New Pregnancy Symptom??

I'll get to my new pregnancy symptom in a minute, I just wanted to give you all a quick review of my week/weekend since I haven't written in a while.

Last Friday I had a 4-week doctor's appointment.  Went through the normal routine, pee, weight, BP, listen to the heartbeat, have the doctor tell me it's "perfect."  It was all good, and the newest doctor I have met was very nice and helpful in answering all of my questions.  The cramping I'm getting is pretty normal, but I should be aware if the cramping is in normal intervals and lasts for longer than an hour.  I also talked to her a little bit about birthing classes and wanting to have a natural childbirth.  She suggested hypnobirthing method, I'm still trying to talk to Justin about what we might want to do.  I guess I was more on top of these sorts of things than normal because the doctor kept saying, you don't usually have to worry about these things for a few more weeks.  At least I'm thinking about it.

Aunt Meg's best friend, Amanda was in town starting Saturday night so we've been doing a lot of things with them.  We met them for sushi on Saturday night (late dinner); I went to the American History Museum and dinner with them on Sunday; Justin and Megan played volleyball yesterday and then we got dinner at Sweetwater (best chicken fingers EVER!); and today they stopped by our place and we went to the Lost Dog Cafe.  It was really nice to see her and spend some time with them together, but I'm tired!!

Speaking of being tired, I'm already having a hard time sleeping with having to pee and trying to find a comfortable position, but for the past 4 nights in a row, I've been having nightmares.  I'm pretty sure this isn't a normal symptom of pregnancy.  Not only am I having nightmares, but they are TOTALLY random.  They have nothing to do with Baby, and rarely is there any friends or family in them.  And they have absolutely nothing to do with one another.  I'm not watching anything scary on TV and I haven't eaten anything funny.  It's so weird and if they don't stop soon, I'm totally going to be prepared for a baby because I haven't gotten much sleep at all.  If anyone has any great ideas on how to get these to stop, I'd really, really appreciate it!!

Pepto Bismol?

This morning, when I work up with the most horrendous indigestion and cramping pain, so bad that I thought I was going to have to go to the doctor instead of to work today, I couldn't help but think of those catchy pepto bismol ads on t.v.  It may just be me, but it sounds like medicine directed towards pregnant ladies to me: "Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach..."

I can honestly say I can count the number of times in my life I have had heartburn on one hand, and all those times have been in the past week and a half.  And with the unbelievable indigestion I'm experiencing at 17 weeks, I can't imagine what it's going to be like at 37-39 weeks.  I've been looking at what I've been eating too and it doesn't seem to be anything that I think would cause this sensation.  (I mean, we did have chili this weekend because I was craving it, but really, it's been 5 days...)

And the cramping, I know some of it is normal but it begs the question...how much is normal?  And when the heck do I start worrying?

Sorry, I needed to vent, but generally I'm actually feeling pretty awesome!  Maybe I have Sarah and prenatal yoga to thank! :)

Happy Hump Day!!