7 weeks

starting now (well, from week 7...) :  a weekly update about all things preggie.  and by all things, i mean me, and this little baby o mine.  and arley's.  and all the craziness that is BOUND to come up.

19. nov

BABY'S SIZE     a blueberry

WEIGHT GAIN   zero pounds, as far as my scale can tell (i'm normally up and down a pound or two, so who really knows?)

HOW I'M FEELING     the.  very.  worst.  nausea all the time, all week.  it's the very worst between 0500 and 0730 on mornings that i'm working.  drinking lots of water helps.  ginger ale helps too.  i've been researching the ginger ales with the most ginger in them, as ginger is supposed to be a big one for helping nausea.  so far, the winner is reed's.  still haven't bought any.

WHAT I'M EATING     many many english muffins.  lots of cream of wheat.  some bread/rolls.  tiny bits of protein, but mostly protein of all kinds sounds pretty awful.  fruit is off and on.  and salad dressing sounds absolutely terrible.  so not many veggies.

HOW I'M CHANGING     i haven't noticed any physical changes yet.

MOVEMENT     apparently this happens about week 20 (ish).  i'll keep you posted.

SLEEP     i am so.  tired.  i want to sleep all the time.  and kind of have been.  i've had to skip my lunches at work (i still eat) so that i can use my 30 minutes to take a nap.  but apparently right off the bat your kidneys start working double-time, so i have to get up super often to pee.  bummer.

FAVORITE THINGS THIS last WEEK     we had a dating ultrasound since things are not on schedule for me.  from dates and things, they were thinking i was at 9 weeks.  according to the ultrasound on tuesday i was 6 weeks and 5 days.  and we got to hear the heartbeat.  and learn our due date.

LOOKING FORWARD TO     thanksgiving!  but nervous about the nausea...

FUN FACT     baby is generating about 100 new brain cells each minute!