Hormones, weeks, cats, and movement.

I like to think of myself as a not so emotional or hormonal person, but lately, pregnancy has been making me eat my words. It's usually only when I get angry, but I also learned recently that if a movie MIGHT have made me cry before I was pregnant, then I should steer clear of it for sure now.  Today, I was trying to teach my Sunday School class (13/14 year olds) the lesson and I got so angry that they were refusing to cooperate, participate, or even acknowledge my existence that I had to leave the room for a couple minutes to calm down, because I was on the verge of crying. We got it all worked out later, so hopefully no worried.
This Tuesday, I will be 19 weeks.  I hate when people say "Yeah, but what is that in months?" I have no idea. Only the weeks make sense to me. I'll just put it this way. There are 40 weeks in a full term pregnancy, from your last period to the due date. Yes, technically that would equal 10 months, but you're not actually pregnant until you're 4 weeks along.  It sounds very confusing, but I get it (just don't care to explain it in one blog post, nor do people really probably care). If you're interested, there is a book called Taking Charge of Your Fertility. It's a really good book. It explains menstrual cycles, how to get pregnant, how to keep from getting pregnant, and just how not every woman is the exact same, which is obviously true. It really enjoyed reading it. It's so much more informative than any sex ed class I ever took (although in my school sex ed was mixed in with health and it embarrassed the teacher so he just barely skimmed over it. Kind of like how my 10th grade bio teacher refused to teach us about evolution b/c it didn't go with her personal beliefs.)
Our next dr. appointment is Thursday. I wish I would remember to ask exactly what was going to happen every time, because I only remember afterwards to ask what's going to happen the next day at the appointment when I'm called to confirm, but all they can tell me is "Well, I'm just a nurse and it just says 'appointment' on my sheet." Really? That seems like it would be a fairly common question. You'd think they'd maybe put a little more information on there like "Ultrasound" or something of the sort.
I've been cat sitting for my friend this past week and this coming week. It's a lovely girl kitty named Tita.  She didn't like the other cats much when she got here, but now they're warmed up to each other. She just doesn't like when they sneak up on her, or touch her, or when she can't tell if they're playing or trying to fight. It's kind of silly. I put up a pet gate in the doorway of the room designated for her. Normally, I would just leave it open, since the door is open all the time anyway (not the gate), but Sammy (my large male cat) has a bad habit of stealing other cats food. Tita simply jumps over the gate to get to her stuff, but Sammy just sits in the hallway staring into the room very forlornly. He's never been much of a jumper. Also, Tita's litter box is in there too and she doesn't use the same kind of litter that we do (although she is convinced that any of my cats using their litter boxes means they would like to be attacked) and it smells almost exactly like green kool aid.  Don't worry, I'm not huffing cat box fumes. Blugh!
Baby Jackson has gotten to the point where I can feel it kicking from the outside now.  It likes to do it when I'm sitting down (but not lying) and particularly if I have a book or cat on my stomach. So far, the only cat to kicked is Rosie and I don't even know if she noticed. I'll put my hand on my stomach and feel it and tell Kenny to come over to feel, but of course as soon as he puts his hand on my stomach, there will likely be minimal to zero movement. One day soon, Baby, I will prove you silly and you will big enough to feel much more often and much more definitely! You will rue the day you ever played these hide and seek games with us! (Also, side note, Baby Jackson will hopefully go from being an "it" to a "she" or "he" this week. Please vote on my poll (see top of the page on the right) and let me know what you think Baby J is. If the poll won't work for you (it may only work for registered users) please leave your vote in a comment either here or on Facebook.)