Dear Baby

Dear Baby Sick,

Please stop making me so sick. I'd like to be able to keep some food down! I'd also like to not feel like I could throw up any given minute throughout the day. I'm pretty sure by this point in the pregnancy, you're supposed to be easing up on me, not making me feel worse. I would appreciate it if you could let me sleep through the night too. Or at least only wake up two or three times. It's not like we're even doing anything fun when we are awake all hours of the night!

In summary: back off, kiddo. You're basically just setting yourself up for a life as an only child. Not that that would be a bad thing.

I still love you, though.

Your Sick Mom

Week 12

Week 11 didn't get an update last week because I had nothing good to say about it. Still don't. 

Week 12 is really more of the same, but if I wait to update until I feel like my old self again, I may never update again! At least it feels that way. 

I bought some maternity pants this past weekend and they are so far the best thing about being pregnant (besides the miracle of human life, of course!). 

Here's my growing bump. This was taken on the first day of my twelfth week. 

Not much, but enough to make my pants uncomfortable to button!

The past few weeks I've been getting sick about every other day, usually in the evenings. I typically am in bed by 8 now too. I've never been so tired in my life!

Murphy and I enjoyed the MLK holiday by walking a trail- it felt good to get out of the house and work up a little sweat. 

I'm looking forward to my doctor's appointment next week!

10 weeks

This week is really just more of the same. Still tired. Still nauseous. Still not much of an appetite for anything. Still an overall feeling of blah-ness. Oh, how I want to be one of those women pregnancy looks and feels good on! 

I'm trying very hard to remind myself that I won't feel like this for too much longer and that it'll all be worth it in the end!! Mind over matter. Or something like that. 

8 weeks

I'm not sure if I'm classified as 7 weeks or 8 weeks. 7 weeks have passed and I'm in my 8th week... so whatever that makes it. I'm calling it 8 weeks. Anyway, on with the update!

I've felt fine for the most part since finding out I was pregnant. Until this week. This week has been all about nausea, vomiting, saltine crackers, and ginger ale. I've felt pretty miserable and don't have much energy (or desire) to do anything except lay down and cuddle with Murphy. 

Here we are relaxing and watching tv while Jeffrey runs errands. Actually Murphy is napping and suffocating me. He doesn't realize he isn't a lap dog. 

One of the benefits of having an OB/GYN as a sister in law is getting some anti-nasuea medicine and learning all the things I can take and do to start feeling better before our first doctor's appointment next week. 

Right now I'm most looking forward to feeling better having our first appointment next week to hopefully hear that everything is going perfectly!

9 weeks

This week marked our first doctor's appointment! We got to see the baby- and it's little arm and leg buds- and hear the heartbeat. It was pretty amazing!

We also started telling more people that we're expecting, which is fun to do!

I've been feeling better, thanks to zofran working to keep my nausea at bay. My energy levels are still at an all time low and my sense of smell is at an all time high! 

Looking forward to the baby getting bigger and me feeling better!