8 Weeks

8 weeks as of Tuesday! Nothing too different to report. Still tired and still slighlty naseous. Monday morning was a rough one! I went downstairs to get some breakfast and there were dishes in the sink from dinner the night before and something apparently rubbed my nose the wrong way because it had me sprinting to the bathroom, ugh. I had a real dose of morning sickness right there. Nothing "slightly queasy" about it. Although if I had morning sickness that severe day in and day out I'd be singing a different tune, the level I have is just a nice reminder that everything is progressing the way it should be. Fingers crossed I just stay the course of a "normal" pregnancy and symptoms get better in a few weeks. Looking forward to not feeling like such a zombie all the time and not having to get up to pee a million times in the middle of the night! Surprisingly, the 2nd trimester (which apparently is easier for a multitude of reasons) is easier with that after your uterus rises out of your pelvic bone. Crazy! Then gets bad again during the end of 3rd trimester - no surprise there. Mood swings are a little better or maybe I'm just used to them by now! Appetite is very odd. Never know quite what I'm in the mood for. I'll be starving but not in the mood for anything in particular (no cravings) and then eat half of what I normally would and be stuffed to the gills. My digestion seems to be awfully slow. I thought it would be a fun treat to have a small little milkshake and little ole burger from McDonald's yesterday, a little splurge if you will, and I was in misery for hours! It felt like I had eaten Thanksgiving dinner for 3-4 hours afterards! Lesson learned. Small meals only and nothing over-indulgent. I'll save that for when I get the real belly I guess haha.

I had my routine bloodwork done today. Wasn't too bad. The people there were actually very friendly. The guy taking my blood asked if I knew I was having a boy or girl and if I'd find out. He had 4 kids and found out with 2 and was surprised by other 2. And when I asked how many kids he had he said "4... for now." Haha wow I can't imagine keeping up after everybody! I think Chris and I ideally would like to have 2 kids. That could change after this little one (more or less i guess) but I think probably 2 is where we see ourselves. Of course, having 1 boy and 1 girl would be just right if I'm putting requests in!

I'm going to buy a scale and weigh myself once a week. I'd like to really keep tabs on my weight, especially in the first trimester. My goal is 4lbs. Last I had checked I was somewhere between 1 and 2 (I honestly don't know exactly what my weight was before I got pregnant). If I can stick to 4 in the first trimester I'm hoping that will give me some wiggle room (pardon the pun) in the other trimesters. Why do I have a feeling I'll want to throw that scale out the window by the 3rd trimester? I've been eating pretty healthy (save for the milkshake and burger) but have been eating more carbs than normal because they seem to calm my tummy more. And I have to have a decent sized snack before bed or I wake up with hunger pains in the middle of the night and I am too damn lazy to walk downstairs to feed myself at 2am!!!

Looking forward to the coming weeks. The baby's heart should be beating nice and strong and the arms and legs are developing more. I get excited thinking about the different ideas I have for the nursery and all the baby stuff there is out there. Obviously, I'm obsessing over maternity clothing but I won't lie I'm happy I still fit into my skinny jeans for now!