Don't drink the water...or do!

Since I've been pregnant there have been a few things I've been obsessive about. Number one being..my pee. Yup..my urine. I am so paranoid about getting dehydrated! I try to drink a lot of water/fluids throughout the day...I'll admit..the taste of water has started to get old. I have a few preferences now. It cannot be in a bottle. It can come from a bottle, but it has to be poured into a glass. It has to be a big glass so I feel like I'm drinking more. The big glass has to have lots of ice. It must have lots of ice, because I feel like I get more water when the ice melts and I have cold water most of the day. If it does come out of water bottle it cannot be Dasani. It tastes different to me. It also can't be Fiji. The last two times I had Fiji, my tounge started to tingle. I was afraid it was going to swell and I was going to go into anaphalactic shock or something. Weird. And that was BEFORE I was pregnant.

Now, after drinking my yummy, over-analyzed, un-bottled, icy water, I go to the bathroom. I have to always stare at my pee and make sure its light yellow or almost clear. If it looks any darker I start to freak out and I drink like a whole bottle of water in two minutes. I know..TMI. I'm not really sure why I'm so paranoid about this but I guess because its because one of my co-workers, (my boss actually) has been in the hospital three times already for dehydration and has had to get fluids. Speaking of which there are THREE of us in my office that are pregnant..I'm almost 24 weeks, Melia is almost 23, and my boss Stacey is 18 weeks. AGAIN with the not drinking of the water! Not in our office anyway. OK..another co-worker told me that when she was pregnant she got dehydrated and started contracting and had to go to the hospital and make them stop her labor. So yeah, this has all got me slightly paranoid with my pee habits.

Fortunately...along with summertime comes a lot of yummy Watermelon, Cateloupe, popsicles..fun things to keep the preggos hydrated. Downside is...THE HEAT! I am so hot ALLLL the time. THE AC in our office is below average for all the preggos. All the other girls are wearing hoodies and shivering in the middle of the summer! Meanwhile, while they're fighting the urge to wear gloves, I'm fanning myself and sweating...miserable. I told myself that this summer would consist of a lot of me sitting my butt in the sand and spending lazy afternoons at the beach. Sadly, this is almost impossible because I dread the thought of going into the heat at all! Its pretty sad. I'd love to be out there...and while I know I can easily take a dip in the ocean...carrying all the equipment and walking through the dunes is durn near impossible when you start sweating after getting out of the car! UGH...I always feel gross and want to take showers several times a day..which would be great except I get so hot in the shower! No matter where I am in the house..there is always a fan blowing on me. Blow-drying my hair is a special treat. I only do that for special occasions. And when I do...you can be sure that fan is right next to me, blowing directly on me and my naked pregnant body...thats right, the thought of wearing clothes while blow-drying makes me shudder. Again with the TMI but I think when you're pregnant, pretty much all the keeping things to yourself goes out the window...

The bottom line is..I'm doing my best to drink the water...gatorade...whatever I can get my hands on. Hope all the other preggo moms out there are making it through the Summer heat without a hitch. Next time, I'm planning my pregnancy through the winter...I think we all know that'll never happen :)

XOXO

Meg