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Week 24 - Tetanus Shot + 6th month update

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Just had my compulsory tetanus shot today - the first dose at least - and boy! Am I feeling the side effects hard!  Most people won't experience any of the symptoms besides the initial pain at the injection site, but "lucky" for me, I happened to be that "one" out of four people :/ So for starters, I started feeling dog-tired after around an hour since the injection... and I mean like reeaaalllyy dog-tired. I can hardly walk straight and my brain's a fog. My body aches a bit here and there too. I feel like I can just flop down on my bed and instantly hit the night's out button.  Not to mention, I started having some dizziness and its trusty companion, slight nausea (yet again). It comes and goes though so this might just be the pregnancy talking and not the tetanus shot I've just taken. Thankfully though, I'm not experiencing any of the more moderate or severe symptoms like swelling. A quick update as well, the baby seems to be doing fine. I'...