8 weeks... Again.

You know that special feeling deep in your throat right before you throw up? You know the one. Where your mouth waters, and your cheeks tighten. Where your stomach turns, and your face sweats. Well, that very special feeling has been my life for the past two weeks. It's been a real joy to have around. Thankfully my sister turned me on to Unisom, which helps some, but for the most part it's touch and go. I can't count the times I've asked Kyle why this kid hates me so much. He always reassures me that he doesn't, and he's just doing what he's supposed to. I guess I agree with him.

So here I sit at week 8... again. I thought I was here this time last week, but I was wrong. Oh well, week 7 flew. The past couple of weeks I've just spent figuring out what to do to make myself comfortable, and what I can eat, and what I most certainly cannot. I've learned a few things:
     
   1) Don't eat peanut butter. You will most definitely throw up. The baby hates peanut butter. Or maybe he's allergic? Who knows. But I won't make him eat it anymore.
   2) No matter how sick you are, it's okay to eat Mexican food. And your full belly will thank you. Your heart will hate you, but you have tums in your purse for that.
   3) A plain waffle will get you through breakfast. You won't enjoy eating something that tastes like cardboard, but it will stay in your stomach.
   4) You will wake up STARVING every night at 2am, and unless you eat, you're not going back to sleep. So just get up and eat.
   5) Kyle will survive without your home cooked meals. In fact, he probably prefers the chicken strips and frozen pizza he's been eating.
   6) You're sister will ask you to make a cherry pie for Thanksgiving. Just tell her no from the beginning. It will be better than playing with her emotions telling her yes every time you feel ok, and no every time you're sick.
   7) Saltines will cure everything. Whether you think you're hungry or not, eat them. They will make you feel better.
   8) Stop eating cheese. Even though it sounds good, it will make you sick.
   9) Take advantage of the times when you feel good. If you have to go out and do something, do it now. Don't wait, you will eventually feel sick again and miss your chance.
  10) Your Unisom will get you through the day, but it will wear off at about 5. Make sure you eat before then, or you will be really, really hungry overnight!
  11) You have married a good, good man. He will help you, and cook for you, and get up and do things for you. Let him!!

That's a lot of things to figure out in just one week. But I've been very observant. I have to be. It's life or death at this point. Ha. Ok, not really. But it's the difference between the ability to sit up, and having to lay down.  Sometimes I wonder if I'm the worlds biggest baby, or do in fact have the worlds worst case of morning sickness. I suppose I'll never know. I put myself somewhere in the middle though.

In other news. Not that there's much other news. But it's Thanksgiving time!! The holidays are by far the greatest time of the year, and I cannot wait until Thursday!! We are going to my sisters, which means my parents will be there, and of course Zoey will be there!! And of course, with my sister being pregnant as well, we will be taking many a pregnant picture. She's a tad bigger than me though, at 26 weeks. I just hope I can eat! I think I will anyways, I can't pass up a Thanksgiving meal!


Have a safe and happy Holidays everyone!!