Week 13

Last week was very hard to get through.  It was the worst of the morning sickness, leaving me violently ill Saturday morning, calling off a major sewing day because moving was horrible.

Well, they say things always get worse before they get better. Yesterday was the first day I could call "good" in a long, long time (6 weeks long...) I did laundry and made dinner, two things I had completely slacked on over the last couple weeks.

Now, I am going to give you far too much information about the first trimester of pregnancy. Don't let it put you off if you are one of my friends who wants children someday, they are not complaints (well, except for morning sickness..) but merely odd observations.

The First Trimester: TMI

* Morning (all-day) sickness is the worst thing ever, and 75% of pregnant women get it to some extent.

* I smell EVERYTHING.

*My boobs are HUGE and feel so weird and heavy, and they're just going to get bigger.

*My belly had become very hairy, I am like a gorilla.

*My left leg likes to discontinue working occasionally.

*They say the first trimester ruins your libido. This is a lie. It does the opposite, you just feel too sick to do anything about it.

*My back makes me look like a monster.  A bumpy, bumpy, bacne monster.

*I can feel my stomach muscles stretch occasionally, it is a weird sensation.

*My wedding bands still fit, but that won't be for much longer.

*I had acid reflux for the first time last weekend, very burny.

*I constantly feel like there is something stuck in my throat.

*Sucking on candy/mints actually helped nausea and made me feel better.. until I developed a horrible canker sore under my tongue..

*Your dreams get weird. I can actually remember more details of dreams than before I was pregnant. I've only had two baby dreams though- one where I had my baby and was breast feeding, and one where I was still preggers and at baby shower that looked more like a wedding reception.

*I've also had more nightmares.

*"I'm hungry. But only for only for this one thing.. We don't have that one thing?" *sad face* The next thing I know, Matt's in the car driving to the store/Chipotle/Caribou.  Wonderful man :)

*Hot chocolate is insanely delicious.

*Actually, if I get to eat what I am really craving, it truly does taste like the best thing I have ever eaten. Every time.

Now I am actually hungry. Mmm.. cereal... nomnomnom