It Came Like Thunder....

The rumble in my belly...pounding, moving fast, and then BAM!!! Out it comes! What you ask? GAS, GAS, and more GAS!!!!!! So I woke up this morning and it started. By the time I got to work I had killed myself 3 times from the smell in the car ride. It's gotten so vicious, I think flowers would wither and die from the scent. But I say this....considering I am scarred from my one constipation incident, I still will take this over that.

We are now in week 7 (see pictures) and no major changes/developments that I can think of. I am super tired all the time, but that's about it. I am still battling with Francis' stupid cold that I had when I found out I was pregnant. I refuse to take anything so I guess I will just have to suffer. So yeah...if I have any new epiphanies, I'll be sure to blog :)

Symptoms

How do you know you are pregnant??? Well, besides the obvious missed period, "they" say there are many other ways of telling you are pregnant- vomiting (morning sickness), nausea, sore boobs, etc. Well I have none of these symptoms! EXCEPT- fatigue. MAN AM I TIRED! There are days where I am at work KNOCKED OUT! Drool starts to form I be so tired. And I was driving to work this morning thinking, man, when I get home, I'm gonna let the babies out and take a nice, long nap. Then I started thinking, what are you gonna do when the baby comes??? You can't just go to sleep when you are tired, cause you have to care for the baby. And you will be even more tired from getting up in the middle of the night for feedings, etc. See...this is why I wanted to wait for children, I enjoy my sleep all too well...and now it is going to be down the drain, and I'ma be running around here looking all crazy and sleep deprived -like when I was a freshman in college. What to do, what to do...not to mention I have this never ending cold that isn't making things any better. I can't take any medicine, and its a head cold, combined with my fatigue, and all my body wants/needs is rest, and I can't provide that to my body right now cause I'm stuck here working for the "man"!

It Grows.....

So this morning I went to put on pants for work...and they were tight. Now, I do realize that alot of my pants are tight, but I could've sworn that I was able to fit these comfortably not that long ago. So I'm sitting here at work right now with them unbuttoned as if I just finished eating a big lunch! I so don't want to have to buy maternity clothes so early into this pregnancy. I asked my mom how soon was it before she started showing and she informed me that by the second month with both my brothers and myself that she was showing and unable to zip her pants. Yesterday my grandmother was amazed at my pouch considering I'm only like 6-7 weeks... I'm still gonna just chalk it up as me being that "thick" chick, yet used the pregnancy fact as an excuse ;)

Quick side note: I will NOT complain about gas anymore, especially after my bout with constipation two days ago. I was told that I could not blog about that experience, that would be tmi...but just know, I would HAPPILY take some gas over constipation. I'm scarred for life...I'm scared to used the restroom.....

But yes, I will put up new belly pics on Sunday, and every Sunday until birth, and you can be the judge regarding how big the belly bump is getting. Francis enjoys the bump...the first thing he does when he sees me every day is kiss the baby (belly), or "mi chi chi" as he likes to call the
unborn :) I sense a baby that has the potential to be a spoiled one ( as long as it's not rotten, we cool).

Baby dreams

So last night I had the craziest dream. And of course, the baby was in it. So I drempt that it was close to my due date, and somehow I ended up in an Ecuadorian hotel, instead of a hospital. And it was this slime motel that I stayed in once while I was in Ecuador. So I'm pissed off and refused to have my baby there. I was going back and forth on the phone with my mom and grandma begging them to and get me and put me in a nicer place. I felt myself working to hold the baby in (as if I could really control that). Nonetheless, I was determined to get myself out of that hotel, which included a doctor that in the dream I was told (by GiGi) was a horrible doctor that has been known to botch surgeries. So somehow I as I'm getting myself out of this joint, I end up in Borders. While in Borders, I'm still upset and going back and forth on the phone with my parents. So chick pushes me as we go to the counter, and I'm like, "I will drop you" "Don't think that just because I'm pregnant I won't knock you down!" Craziness right! So me AND the baby are upset. I know this because somehow I have an encounter with the baby. Its like Francis and I went to have an ultrasound, or something, and we could see the baby. And it was all upset because I was all upset, so I had to calm myself down in order for the baby to calm down. But the beauty of this dream, which, btw, I felt all of my pissy emotions even when I woke up this morning, was that I was able to see the baby :) (S)he had big, dark eyes like me..and kinda like big chestnuts, and Francis was like, yeah, but (S)he has my nose.... (oh Lord)... and it was cute. So in my dream I had a little bonding moment with the baby, and we were able to take our Ultrasound pictures and we were both happy/pleased/amazed :) So I guess the overall lesson that I was supposed to learn was that the baby can feel what I feel, therefore, no need in stressing out over anything, or being upset, cause not only am I hurting myself, but I'm hurting my bundle of joy...

So I Don't Feel Pregnant.....

Week 5

So I don't feel pregnant....that's been my sentiment the past few days, especially yesterday (Saturday 9/20/08). I think some of the initial excitement has worn off, or maybe it's because the only "symptom" I have is gas, gas, and more gas. I've always been a sleepy person (its my favorite thing to do), and I have yet to experience morning sickness... Now Ivy Rose on the other hand (my dog) has vomited almost every morning...maybe she is taking on my sicknesses for me. Who knows. I was told today that I look like I'm showing, but I think its just my regular fat and now I have an excuse for it. I do know that I feel my stomach stretching/growing. Thanks Ruth for the stomach stuff (I'm trying not to have the whole stretch mark fiasco if I can avoid it). But back to the fat, so before I would just try to suck it in when in public...but now I'm like, whatever, I can just say I'm pregnant and it will make it all better. People look at you different when you have a tummy with life growing inside of it as opposed to just being a little on the thicker half of things ;) Oh, btw, thanks to those lovely prenatal vitamins, I have neon green/yellow urine...gotta love vitamins. But yeah...I don't feel pregnant. I guess I just feel like now that I know, and the world knows, the baby should start growing so that I can start showing and maybe then I will feel pregnant. We'll see...

(Week 6)

Flatuance and more....

So last night I went to one of those baby due date calendar things to see where I stood...and according to the baby calculator I am 5 weeks....which sucks (well not literally) but I don't have my first pre-natal appointment until HALLOWEEN! That's a long time to wait to have my first ultrasound, etc. Plus, I will be past the 8 week mark of when you are suppose to have your first appointment...oh well. I already changed my appointment once, I don't wanna change it again...not trying to be a pest, even though I am already excessive.

So to the flatuance....nothing seems to really agree with me. Yesterday for breakfast, which I barely ate, I had turkey sausage, pancakes, eggs, and tater barrels.... upon not even eating half of it, my stomach was like, we don't like that....hence me not finishing it. I finished about half a cup of soup for lunch...and then I went to Friday's and had this chicken pasta..which was great, until I got full and the gas set in. It seems like it raced from under my armpit all the way down...it hurts sooooo bad. Every burp felt soooo good, just to let that air out was Great! Most people I guess get nauseous, or fatigue, or moody....but not me and my baby...no we get gas, gas, and more gas, and nothing else!

I bought pre-natal vitamins today, although I don't know how many I'm supposed to take a day, but maybe this will help with the gas, and this horrible acne outbreak I'm having..we'll see. Anyways, I will post belly pic soon...I have some from Sunday, and I'll take some at the end of this week. Francis says my belly is starting to get a little hard and take shape at the bottom, who knows..that's what the pictures will be for...comparison. Ok..gotta go do some work now...

My First 3 Days

So It's been three days since we found out we are expecting and oh what an exciting three days it's been! I have read countless articles regarding prenatal care, and development stages of the baby, etc. I have watched birthing videos and started a birth plan. I pray that we have a healthy baby(s) and that we turn out to be great parents. It's so crazy because we totally didn't expect this, yet it has proven to be the most joyous thing to happen to us in our lives! I am a complete worry wort. I have been feeling really gassy and cramping and that worries me, but I'm sure some of that will be eased after we go to our first pre-natal appointment; which happens to be on Thursday :) I've already taken my first set of pictures of my belly and I hope to keep some sort of journal and track this wonderful experience. So nontheless, this is my first baby and i'm stupid excited!

(we pee'd on a stick Thursday, Sept. 11 and got the official go from the blood test the next day)