…and Other Lovely Stories”
I had my first taste of morning sickness yesterday. But it was more like bedtime sickness. I was actually able to hold my stomach contents down, but only with great will power. My wonderful husband volunteered to search out and purchase some ginger ale, which was lovely. I hope his miraculous patience endures the coming weeks. Ha! Last night he made me some dinner, the exact dinner I had requested, but as soon as I saw it I decided I would probably just puke it back up.
The most intense, irritating symptoms I’ve had were just an unrelenting headache and fatigue. Additionally, I’ve been waking up much earlier than usual against my will, unable to go back to sleep despite how exhausted I feel. I pee all the freaking time, making work quite interesting. Another thing that at first kind of sucks but is actually cool too is that my feet are growing already. Weird. Especially so early. By the time I’m ready to give birth, they’ll probably look like boats. The cool part is I have to go buy new running shoes! Cheap ones, of course, and with room to grow, but it’s still exciting!
Current smells I cannot endure: cherry licorice bites (sorry, honey), pomegranate scented germ-X, and tuna. Bread smells like vinegar.
My craving for the last 3 weeks: Buffalo Wild Wings, particularly parmesan garlic and teriyaki. An interesting side note: I’ve noticed that I can handle foods that are slightly spicier than I used to abide. My husband will enjoy this, I think.
I’ve really been “wasting” my time reading pregnancy books and looking up stuff online. I’ve yet to go to the doctor, but for some reason I don’t feel too rushed about it, considering I’m just now getting into my 6th week (which is when the heartbeat starts. yay!). I’m currently trying to figure out how to get on Medicaid, seeing as we won’t qualify based on our combined incomes of the last few months (due to my dramatic increase in work hours in preparation for the house purchase that hasn’t happened). We’ll qualify as soon as I decrease my workload, but I doubt the government would take that into consideration. Until I figure this out, I’m just gonna let my little pea keep growing so that I’ll hear a nice heartbeat when I do finally go in for an ultrasound.
I just want to let the world know that I have the best husband any girl could ever ask for. He is so very patient, self-sacrificing, and gentle with me. I’m totally in awe of how he loves me and demonstrates it everyday. Today he made me lunch on his lunch hour, not just cooking what I whimsically thought I wanted, but he anticipated what I would want 5 minutes later too (which was actually very accurate). As a side note, my serving of turkey bacon doubled today, which was a little humorous.
It’s incredible how fast these changes are happening in my body. Maybe I’m just extra sensitive to the hormones. But everything I’ve experienced is outlined as normal in all the literature I’ve read. I’m slightly anxious about how dramatically these changes might increase in the coming weeks, and also if I’ll still be able to fit into my bridesmaid dress for my brother’s wedding as I launch into my second trimester (supposedly, I’ll have gained at least 5 pounds by then, so I guess it depends on where that weight goes). I’m very excited. VERY excited about being pregnant. Even as I say this through my persistent, nauseating headache. Oh and thanks to all of you who have been offering advice. I appreciate and welcome it all!
