first trimester, check

and now I will ramble a bit about pregnancy, mostly for journal keeping purposes.

This little baby still feels a bit unreal at times. But those nagging, obnoxious first trimester symptoms help remind me that it is in fact, reality. However, we have reached that magic week 12 and begin second trimester with hopefully a little less nausea and a little more energy. (fingers crossed)

But really, I shouldn't complain. I have felt so much better than I did during my first two pregnancies. With my first, I was very sick. I threw up at least once a day and was extremely picky about food. I couldn't eat anything greasy or fried and couldn't eat junk food (especially chocolate, which was particularly sad since we brought half a suitcase full of it home with us from Europe). I pretty much lived on Subway sandwiches. The morning sickness lasted all day until about 20 weeks. With my second pregnancy, the nausea was different. I didn't get sick as often but always felt awful and didn't want to eat (losing nearly twenty pounds in the first 20 weeks). With baby 3, I often feel unsettled and have to be careful when and what I eat, but I'm rarely sick and generally feel much better than before.

Except that I'm tired. But that's not new either. With baby 1, I was exhausted. I got home from work around 4, had a snack and went to bed. Hubband woke me up to eat dinner and I immediately went back to bed until the next morning. With baby 2, sleeping so much wasn't an option since I had a toddler to keep me company, so I just napped when she did. And with baby 3, we just juggle the best we can. I have an especially wonderful husband who lets me lounge lazily on the couch at the end of a long day while he plays with his girls before bedtime.

Other pregnancy discomforts--occasional headaches (low iron), soreness in unmentionable places (give you a hint, it rhymes with moobs), needing to pee every half hour (that's what happens when a baby uses your bladder as a bean bag chair) and my emotions and patience are a train wreck but guess what? It's all totally worth it because I get a baby at the end of it. And as long as I remember that, it's pretty exciting.

Something very fun and exciting, I'm starting to show already! It's not much (especially compared to what it will be) and probably just looks like unfortunate weight gain to most people, but I know that little lump is a baby eager to make his/her presence known.