Week 8 - Was a fairly easy week....with the exception of a little nausea in the morning beginning on Tuesday....which progressively got worse and worse. No vomiting but very sick to my stomach, which is just not fun. Other than that, no headaches or other symptoms to report. The end of week six brought me to buy a jar of sliced pickles....which I proceeded to finish by the beginning of week 7. Such a cliche craving, but anything with salt sounds amazing. Chips....chips....and chips. I bought a family size box of Goldfish crackers to keep at my desk to curb the mid-morning and mid-afternoon hunger pangs. The end of this week had a lot of stress as we had to deal with an emergency vet visit for our Shelby pup. This left me with little sleep and high anxiety all weekend which caused some cramping that was unnerving. But I just put it aside as gas pains and stretching. All in all a very uneventful pregnancy week.
Week 9 - Started out relatively stressful in dealing with the pup stuff. Driving back and forth to vets and trying to stay calm....all while having mild cramps is not very fun. It also started off with some wretching....a little, but it was still there. Sigh. I thought I had missed out on this symptom. This is where things got interesting. The whole weekend was filled with cramping, but starting Sunday and Monday the nausea completely went away. I thought it was strange but didn't really get worked up over it. Tuesday afternoon I had tomato soup for lunch and was down for the count for two solid hours. My mother-in-law told me that maybe I cannot have tomato's because they are too acidic. This got me thinking about what I have been eating and every time I have tomato sauce/soup/pizza my stomach gets the same way! NOOOO! I cannot have my favorite thing!!!! I love tomato's!
The day before TG I had some cramping followed by some spotting which completely panicked me. I called my doctor immediately and he had me come into the office, even though they were closed, just to ease my mind. My fears were a combination of all the m/s going away and my exhaustion had waned a little as well, combined with the cramping and spotting. I also (in my head) thought that my now 'full' breasts had diminished a little....hubs thought I was nuts for that one. Once we saw the little babe, with the heartbeat and we calmed a bit. I was so appreciative to him for allowing me to come in to check on his time off. I love my doctor. We announced to our grandparents that day, before Thanksgiving, to relieve some of the pressure. We were originally going to tell the entire family, but after our scare we decided to keep it on the d.l. for a little longer. They were so excited and to be able to watch their reaction was so priceless. (I will do a separate post on those)
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| 6 Weeks to 8 Weeks Comparison! Peanut is looking huge! |
Week 10 - This week was completely uneventful, in my opinion. My only craving being a Spicy Italian sub sandwich from Subway, which I cannot have, but I can say that I have wanted comfort foods a lot. Beef Stroganoff, mac and cheese, salisbury steak, hamburgers.....I am really into red meat and pasta. Chicken, unless it's fried or hot wings, is still on the no go menu. I have been sleeping really bad. At first I thought it was because the pup was annoyed with the cone and just bothering us all night, but lately since she's had the cone off I still only get 2-3 hour spurts of sleep at a time. I think I may be having pregnancy insomnia. I haven't gotten that "hot all the time" feeling yet....I am still as cold as ever. My favorite place is under my electric blanket. Other than those things, I have been feeling completely normal, well maybe a little more hungry than usual. This had me feeling very anxious to say the least....comparing myself to others and just wondering if there was something wrong! I called my mom, who was pregnant with me at the exact same time of the year, and she helped calm my fears by describing to a T that her symptoms have been mimicking mine.
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