Day 17 - Prunes

Yep. I'm constipated. I told John about it this morning and he just came back from Safeway with 1) Bag of prunes 2) Large jug of prune juice 3)Trail mix with prunes in it and 4) Prune baby food.

I think he loves me and my colon a lot.

While we were in Vancouver, he found this and gave it to me:


Lots of deadlines as my trip to Morocco and Spain is exactly a week away. It's so incredible that this THING that I've been talking about and planning for so long is finally coming to fruition and in just 20 days it will be behind me. My itinerary is Nov.5-Nov 15 Moroccan Delegation with work (Center for Women & Democracy) and then Nov 15- Nov 20 traveling from central Morocco to Tangier, across the Strait of Gibraltar and exploration through Spain. Nov 20th I'll arrive at JFK and spend the next week with Mom and Tim and whoever else for Thanksgiving. By that time I'll be nearly 11 weeks pregnant.

Today I received some of my lab results back which puts me in good health. I haven't been feeling nauseous at all, possibly because I am taking B6 vitamins on and off. I'm still waiting on a few results and I'll be able to go to UW Med Center when I come back to get genetic testing done, free of charge, which is very cool. If anything abnormal comes back, then John will be tested to see if we're at high risk for any genetic diseases. Oh I also found out my blood type- O+! That's exciting to me!

I've been listening to the Grateful Dead all morning and been fairly productive with work stuff. Last Halloween party before I have children on Saturday. Ronda thinks I should dress up as "Worst Mother Ever" with beer and fake cigarette in hand, raggedy clothes and crazy hair. I'm a little bit too worried that one day this child will see the picture and either a) get really concerned or b) yell at me saying something to the effect of "SEE, EVEN THEN YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO BE THE WORST MOTHER EVER!" So, I don't know about that.

I am also slowly sloughing off extra commitments that I know I won't want to deal with in 9 months. This feel pretty good- every thing I eliminate makes me feel liberated to do things that I actually enjoy doing OR things that I know are good for my health.

All in all, everything is fine today. I'm going to eat another serving of prunes and I'll probably have to put one of those Lampshade collars they have for itchy dogs around my waist to protect against any unexpected explosions.