I have continued to feel better. My struggle now is total exhaustion. Throughout every day I experience tiredness at all levels from mildly fatigued to not being able to keep my eyes open. It sure beats what I was dealing with! My regret about being so tired is that I have very little patience with my family. My toddlers are such sweet and helpful girls. They full on clean the apartment almost every day and do almost everything I ask without much resistance, perhaps because I have been so short tempered and quick to yell. Yelling is the one thing that I really want to stop doing. I do not even mind if I still use the same words because often they are necessary, but I would really like to not yell them. I am frustrated when I loose my patience and hate hearing myself raise my voice. I have not always raised my voice with my kids. I know it is because I am just so tired most of the time. I am considering trying something like the new rave called "Thrive" since it has been approved for pregnant women. I think it's main purpose is weight lose, but it also focuses on overall health and well being as well as energy. I want to see if it will give me an energy boost so I can get back to being a more positive and loving parent. Sometimes I feel too tired to use parenting skills when my 2 year old throws a stubborn at me. I know that bullying her at this age, while affective, will not yield the results I want long term.
So, that is where I am at the moment, seven months pregnant and ready to have my body back, but not ready to have my hands even more full.
