july9

July 9, 2001

Week 8 (Two months!)

I wish I had more time to write more frequent updates as to how I feel. Between my continual exhaustion and feeling nauseated pretty much constantly, it's been hard to set aside time to write down my feelings. Our trip was wonderful, though we probably visited every single rest area between Columbus and Denver! I won't describe it; I've got a whole page for that, but one thing worth noting here is that our first night in Colorado, we ended up in a horrid little hotel room that smelled just awful. We were planning on staying in Fort Collins for three days, but we ended up checking out before the wedding (after one night) and then staying a little farther south, in Loveland, for the rest of our trip. In a smell-free Holiday Inn. :) My sense of smell is so acute now, and it was always very strong anyway. Of course, even the THOUGHT of things that turn my stomach, well, turn my stomach, these days, I don't have to physically see or smell it. One thing that has surprised me, is that I cannot STAND chicken. And I love chicken; it's always been a staple of my diet. So we're eating a lot of pork and red meat these days.

The last couple weeks have gotten a lot harder on me because pregnancy symptoms have become full speed ahead. It's good, on one side, because I know that my hormone levels are staying high so I know my body is doing as it should, but it's just tough to deal with on a daily basis. Especially being at work, because I haven't spilled the beans yet, so it's really hard to try to appear normal when you feel like any second you need to run to the bathroom to lose your breakfast. Plus, NOTHING fits me anymore. Across the chest and around my tummy, everything is stretched tight, and all my old clothes are extremely uncomfortable. But, I keep wearing them anyway, so as to not appear like anything is different here at work! When I get home, the stretchy pants or shorts go right on, though! :)

I had my appointment with the nurse the day after I came back from vacation. She just asked a bizillion questions, and then took a whole bunch of blood samples. Phil went with me, which was nice because I was feeling really sick, and I don't like having blood drawn anyway! When I left the office, she had given me a whole bag full of sample prenatal vitamins, all different kinds. I had been telling her that the pill I had been taking since January, ever since getting pregnant, was becoming intolerable to take because it had such as strong taste and it was huge. So she gave me about two months' worth of different kind of samples! I was very happy about that, especially the chewable variety that tasted like chewy sweet tarts. THEY were actually quite enjoyable to take every night!

I have my first visit with Dr. Teague next Monday (July 16). She'll probably do an ultrasound then, so hopefully by next week I'll know for sure if 1) there's more than one baby growing and 2) if the baby is doing okay. If things look to be going well, I plan on letting my work know about what is going on. I really hope so, because I just can't wait to stop wearing uncomfortable clothes just to appear like nothing is different, and so that I don't have to keep hidden the most important thing in my life! I don't know at ALL what to say yet, but I'll figure it out...



	July 9, 2001 Week 8 (Two months!) I wish I had more time to write more frequent updates as to how I feel. Between my continual exhaustion and feeling nauseated pretty much constantly, it's been hard to set aside time to write down my feelings. Our trip was wonderful, though we probably visited every single rest area between Columbus and Denver! I won't describe it; I've got a whole page for that, but one thing worth noting here is that our first night in Colorado, we ended up in a horrid little hotel room that smelled just awful. We were planning on staying in Fort Collins for three days, but we ended up checking out before the wedding (after one night) and then staying a little farther south, in Loveland, for the rest of our trip. In a smell-free Holiday Inn. :) My sense of smell is so acute now, and it was always very strong anyway. Of course, even the THOUGHT of things that turn my stomach, well, turn my stomach, these days, I don't have to physically see or smell it. One thing that has surprised me, is that I cannot STAND chicken. And I love chicken; it's always been a staple of my diet. So we're eating a lot of pork and red meat these days. The last couple weeks have gotten a lot harder on me because pregnancy symptoms have become full speed ahead. It's good, on one side, because I know that my hormone levels are staying high so I know my body is doing as it should, but it's just tough to deal with on a daily basis. Especially being at work, because I haven't spilled the beans yet, so it's really hard to try to appear normal when you feel like any second you need to run to the bathroom to lose your breakfast. Plus, NOTHING fits me anymore. Across the chest and around my tummy, everything is stretched tight, and all my old clothes are extremely uncomfortable. But, I keep wearing them anyway, so as to not appear like anything is different here at work! When I get home, the stretchy pants or shorts go right on, though! :) I had my appointment with the nurse the day after I came back from vacation. She just asked a bizillion questions, and then took a whole bunch of blood samples. Phil went with me, which was nice because I was feeling really sick, and I don't like having blood drawn anyway! When I left the office, she had given me a whole bag full of sample prenatal vitamins, all different kinds. I had been telling her that the pill I had been taking since January, ever since getting pregnant, was becoming intolerable to take because it had such as strong taste and it was huge. So she gave me about two months' worth of different kind of samples! I was very happy about that, especially the chewable variety that tasted like chewy sweet tarts. THEY were actually quite enjoyable to take every night! I have my first visit with Dr. Teague next Monday (July 16). She'll probably do an ultrasound then, so hopefully by next week I'll know for sure if 1) there's more than one baby growing and 2) if the baby is doing okay. If things look to be going well, I plan on letting my work know about what is going on. I really hope so, because I just can't wait to stop wearing uncomfortable clothes just to appear like nothing is different, and so that I don't have to keep hidden the most important thing in my life! I don't know at ALL what to say yet, but I'll figure it out...