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Anastasia’s pregnancy diary: weeks 10-12

Anastasia and her husband Nick have been married for 3 years and are expecting their first baby. Anastasia, who is 33, is a freelance writer and lives in London. She’s just 10 weeks into pregnancy and this is her diary of events so far

Being pregnant

Once the initial glow is over, I start to notice the little changes and the reality of pregnancy kicks in. Although I don’t throw up, I feel as if I have flu every day, all day. Nothing tastes very good and I am constantly eating, attempting to bite into that mysterious food that will make me feel better. Nothing ever does. Undaunted, I keep shovelling in the carbohydrates, and think about what I’ll eat for my next meal as I chew away. Scary.

I start to feel fat immediately, mainly because I am so incredibly fatigued that the thought of sticking to my four-times-a-week gym routine is unfathomable. As someone who has been athletic since I was a kid, not doing any exercise at all is a big adjustment. And yet it doesn’t bother me enough to hoist my body out of bed and attempt a twenty-minute stroll, as all the books suggest. If I’m not working or eating, all I can do is sleep. Nick diagnoses me with tse-tse fly disease (sleeping sickness) and I don’t even have the energy to laugh.

Speaking of laughing, I’m not doing much of that at all these days and I feel guilty about it. Since it wasn’t an easy road for us to get pregnant, I thought I’d be extra-grateful and not let anything get me down once we made it. Well, it seems that hormones overrule the brain, because I have found that my tolerance level for anything, everything, and everyone is down from a previously sunny 8.5 to a 1. I seem to be mildly annoyed all the time. Although I am happy, I can’t seem to control this negative attitude that has enveloped me. Late buses make me crazy, people smoking near me receive dirty looks designed to stop them in their tracks. I am on a rampage. When I literally scream at Nick for not closing the bathroom door properly, I realise that I have to calm it down.

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