On nausea …
Monday, October 12, 2009
6 WEEKS, 1 DAY PREGNANT
Things that made me feel nauseous today:
- Waking up
- A soft-boiled egg
- The gross compost bag
- Turkey leftovers
- A horrible, disgusting Miracle Whip commercial
- Everything
Things that made me feel
better:
The housewife’s lament
Sunday, October 11, 2009
6 WEEKS PREGNANT
First of all, wahoo for today! Six weeks pregnant, which means I’m about halfway to the end of the first trimester — when I can start blabbing to people IRL — AND today is Canadian Thanksgiving.
Editor’s note: For my American bloggie friends, sadly, Canadian Thanksgiving is not nearly as cool as American Thanksgiving. We do not have the Macy’s parade, or the Super Bowl, and I am pretty sure Canadians do not eat candied yams. Or maybe it’s just people on American TV who eat yams.
I mentioned yesterday that it’s been really hard to get chores done lately, and that is probably the under exaggeration of my life (OK, of the week).
I can break it down into a formula, to make it really clear …
NAUSEOUS (A) + EXHAUSTED (B) = SLOVENLY (C)
A = Queasy at the smell of dirty dishes and food
B = Too tired to get off the couch
C = A messy house with zero meals
Some people wouldn’t care if their carpets were unvacuumed and their sink was full of dirty dishes. But I discovered long ago that those things make me stressed out. When I’m sitting in a nice clean condo, I feel, 10,000,000 times more relaxed and content. I think it’s called Martha Syndrome or something.
I moaned about this to my mom the other night, and she had some awesome advice, so I thought I would share it with the mommy-to-be bloggie population:
“When you have a baby, you always have to make a choice when they go to sleep: either you clean and cook, or you sleep, too.
And you know what? When you were born, I used to run around cleaning while you were asleep, and I felt like the walking dead.
So eventually I said “Screw it” and would sleep when you were asleep. And I felt a lot better. You have to listen to your body.
You are going to learn this eventually, so you might as well practice now.”
Sage advice. So for the past two weeks, the condo has fell below its usual standards, and I’m trying not to care.
Since the whole feeling-like-crap thing comes in waves, I find myself draped over the couch watching TV for an hour, then spending 10 minutes folding laundry, then lounging for another half-hour, then putting it away.
At that rate, of course, it took Friday evening and all of Saturday to accomplish the amount of chores I would normally do on a Saturday morning. But I’m picking away at things little by little, listening to my body, and taking lots (and lots) of breaks.
Thanks for the advice, Mom.
P.S. They say you get all your energy back in the second trimester – and then lose it all in the third. Maybe I should use those golden three months to load my freezer with pre-made meals, and like, throw out half our stuff so housecleaning is easier? Hmmm.
Weekly re-cap
(Oct. 5 to Oct. 11)
Symptoms: Bloating, heightened sense of smell, nauseous (but not throwing up),
Body changes: Very bloated. Boobs are larger and sore. Rounder face???
Cravings: I think hash browns with ketchup are my first official craving.
Loved chowing down on: Hash browns with ketchup, club soda and orange juice.
Could not stomach: Pizza that Darling Husband ordered — smell made me feel sick.
High point: Going shopping for maternity stuff. Made everything seem so real!
Low point: Seeing the condo in shambles, as I have had minimal energy to clean
Paranoid moment of the week: A trip to the emergency room that turned out to be unnecessary — to be explained in an upcoming post.
Weird moment of the week: Realizing my jeans are uncomfortable because of the bloat. No idea if it will go down before I start to “show” or if this is it. Looking forward to trying the new stretchy band.
Tick tock
Saturday, October 10, 2009
5 WEEKS, 6 DAYS PREGNANT
Still have not thrown up.
But came very close today.
SO. MANY. CRACKERS!
First shopping excursion
Saturday, October 10, 2009
5 WEEKS, 6 DAYS PREGNANT
Went into a maternity clothing store today for the first time!
It was so exciting. I wasn’t sure if I was going to end up buying anything, but I found so many great things that I had to restrict myself to only these three …
This Soft-cup no-wire bra*
*Ahem … technically it is a nursing** bra, but you can’t tell.
**It just has some weird*** gismo strap thing on the inside.
***Thank God I have seven months to figure out how to work it
**It just has some weird*** gismo strap thing on the inside.
***Thank God I have seven months to figure out how to work it
This Tummy Sleeve …
and this 3/4 sleeve polka-dot dress
The bra and the tummy sleeve were necessary. This week has been tough on the chest, and my jeans haven’t been comfortable with the crazy bloating.
The dress wasn’t a totally necessary purchase, since all of my dresses will still fit for quite a while. But it was really cute and comfortable on! I also tried some shirts, but …
ME (looking in the changing room mirror): I don’t know. I like it, but the sleeves are so huge and baggy!
DARLING HUSBAND: Your arms will grow into it.
ME: Excuse me? My arms are not going to get that fat! Look how big these sleeves are!
DARLING HUSBAND: My sister’s arms got really big. Yours will, too. So you should get the shirt — it’ll fit eventually.
ME: Um, I think not.
Is it true? Do your arms really get super-fat? These sleeves have me worrying. Needless to say, I did not buy one.
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