my mom really helped), and I went to the OB, so I got a chance to hear the heartbeat again.  Since I’m 15 weeks today, I was offered the AFP Plus test.  I declined it.  (You’ll see an article about prenatal testing at some point).

Other notes and observations.  This week I noticed that I've been waking up around 3:30am to use the bathroom, and then I have a hard time going back to sleep.  Also, the lower back pain I was having has eased up for the most part (I forgot to mention that it started around the last week of August).  As far as my weight goes, I was 125lbs before pregnancy.  By week 8, I was 130lbs, and I got weighed today at the doctor’s office and I am now 133lbs.

Overall stats:
Physically – feeling better this week.
Emotionally – It depends on what day it is.

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