The other day I went for my weekly acupuncture session. I am so glad I did. My pulses were checked and while my heart and lungs were strong both my liver and spleen pulses were weak. My acupuncturist started the treatment and oh my god it hurt!!
Okay it wasn't this bad.
But I know I needed it. My liver is obviously working hard processing all these hormones and I have often had a congested liver so any support is great at this time when it is really working hard. And since the spleen works with producing more red blood cells it too must be under strain during this very busy time. My body is really working hard and so I am so glad I get to do acupuncture which can help to keep everything in balance and give my organs an energy boost. I've worked too hard and waited too long to get where I am now not to do everything I can to ensure a successful and healthy pregnancy. Though not sure all the chips and cookies are helping.
Still finding it hard to eat normally as the nausea is very strong. All I want to eat are carbs - like chips, rice and crackers. But I am also managing to eat apples and carrots washed down with lots and lots of sparkling water - it's the only thing that really settles my stomach. I have now completely gone off the cookies but moved on to hot chocolate. Actually what I want to eat and drink changes everyday! I can't seem to get a handle on it. The worst is when I think yeah that's what I want and then I eat it and realize NO! That's definitely not what I want!! Anyway hopefully the nausea phase won't last too long.
I got myself waxed for the first time since becoming pregnant. It was well overdue as I was starting to rival a rainforest in terms of overgrowth. I was a bit nervous about it as I've heard you can become more sensitive so the waxing hurts more. But it didn't really hurt more than usual!! Though I wondered if the baby can sense when I am in pain. All those pain messages racing around in my nerves - I wonder if it causes any effect. I know that babies can feel pleasure as the endorphins that are released in your blood stream cross over to the baby too. So do they know when you're in pain? I hope not as I plan to do lots of swimming once it gets warmer and so waxing will be an absolute necessity! Lest I scare people out of the swimming pool when they see a large yeti like creature approaching.
