8-11 Weeks

After seeing the doctor at 7 weeks and feeling pretty much normal, I had no idea what was in store for me. Lets just say the time between May 1st to June 5th was FOREVER long!

The best way to describe the feelings is "hungover" without the fun part of drinking and never being able to feel normal. I have basically been a tired, headachy, nauseous, hungry/not hungry mess.

I will spare you the bad details... here are some of the good details:

All the fun and gory details about morning (noon?), (night?) sickness:
Evenings seems to be the worst. As soon as I get home from work I go straight to bed and when I wake up I feel like i slept for 10 minutes. Evenings I feel nauseous, cold, achy, and decreased appetite. Mornings, I typically feel ok.

Times when I feel the worse:
Usually around 10am and 7pm. Snacks seem to help a bit.

My stomach churns at the mere scent of:
Coffee or the fridge, or leftovers.

Foods that generally calm my belly:
Cinnamon gum, goldfish, cheese-its, ice cold water

I've been seriously jonesin' for:
Month 1 - Ice cold water & cinnamon gum
Month 2 - French fries, curly fries, cinnamon gum, milkshakes, bagels
Month 3 - Red vines, bagels with egg and cheese, Chocolate covered almonds, milk, sips of an Iced mocha's, coca-cola

The thought of eating/drinking this is totally repulsive: 
Months 1-3: COFFEE or tea or anything with caffeine, or anything warm to drink (so sad because prior to pregnancy I loved coffee and tea)

My philosophy when it comes to cravings:
Give the belly what it wants!

9 weeks 

10 weeks

7 weeks - First OB Appt

Thankfully we did not have to wait long for our first OB appt because I am considered somewhat a special case. Not only because I was spotting but also because of my history of blood clots and have a condition called May-Thurner syndrome:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%E2%80%93Thurner_syndrome
 We knew prior to "trying" to have a baby that I would have to do nightly injections throughout my pregnancy and post partum of a blood thinner called levonox as soon as the baby had a heartbeat.

The first appointment went great! Thankfully again, since we have so many friends that have been pregnant before I was prepped for my appt and we had been reading our "what to expect" books. And again, still not "feeling" pregnant other than tiredness...

Baby's heart beat looked great and again we got to see the blob!

The Injections...
It was recommended at this time to start the injections...I was not looking forward to that. They are completely safe during pregnancy and post partum, but they HURT! And during pregnancy you can just be more sensitive to things, especially needles! Each syringe is pre-filled, but expensive, each injection is $1 even with insurance! Each night, I find a good spot, clean it with alcohol and poke it in. The poke is not the worse part, it's the actual medicine that burns. But, the doctor has explained that I actually have it very easy and very low risk, as some pregnant women have much more to deal with. So I should stop complaining!

We decided to start the weekly photos... were still testing out the location and details as you will see

7 weeks