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  • Finishing out first trimester and feeling oddly reluctant to leave my "safety zones" (apartment, backyard, block, street) even though the weather is lovely and I could use the walk. Normal?

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    04.16.08, 11:52 AM [ Flag ]

    • not sure if normal, but I never really felt like being out and about when I was pregnant, I turned into a major homebody

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      04.16.08, 11:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • sounds kind of strange. why are you afraid? too tired? unmotivated? or is it really some fear?

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      04.16.08, 11:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • Not really a fear--I don't feel scared. I just don't feel like going anywhere or doing anything though I'm happy to entertain at home or go to local restaurants. Like a previous poster said, I'm turning into even more of a homebody.

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        04.16.08, 11:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • Like for instance, normally I would walk from Cobble Hill through B. Heights to Cadman Plaza and back...but now I don't want to cross Atlantic. Weird, right? I could do it if I had to but I don't feel like it

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          04.16.08, 11:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • ok. but i would push it a bit. weather is gorgeous, you'll feel better for it, sleep better at night, etc. what about a "reward" that's in a different neighborhood?

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          04.16.08, 11:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • Can't think of any rewards, but I know I should make myself do it. Maybe I will have more energy in the 2nd trimester? I just feel so apathetic right now

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            04.16.08, 11:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • it's ok. it's fine. what about grabbing a book and your sunglasses and going to sit on the promenade for an hour?

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              04.16.08, 11:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • Conference call at 4:30 (WAHM) but that sounds divine otherwise. I know what I will do tomorrow, anyway. Thanks for the support.

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                04.16.08, 12:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Semi normal. When pg I felt more vulnerable

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      04.16.08, 11:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • totally understand - felt a little bit like that the first trimester- now im in second and i feel completely different. walking a ton, enjoying things I used to enjoy (i.e. food) and just feeling much better. hang in there.

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      04.16.08, 12:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • Very reassuring, thank you. Everyone keeps saying I'll feel like a different person in a few weeks, but I'm so used to feeling tired and sick that I can't even remember what it's like to be normal.

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        04.16.08, 12:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • i felt like that in my 1st tri and now in my 3rd - afraid my water will break in a public place, so i stick to the neighborhood. 2nd tri i did everything - you'll be okay

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      04.16.08, 12:39 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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