Before I ever got pregnant and women talked about 'morning' sickness I didn't give it much thought. I assumed you might wake up and randomly throw up, and poof! you feel better. BOY WAS I WRONG. 'Morning' sickness for me was almost a CONSTANT queasiness, and when I say queasiness I mean the feeling of constantly feeling like you need to throw up. It was VERY hard to force myself to eat when I felt like this but when you know the baby needs nutrients you have to eat! Because of the nausea I actually lost weight the first half of my first trimester. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll make up for it! I have to say T.J. was my hero during all of the sickness, fatigue and headaches (yup those too). He has stepped up like I didn't even know possible. When I would come home from work absolutely exhausted and would collapse on the couch he was the one cooking, cleaning, making all of our lunches, doing laundry and more.
Now that I type this... a couple weeks into the second trimester I almost hate saying this (okay I do) but I'm already used to feeling normal again and it's ALMOST hard to remember how truly horrible I felt at that time. I'm so thankful that I AM starting to feel better. I didn't throw up that many times (I think the time I threw up in someone's driveway on the way to work took the cake) but I FELT like I needed to CONSTANTLY. Today I am entering 16 weeks of pregnancy and I can't believe I am four months pregnant! It is still so exciting and I STILL can't believe it sometimes... until I can't button my pants.
T.J. and I are SO EXCITED. We will be (hopefully) finding out if we are having a boy or girl within the next week and that is so surreal! I think it will make this journey a lot more "real". Before we know it I'll be in my third trimester...
So thank you Lord for a great second trimester. We had a doctor's appointment today and the doctor said so everything everything looks great! We appreciate the prayers for Baby Ross and are excited that he/she has started to be able to hear sounds! Yup, we are already singing, talking, praying and reading to the little one. We are in love.
I will try to keep this updated every now and then- I realize I am NOT a good blogger, but that's okay. :) I still love you all! Below is a picture from last week... really starting to show! :)
