Feeling Good

I am feeling much better these days. I have more energy and I'm back to eating good! I'm excited to enjoy food again, but I should be careful what with the holidays - though a baby is a perfect excuse/reason to pack on the pounds, I probably shouldn't pack them all on prior to January 1st.

Appreciation

I think (think) that I've had a taste of nausea/morning sickness/food aversions in order to genuinely appreciate what many woman go through to an extreme and on a daily basis through much of pregnancy. Luckily, I've been able to enjoy food today (believe me - I'm knocking on everything available right now). It seems that I can't seem to picture myself eating my regular home made salads at lunch, but I can eat salads from Salad Works, Buca Di Beppo, and even the high school. Puzzling! We'll see how this develops in the near future. Today, I'm 8 weeks pregnant or as Jeff prefers to state - two months! The baby is now the size of a raspberry :)

Babies R Us...coming soon

As we were driving home tonight, I noticed a sign less than a mile from our home indicating the building site of a new Babies R Us/Toys R Us. How exciting! Not that the current location is that far, but really - how convenient does it get?

Never Say Never

Yesterday morning, Thursday, I threw up...everything I had just eaten for breakfast. Ahhh, so this is morning sickness. Fortunately though, today there was not a repeat performance. Fingers crossed that this won't be too consistently the case. But again - I know, I know, it's a "good" sign.

Brownie Points

Brownie points for brownies! After working through the morning, I was distracted enough not to feel ill and upon encountering a tray of brownies in the faculty room I successfully downed quite a few. I know - I deserve a pat on the back. But sincerely, even sweets have been turning my stomach at home. Score one for sugar! We'll see what lunch time brings...

Spoke Too Soon

Evidently I'm no different than other pregnant women. Nausea - all day, every day. Looking at food, thinking about food, preparing food, trying to eat food - yuck. I now understand why many pregnant women scoff at the adjective "morning" before sickness. I'm feeling terribly sorry for myself and I'm not sure why - I know this is all part of the process. I am amused at how much enjoyment others get out of my feeling not well. "Well, that's a good thing!" Yes - I get it...now I'm "really" pregnant. Last night, I watched my husband thoroughly enjoying the dinner I prepared - a meal I normally enjoy just as voraciously. I was jealous. You never do appreciate what you've got until it's gone - in this case my appetite. With all that said, I haven't thrown up, so that's a plus. Of course, now that I've said that - I will. Just wait. I'm also highly emotional, mostly in regard to what a wonderful husband I have. I mean this sincerely. I realize it could come off sounding quite sarcastic. He's great. The best! I don't know that I could do it quite as well. I just love him so much for being so wonderful. I'm starting to tear up now just thinking about it. Did I mention I'm emotional?

Un-symptomatic

Well, in my pre-public days I'm rather uneventful. I was all prepared for morning sickness and headaches. My symptoms have included fatigue, which due to my sometimes silly schedule I've had to just kind of push through - though I'm trying to really catch up on resting on weekend days like today. I've sat, pretty much, all day. I know - it's rough. I do also realize that now that I'm putting in print how smoothly everything has been going, I'll start vomiting right away tomorrow morning. Will keep you posted, for sure, if that happens. I have felt cramping, but I've been reading on The Bump that that is the normal feeling associated with a growing uterus...and it will continue. Yay! I look forward to a continually growing uterus for the next 33 weeks.