I maybe felt my first morning sickness today. I was queasy during the night and am a little still. But it's nothing severe (hopefully it won't be). As long as I snack on something I tend to feel fine. My mom didn't have bad morning sickness, so I'm really hoping I inherited those genes.
The biggest change so far is that I've been going to sleep before midnight. This is unheard of, if you know me. I just get so tired around 11:00 p.m. I also get sleepy around 3:00-5:00 p.m. and usually let myself take a nap.
As for other symptoms, my back hurts a little, and my chest hurt last week. My vision seems slightly off. I'm glad I went to the opthamologist recently, and the Dr. on Friday said my blood pressure was fine. So I know everything is normal, it's just weird to experience. I'll ask about it again tomorrow. I have even more questions: there's that ever-growing list of things to do and not do!
I'm probably just nervous about my first ultrasound tomorrow. But hopefully everything will be ok. I'll try to relax. But I'm impatient. I just want to know that they see the embryo in the right place and all my numbers look good.
On some level, the reality probably hasn't quite sunk in yet. Every morning I wake up and remind myself: "Oh, I'm pregnant." Even writing those words seems slightly unreal to me. But it's true. Please just everything be ok.
Tomorrow can't come fast enough for me.
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It's official!
I don't know how to tell you this, but you will not really feel normal for, well, maybe ever again. You will have a 'new normal.' Maybe snippets of the old normal here and there. The good news is that they say morning sickness is supposed to fade after the first trimester.
My advice (stop me if you get sick of hearing this particular one) is to give in to the urge to nap. Since I was doing my reading list, I used to get up, start reading around 8.30-9ish, break for lunch, nap for about an hour and half but more like 2 hours in the afternoon, and then, depending on the day, get up and go to my prenatal exercise class or read a little more and wait for Michael to come home. I don't know how it works with writing....can you prop yourself in bed and write on the laptop?
There's even more changes to come....but really, it's all good. It's the new normal, but it is worth it.
I was supposed to watch that Oprah last night, but I fell asleep, so I plan on doing so today sometime. Olivia went back to school. Some tears at home, none at the door. It helped that her friend Zaria was there the whole day.
Keep rested!
I'm so happy for you. Nothing is more exciting than getting to hear that little heartbeat, seeing the blob wiggle, and hearing the doctor say, "everything looks perfect" (that's what they all say; anything less makes mommies-to-be crazy).
Yeah, never normal again. On to becoming a butterfly with you.
That age old stand by _What To Expect When You're Expecting_ is the Bible I always turn to when I'm going pregnant crazy - with Sagan, there was SO much pregnant crazyness ... I wanted her to be ok SO bad ... and she is!
You've got all of us here to encourage you! You're doing AWESOME! Now relax (no wine, now, no caffeine, stay away from smokers, make JD change the kitty litter, no gardening, no sushi. Drink plenty of water, have baby carrots and saltines on hand always. That's all I have for now).
Just SO happy for you! Wahoo!
Hi honey, We are thinking about you and we love you so much. Everything we be just fine tomorrow. Get a good nights rest. We are proud and happy for both of you. We love you very much. Give us a call.... Mom,Dad,Candice and Chad...
Thanks everyone. I'll let you know how it goes.
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