I alway thought that if I were to get pregnant, I would be the one throwing up all over the place. I had a few weeks were I'm nauseated and have only thrown up a handful of times. Once in a while I will get wave of nausea but it goes away fairly quickly.
I can say that my exhaustion is getting worse. I'm getting up every hour to pee (I didn't know it started quite this soon) and I have NO motivation. I'm usually a clean person. Slowly the house is becoming messier. Thank God Tony has been helping some around the house. Plus, I am working 36-40 hours a week at a fairly stressful job. Last night was an er shift. After 4:30 I am the only social worker for the whole entire hospital. I had six referrals on the floor which is A Lot. I was running between floors, getting paged constantly, and then had to run frantically down from the 4th floor back to the ER because we had a patient code (meaning they were brought into us in cardiac/pulmonary arrest) and I have to respond to codes.. I wish I could multiply myself at times like this but I can't. If anyone finds a way to clone people, let me know. I'll be the first in line. Its exhausting not pregnant but worse when you are!! Does it ever stop??
I'm not nearly as paranoid as I was at first about the cramping. My new paranoia: having a positive pregnancy test and finding on our first ultrasound that I have an empty sac. I didn't know this was possibe and I should probably just stay away from reading anything on the internet and only reading my What To Expect book. I so want to have my first ultrasound to make sure baby is alright but I have to wait until the 23. It's killing me.
By the way, if anyone knows of any additional reading that is helpful during pregnancy, please let me know. What To Expect is a great read but its always nice to have additional resources.
I thought a Thinking Woman's Guide to a Positive Birth was amazing. It was my #1 book and I read A LOT of books. Its pretty technical/medical but since you have that kind of background I bet you would really like that about it. Tony would probably also get really into it, being a nurse and all.
ReplyDeleteThanks Courtney! I will check it out :)
ReplyDeleteThe Pregnancy Bible is awesome, and surprisingly not religious at all. Also don't forget to read something funny, Jenny McCartney has a book about pregnancy that I have spaced the name on. But humor is as important as preparation.
ReplyDeleteI am also about the Pregnancy Bible, or Pregnancy-week by week. I found What To Expect WAAAAY too opinionated for my tastes. :) The Jenny McCarthy book was a hoot, I have to agree there too.
ReplyDeleteThe exhaustion will start to fade around the second trimester. OMG, I remember trying to get my practicum done and orals over with and having NO energy. More than once I accidentally fell asleep while working at my cubicle. Two minute naps became my friend!!! Your bladder will also get a needed break, because as that uterus moves UP and OUT, it takes pressure off the bladder. The second trimester is all about relaxing during the pregnancy, so enjoy it, eat it up and bless your lucky stars you don't need zofran!!!
I miss you. I hope you are starting to feel better or at the very least get used to it. Keep me posted. Love you tons mamma!!
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