11 weeks, 4 days...

Originally written: March 3, 2009

What a roller coaster week! So Mon, Tues, Wed of last week I felt horrible. Didn't get much sleep, still had the nausea, things were status quo. Then Thursday - Sunday the nausea was about 99% gone and I even felt like a "normal" person again on Saturday and Sunday. I attribute that partially to getting two good night's of sleep on Friday night and Saturday night. I had so much energy on Saturday and Sunday. We bought our first family car, I walked Gizzie with Liz at the park while the boys practiced for softball, I ran around Santa Clarita on Sunday doing errands and I felt great. I was tired by the end of the night, but I was like "hey, I'm coming up on my 12th week and things are finally getting better..." and then I didn't get good night's sleep on Sunday or Monday night so I'm back to feeling like crap today. I think also this whole "stopped up" feeling makes me feel icky at times too. I've always eaten a high fiber diet, but now it doesn't seem like enough and I find myself adding additional fiber into my food!

Some people on the message boards are already finding out the sex of what they're having! I didn't even think it was possible until I went for my 20 week ultra sound on May 4th, but I guess we'll see what the doc sees (if anything) next Tuesday for my 12 week appointment. It would be awesome if we knew earlier - I'd be able to buy things gradually over the course of the pregnancy, therefore spreading out the funds!

On another note, I started my new job yesterday. So far so good, but it's hard to get a lot of training right now with my boss in meetings and conducting trainings himself. At least I'm being eased into it. So far it feels like I may even have more freedom than I did before as far as schedule and where I sit. And I know there will be times when I hate my job, but I'm really feeling like I did make the right decision after all of the second guessing I did a few months ago.

And seriously, I'm not in any hurry to have this huge stomach in my way, but if people could tell I was pregnant and not just fat, that would be awesome. The 24/7 bloat/fat is just making me look like I buy shirts that don't fit me! My first pair of pregnancy pants (work khakis) are soooooo comfy - I wish I had more, but I don't want to get crazy buying all of these maternity clothes this early on. If I suck in my stomach to get rid of the bloat, I do see a small basketball shape starting to appear, but it's very minimal. I just notice it because when my stomach stuck out before it was my whole stomach from my sides, not just in the very front. But that's only visible to me, no one else. So my 24/7 bloat/fat just sticks out and I'm sure it makes me look like I'm more like 4.5 months along! Oh well!

Still drinking lots of milk and craving lots of cheese. I'm still completely offended by one whole piece of chicken, but don't mind it cut up on pizza or in pasta, etc. I even bought steaks to make this week and I never buy red meat! I'm also really liking hard boiled eggs, string cheese, yogurt, fruit (especially oranges), juice and cereal. So basically protein and dairy. I've been trying to eat the portioned controlled sized packages of almonds for some good Omega-3's as well as 90 calorie packs of Special K multi-grain crackers. Still buying as many fruits, dairy and protein in Organic or naturally fed as possible. They just taste better anyways and when you buy them from Trader Joe's they're either just below or just slightly above the cost of Wal Mart. And Wal Mart's meat and veggies (at least at our Super Wal Mart here in Santa Clarita) are just ICKY. The only thing I can really buy from there is potatoes and onions and a lot of times those are even icky!

So that's it for 11 weeks!! :-)