Nausea, sleepiness & mood swings - Oh My!

Well "morning" sickness is still hanging around, although I can't complain too much since I know it could be much worse than it is now. I've just had a hard time with certain foods making me gag & I've been getting nauseous after I eat & when I haven't eaten for awhile. At our work mixer the other night we had Brie for people to snack on and just the thought of it is making me gag now. It's so funny the stuff that gets to me.

Matt's been a good sport and has been putting up with my increasingly earlier and earlier bedtimes. I've been heading to bed as soon as I'm tired which this week has been around 7 or 7:30 - Woohoo party girl. He's also been taking care of cleaning up around the house since as he put it my new job is to "take care of the baby". I'm sure I'll step back into cleaning soon, but for now while I'm exhausted and nauseous I'll sit back and enjoy it.

Before I was pregnant I had read about pregnancy mood swings, but I figured they probably wouldn't effect me much - Ha! I was wrong. I feel like sometimes another person takes over and starts speaking/yelling for me and all I can do is watch in horror. For example, last night Matt and I were watching a movie on PPV & I wanted to see how much time was left, so I "asked" him to hit the info button. The only problem was instead of asking it came out more like "INFO!!!!! HIT THE INFO BUTTON!!!!!" Luckily he has a sense of humor and enjoys seeing his wife turn into Pregzilla.

For the last two or three days I've been having an issue with my pants fitting in the afternoons. The lovely bloat of early pregnancy is officially upon me. My jeans fit just fine in the morning, but after sitting all day and eating lunch it is definitely not a comfortable situation. I went yesterday to Gap to look at their maternity stuff to see what options I had. Amazingly enough, they were having a huge sale! I ended up picking up a pair of jeans - which I have to say are the most comfortable things ever. They just have a stretchy band at the top rather than having a full panel (my belly's big, but not that big yet). So while I didn't plan on being in maternity pants at 6 weeks, I don't see the need to try to stuff myself into uncomfortable jeans any longer.

Our first OB appointment is on Thursday. I'm really nervous & completely excited at the same time. We'll have to go over family histories, have an exam, I get to have approximately half my blood drawn (ok maybe I'm a bit dramatic, but I HATE needles), and the best part - We get to have an ultrasound to see Bean. Granted, Bean looks something like a blob with stubby arms at this point, but it's our blob and we are counting down the days. We'll also get to hear/see the heartbeat which I think will make me feel much more reassured about the whole pregnancy.

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