The Cat's Out of the Bag!

So Thanksgiving is this week, and this is the week we decided to tell everyone the good news. I purchased Kash a shirt that has a picture of two elephants on it (one big and one small), and below the elephants it reads "Big Brother". The plan was to just let him wear it to Thanksgiving dinner, where most of our family would be, and wait until someone read the shirt and caught on. I wanted a shirt that had it written subtley, as opposed to having big bold neon letters, because I didn't want everyone to notice it right away. Well, I didn't have to worry about that at all. If TJ hadn't told his Mom to check out Kash's shirt, I don't think anyone would have ever read it. Actually, com to think of it, I don't even think anyone would have noticed if the writing was in big bold neon letters. Part of this is due to the fact that apparently all the adults in our families can't see a thing without glasses, and none of them wear any. So once TJ's Mom had her daughter read the shirt for her, others began to wonder what the excitement was about, and I wasn't about to just tell them and let my $10 shirt go to waste; so I told everyone they had to read Kash's shirt. Although everyone was super excited for us, they seemed to be frustrated that I wouldn't simply tell them the good news, and that they had to read it off Kash's shirt. It's not our fault you don't wear your glasses! So, I think I'm going announce all of our news from now on, on T-shirts :) Oh, and I must point out that my Grandma was most excited of all. I was sitting on the couch when she came to congratulate me. I thought she was just going to give me a hug, but after she put her arms around me, she picked me up, off the couch, and held me while my legs dangled above the ground before placing me on my feet. Grandma must be working out.

And happy day!; I think my morning sickness has hit it's peak, and is slowly starting to dwindle away!! On Thanksgiving morning I woke up and stumbled to the fridge to get Kash his morning cup of milk, and when I opened that refridgerator door, the smells were so potent that I turned around and immediatly threw up in the sink. I was completely caught off guard. The smells in the fridge usually make me gag, but not until later in the day; morning, up until now, had been when I felt my best. And even with the all the gagging I've been doing the last couple of months, I hadn't yet thrown up. So that morning, I was actually quite terrified that my morning sickness was getting even worse, especially since I threw up again just a few hours later. But as the week went on I seemed to be able to stomach just a tad bit more than usual, and I've been able to pick back up on my exercise routine, so things are looking up! I was definitly feeling better during my three days of Thanksgiving (we celebrated Thanksgiving Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with different groups of people). I think this was just simply due to the fact that I kept myself completely stuffed full of food the entire time. An empty stomach always makes me quesy. But that gave me the false hope that I had kissed morning sickness goodbbye, it's definitly having a hard time parting with me...

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Expansion and Tap Dancing

There are definitely some big changes happening inside my uterus this week. I felt pretty horrible last night; the worst nausea ever, my body was trembling a little bit, I had some chills. I just felt off. It was as if my body was preparing itself for some kind of transformation, kind of like what a werewolf goes through under the full moon. So I went to bed, hoping to feel better when I woke up. But early the next morning, although the symptoms from the night before had gone away, I was having some pretty painful cramping in my pelvic area. I could actually feel those muscles stretching from one hip to the other, being pulled really tight. Luckily it only lasted a few hours, but I'm wondering what might be in store for me during the rest of the week.

This baby has got to be a fan of rhythm. I can not stop tap dancing. I mean, I've always been one to tap dance in the kitchen or at the grocery store while waiting for something or making a decision, but this is way beyond that. I'm not just doing short little tap rhythms here and there, I'm doing full on combinations all day long. I don't mind it, I actually really miss tap dancing, so I guess I can thank the baby for getting me back into it, but I think it might be starting to drive TJ a little nuts. Maybe I should buy myself a new pair of tap shoes (which I've been wanting to do anyway), and go take a tap class.

I had my 2nd doctor's appointment yesterday. I mentioned to her my little bleeding incident from the other week, and I was right, it did get me an extra ultrasound, yay! She checked me out and said that my cervix was nice and closed, there was no bleeding, and everything looked as it should down there. The ultrasound showed our little baby's heart fluttering on the screen, so everything is great! The doctor tried to get me a decent picture to take home, but her head was in a shadow, and her body is just a blur. So I'm not even going to bother posting the headless blob picture I ended up with. I did take a belly shot this week though:




Stats
10 weeks 5 days
Starting Weight: 132
Current Weight: 131
Waist @ Belly Button: 33 inches
Growth: none since week 8 (although my eyes beg to differ)

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Sick and Crying. Nauseous and Scared.

I caught some kind of cold this week, and I'm having a hard time telling which symptoms are from the pregnancy, and which are from the illness. It actually took me a few days to even realize that I was sick, since runny/stuffy noses are a pregnancy symptom. I'm really hoping most of these symptoms are from the illness though, because I feel absolutely horrible, and if my symptoms continue to get worse each week like they have been, I'm not sure how long I'll last through this. It really feels like I'm being tortured.

This pregnancy I feel extremely emotional. I was probably like this while pregnant with Kash also, but since I have a toddler around this time, I think it makes it worse, let me explain... The other day I took Kash to Disneyland, and I cried when I saw how happy he got when Buzz Lightyear came down the street in the parade; and then again when, after we watched the fireworks and they made it snow, his little face just lit up. Oh, and a week or so ago I cried at the end of The Little Mermaid. If you know me, you know I don't often cry, especially at things like this. So it starts early, my children are already tugging at my heart strings.

I hope my nausea is planning on going away soon, it's really putting a wrench in my daily activities. Very few things seem to ease my stomach: hot fries, tangerines, grits, and strawberry jello cake to name a few. But the problem is that once I find something that makes me feel better, I eat it a few times, and then I'm sick of it and can't eat it anymore. It's a vicious cycle.

And I had a super scary thing happen to me the other night after using the bathroom...blood. It was only a small amount, but it really scared the shit out of me. I freaked out for a little bit while I researched the incident on the Internet, and after learning about the possible causes )most of which were nothing to worry about), I slowly began to feel a bit better. I'm definitely mentioning it to the doctor at our next visit (maybe it'll earn me an extra ultrasound), but I know my body pretty well, and I'm really not worried about it anymore.

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Bleck.

I. Don't. Feel. Good. Smells are getting to me, most make me nauseous. Although I haven't actually thrown up yet, it looks like I have full blown morning sickness now, and it's definitly worse at night. No fun.

And I'm starting to crazy waiting for my next doctor's appointment. With my old insurance and OB, they saw me every 2 weeks for the first few months (if I remember correctly), which is very reassuring since the only way I can know for sure that everything is still okay in there is by ultrasound. This new OB office at Kaiser will only schedule me once a month, and even though I didn't like that right off the bat, I tried to trick myself into believing that it wasn't that big of a deal. But it is. If I was still with my old OB, I would have had an appointment this week, and it was this week that I started getting irritated about it. Hopefully I won't drive myself crazy during the next two weeks...but that's a long time.

Stats
8 weeks 5 days
Starting Weight: 132
Current Weight: 132
Waist @ Belly Button: 33 inches
Growth: 2.25 inches

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Excuses and Marinara Sauce

It's getting kinda hard to pretend I'm not pregnant in front of family and friends. TJ wanted to wait to tell everyone, but he's not the one who has to hide it! I have to try and not eat like a pig in front of guests, even though I'm starving. I have to think of excuses for why I am not drinking alcohal like I usually do. My sister asks me why I have such bad acne, and I have to think of more excuses. I can not wait until everyone knows the truth!

My nausea is slowly getting worse this week, but I don't think it's quite as bad as it was with Kash at this stage. I'm having lots of cravings. The most recurring one the last couple weeks has been some sort of cheesy marinara sauced dish. So far I've used eggplant parmesean, cheese mannicotti, and mozzerella sticks to satisfy it. The wierd thing I've noticed since I've been pregnant this time though, is that I absolutely can not eat left overs. I sometimes make a double batch of dinner to eat for lunch or dinner another day that week, but each time I've done that since I've been pregnant, those extra servings have gone in the trash. They are just not appealing in the least.

I feel like my stomach is humongous already, I'm sure it doesn't look as big to others as it does to me, but here's the latest belly pic...



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