Baby Love

This pregnancy is flying by!!! So many people told me that it would drag on, but it's not at all.

A couple facts to remember:
Nausea started at 6 weeks. At first it was only morning and night, then it turned to all day long. It was really bad nausea, but I haven't thrown up at all; my stomach was always churning and it felt like at any second I would be sick and could feel it at the top of my throat, but never did. TMI??? This went on until about week 15 I think? Then I had a good week, and then it came back for a few more days. I think I went through 3 or 4 2L bottles of ginger ale. It was my go to for a long time since I was good to drink, just not eat.

Dishes and cooking didn't get done for a while. The smell of the sink or raw food wasn't doing it for me. I have a strong sense of smell not pregnant... that has definitely increased. Coby did the dishes and was suffering from the lack of home cooked meals for a couple months.

I was surprised with how tired I felt at the beginning. Even after a good 9-10 hrs of sleep I felt like I hadn't gotten any sleep and was so drained. I knew people said they were tired while pregnant, but I didn't expect to be so completely exhausted.

I haven't had a craving for anything consistently, but when something sounded good, I wanted it bad. French fries were my weakness pre-pregnancy, and they continue to be. When I was nauseated, sometimes I could eat french fries and be fine (had to be from a certain place... not too greasy). I remember really wanting a sandwich with a pickle for weeks. Einstein's bagels sandwiches come with a pickle, but they close at 4pm... CRAZY! Coby tried to tell me to go buy pickles, buy a sandwich, and there ya go (logical), I tried to tell him it wasn't the same (pregnant). Turns out it was a good idea and we had extra pickles in the fridge for later. Smart man. I haven't had a craving for anything strange or anything that I don't usually like anyway.

I haven't really had the crazy hormone mood swings that I would always hear about. I've been pretty in check and have been pretty positive the whole pregnancy (even during the nausea... ask Coby, I was always nice). There was one time that I did get super heated about something big time. I didn't get mad because I knew it was crazy, I just had to let Coby know I was super grumpy about it, not at him, just the fact that I didn't get my food. I sent Coby a text asking him to pick up some chicken tenders and fries from a certain place on his way home from work and he came home empty handed. He never got the text... not his fault, but I was so grouchy about it. (see when something sounds good, I really want it)

I have had quite a few headaches and a couple really bad migraines.

I thought I felt the baby move at 15.5 weeks once, but wasn't sure exactly. I definitely knew I felt him at 16 weeks and have felt him strong everyday since. I think I didn't pay attention to the "flutter" stage, because they were much stronger than what I would consider flutters... they were more like flips. Not going to lie, at first I thought it felt so weird.

Getting a belly has been so crazy. At first when I would pass by a mirror it would really catch me off guard. Not used to it, but this whole thing has been so surreal that it makes it a little more believable that we really are having a baby.

Boy names are HARD!!! Girls... I had some ideas. Boys... HARD!

The nausea... all of it... I have really tried to just enjoy and take it all in; I actually think I've had a great pregnancy so far. To think a just over a few months ago we were going to start adoption papers and I had seriously dealt with possibility of never getting to go through this is so crazy to think about. I had wondered if I would ever get to know what morning sickness was like, what it would be like to feel a baby move, what it would be like to get a baby belly and I wouldn't trade it for anything. There are so many people out there who don't get to do this and it is such an incredible experience to just soak in. We are loving it, but still a little in dream land that this is real or not.