I should be doing work, but instead, I paid for Internet.

They don't have free wifi?

Today has been weird. I got a call on my cell from someone in Bay Saint Louis, MS. Didn't speak English. Called FOUR TIMES.

job-ma and salary-ma to you, Vortex.

First-world whinge:

Bleah. Just got back from the MD. Everything is fine, except that all my arm veins hid from the lab tech and she ended up having to draw from the back of my hand, which HURT LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER.

Also, I'm not gaining enough weight. Two pounds total since January. The MD impressed upon me rather fiercely that I must gain a pound a week between now and the next appt, or some unspecified but dire consequence will befall me. Which is a pathetic whinge, but I feel like I'm eating all the fricking time, except during those moments when I'm actively antihungry and the thought of food repulses me. Maybe a stash of Power Bars and peanuts in my desk? Pasta every night? Any healthy-gaining/eating-when-you're-not-hungry tips from other Bitch mothers would be very much appreciated.

And I feel totally humiliated even whinging about this, when there are so many Bitches under attack from body image demons. So I'm hideously sorry. Stoopid craxy American culture and its wack-ass expectations for women and their bodies and food and the way they relate to it and think about it and permit themselves to consume it. Bleah.

They don't have free wifi?

Nope. They suck.

I got a call on my cell from someone in Bay Saint Louis, MS. Didn't speak English. Called FOUR TIMES.

Someone from an area code I don't recognize keeps calling and leaving messages on my cell phone voice mail. In Spanish. They've probably left 10 messages in the last week. I feel badly for them, but there is nothing I can do about it.

I feel totally humiliated even whinging about this, when there are so many Bitches under attack from body image demons

Their body image demons can beat up your health issues? It's not like you're complaining about being too happy, much less a diamond-shoes-too-tight sort of a problem.

Also, I'm not gaining enough weight.

I could give you some of mine. I mean, if you dont mind the patchwork look :)

And I feel totally humiliated even whinging about this, when there are so many Bitches under attack from body image demons.

I think that everyone understands. you should come visit. I would feed you. smothered chicken, mmmmmm.

In Spanish. They've probably left 10 messages in the last week. I feel badly for them, but there is nothing I can do about it.

I want to take a Spanish class and try to help Owen start learning, too. I sat next to a new mom with a teeny (about a week or two old) baby in the airport in San Juan and she spoke no English. I coudn't even tell her how adorable her little girl was.

JZ, it's perfectly ok to let loose about any issue in pregnancy. I strongly suggest carrying heathy snacks with you all the time and just pretty much keep snacking. Peanut butter crackers, nuts, granola bars, etc. are all a good idea to add to your purse.

ita's right, BIDs do not trump the health concerns of you and your baby. Your a vegitarian, right? I'm thinking peanut butter and lots of beans. Also, ice cream; this is no time to skimp on desserts.

Also, ice cream; this is no time to skimp on desserts.

added bonus -- calcium. So none of that sorbet crap!

Cheese. Followed by cheese and some cheesecake. And olives.

Speaking of ice cream; Trader Joe's tiramisu gelato IFG!