With all the excitement of finding out we're pregnant, it's been hard to read any pregnancy signs from my body. Until now. Man, when that "morning" sickness hits, it hits hard. And whoever came up with the term "morning sickness", wasn't pregnant. Starting about a week ago, I've felt nauseous 24 hours a day!
As if that isn't annoying enough, I can't eat anything. Everything either makes my stomach even worse, or my stomach is already too bad to eat anything at all. The only thing that's been good on my stomach so far is fruit, so I guess there are worse things.
I'm so exhausted. That could either be from being pregnant, working 3 jobs or both. I'm sure it's the latter. I work 16 hour days on some days and I can barely keep my eyes open. Now that I say that, I'm going to chalk that one up to the fact that I work 3 jobs. Not the pregnancy.
I haven't gained any weight yet, so that's good. I can tell my stomach isn't as flat as it normally was, but I'm already mentally prepared for that, so I don't mind that one. I'm still trying to work out as much as possible and two of my jobs (coaching cheer and gymnastics) keep me active, so I should be able to keep on top of my weight gain.
I'm trying to be energetic and upbeat for my incredible husband, but I can definitely tell I'm not doing the best job at that. He is getting kind of sad that I'm not myself lately. He's definitely supportive, he just misses my energy. He's been so great through everything so far. I don't know how some people go through these experiences alone. I couldn't do it without him.
We made our first appointment with the OBGYN for the beginning of October so we're not positive, but according to my monthly cycle, I think I'm 7 weeks pregnant. I'm excited for the fact that by the time I start showing, it'll be boots and long pants season. That way I can hide my bump a little better.
We still haven't told anyone yet. My mom had 7 miscarriages during her baby carrying years and my OBGYN confirmed that it was hereditary. We decided we wouldn't tell anyone until we had our first appointment, which is at the beginning of October. I'll start taking pregnancy pictures to track my belly growth at that point as well.
Something that really helps me feel better is knowing that almost every pregnant woman out there has gone through the exhaustion, nausea and my favorite, breast soreness, so I'm definitely not alone. Awe, the joys of pregnancy! :)
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