I have been taking pictures of my belly since I was 7 weeks. I am already starting to look huge. My clothes don't really fit and I have had to buy some maternity clothes, especially for work. I love reading how the baby develops each week and how big it is getting. I am always tired....like I haven't slept for a week tired and I have no energy. I am always hungry and that is usually when I feel sick to my stomach. Luckily, I haven't had the crazy morning sickness that I hear a lot of women have.
I don't think I have had any crazy food cravings. Mexican food was my favorite food until I got pregnant. Just thinking of the smell and taste makes me want to barf. Also, coffee doesn't appeal to me either. I am not supposed to have caffeine, so it is probably a good thing that it doesn't sound good. Up until the last couple of days, sweets didn't sound good either. When I do have sweets, I have to eat a very small amount or I feel sick. The food that always sounds good is pizza and Chinese and I can't get enough ice water.
Emotionally, I worry about everything...and I mean everything that is or could be going wrong with the baby. I haven't been to the doctor yet, so I have no update on what is going on inside since I got the pregnancy confirmed by a doctor at 6 weeks. My moods were pretty good until I hit 9 weeks. Then I became really moody, grumpy and snappy. I get really irritable and it is hard to calm down. It's worse than PMS, so I often feel overwhelmed with my moods and don't know how to handle it. I also start to get discouraged at how my clothes don't fit. I have to remind myself that I'm pregnant and I'm not getting fat because I'm eating to much, I'm getting fat because there is a baby inside. I also feel like I am not attractive to my husband because I am packing on a belly. When I asked my husband if he thought I was still attractive, he laughed and said the book he is reading said that I would eventually ask that. Of course he said I was attractive in his eyes, but of course he is going to say that to his wife, or he would be in the dog house. :)
I also don't really like talking about the baby. I mentioned this in my last blog, but I guess I still feel the same way. I would rather be a little more private about it. I haven't really told many people, but my husband has told a lot of people. Oh well I guess.
My first appointment is on March 3rd. Finding a doctor was really hard. I wanted to deliver at the hospital that is only ten minutes away from our house, but since that hospital is new, a lot of OB-GYN's don't deliver there and those that do, don't take my insurance. So I am having to settle with a clinic/hospital that is farther from my house in Grapevine..which on a good traffic day only takes about 30 minutes. So not too bad I guess.
I am excited and nervous about the appointment. I will get to hear the heartbeat and see it on the sonogram. Who knows, we might see two babies. Yeah...there is some thoughts (and maybe a bet or two) going around that I am pregnant with twins. This scares me a little, but then again, I did blog about twins last year. Although all the dreams I have had lately has only had one baby. So we will see what happens.
I think with this first appointment is when it will all click and really hit me that I am having a baby. I can't wait until I get to start buying things for the baby. At this point we are holding off until I am more farther along and when we know if it is a boy or a girl. So around May we will starting doing baby registries and all of that good stuff.
Two more weeks and I will be in my second trimester. I am looking forward to it as I am told that it is the easiest out of the three trimesters. I wouldn't mind having more energy and not feeling so tired. I got a lot of stuff to do before September, so I need all of the energy I can get.
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