Needless to say, I've been very nauseous! When pregnant with my first child, I remember sleeping with crackers on my night stand to cure the nauseous feeling but this pregnancy has felt different. I've felt sick during the majority of the day for so many days. I'd say 6.5 weeks-10.5 weeks hit me the worst. Somehow I didn't vomit though....well I had a couple dry vomits (TMI) while I still don't know why nothing came up. I'll never forget the time when pregnant with Joaquin, that I vomited on myself driving to work on the freeway in the middle of a thunderstorm with nowhere to pull over. I am just crossing my fingers something like that does not happen again and so far so good. But here is the good news. My daytime nausea has gotten much better and more manageable. Now most of my sickness hits in the evening so Jesus gets home from work and is able to take over. To be feeling better during the daytime is great news and I can only hope in a couple weeks that I will feel normal again. Do you ever feel normal throughout pregnancy? I thought second trimester was pretty good but I honestly can't remember!
Another thing that has been different this time around was gaining 4 pounds by week 11. You shouldn't read too much online because I read that you only should gain about a pound in the first trimester and that made me feel bad about the 4 pounds in eleven weeks. But whatever, everyone is different. I know the weight gain was from my constant snacking and cereal before bed each night so maybe when I'm less sick, I'll level out my eating and I did join the gym today. I do however wish I was pregnant while living in the Dominican Republic because I miss Puno delivery. I could get delivery from almost any restaurant and any kind of food I wanted all day long! I never had cravings with Joaquin but I think I've already started to with this baby. I crave salt and carbs like fast food which is terrible but I do monitor to not give into those all the time but when I have given in, it always cured the craving and the sickness.
On the other hand, I've had food aversions! I don't like going to Hibachi or eating any Japanese food while pregnant these days. I know I shouldn't eat sushi anyway but I haven't even wanted it and that is just crazy! Here is a photo of what I have wanted near the beginning weeks. We went to an Italian restaurant where the menu was full of delicious pastas and look what I ordered! Plain noodles with sauce on the side. Are you kidding me?! I'm supposed to order the weirdest thing on the menu and Ididn't even want to!
There are some other perks I've experienced with this pregnancy. Our flight home from our Christmas vacation in Florida was cancelled so Jesus pulled out all the stops about his nauseous pregnant wife who needed to eat asap and his cranky toddler so that we could get all the hook ups the airline was willing to give. We didn't get much sleep that night as they put us in a hotel but sent us out at 4am the next morning. But we did get everything paid for while others in line told us they would get reimbursed. I remember with my first pregnancy, people would always offer me the front seat of the car for example, or other kind gestures just because I was pregnant. I always felt silly accepting them because I was still capable without them but this time around, I'm trying to do a little better at letting people take care of me because it's a big deal to be pregnant even when I think I don't need help.
And my last reflection is I found a good doctor! Any doctor who can tell me they have heard of what I have going on before and that seems very intrigued by it all gets a gold star in my book. I have enough experience now to know that is not always the case. We had such a lovely first visit and beautiful first ultrasound. So far everything is shaping up to look as Joaquin did but it is early. The baby is in the right uterus and the placenta will likely be in the front and those are both just like Joaquin was. My doctor is indeed very nervous about my risk of pre-term labor but I keep telling myself since things are starting out like Joaquin, maybe this baby will make it full term just like he did! (With a constant prayer in my heart)
Here's a couple photos of my progress!
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| 12.5 weeks!!! Maybe I'm bloated in this photo? ;) |
