Thursday, August 4, 2011

1st Trimester Musings, Narcolepsy, and Aversions

When I found out I was pregnant I was so elated but scared at the same time. I've had many many girlfriends who had really bad morning sickness throughout their entire pregnancy. I'm talking hugging the bowl worshiping the porcelain gods all day every day sick. I think I'm real lucky so far that I haven't experienced anything like that. Here were my top 3:

Fatigue (borderline narcolepsy): Yep I did go though was EXTREME fatigue. Seriously, I could sleep for 10 hours and still be tired. So for the first 3 months I was feeling like a knocked up narcoleptic. I think I might have fell asleep in between conversations with people too. Sorry if you were one of those people I spaced out/dozed off on.

Manageable Nausea: I did get nauseous if I didn't eat frequently enough. And the worst feeling ever was forcing myself to eat when all I felt like doing was hurling. I know better now and eat small meals often and always have snacks around. Yes, I've become the chick you see on the train/bus that'll whip out chips, crackers, cheese, and a small buffet outta her purse.


Food Aversions:
For those of you that know me I love Thai food. That is like my staple. I love curries and anything with a kick to it. Yeah, that went out the door the 1st week. I remember DH heating up some Thai red curry and the smell alone made me want to gag. I was so sad. Thai food was the 1st to go. Ironically, I can thrown down some dim sum, noodles and any Cantonese food like nobody's business. I was able to eat endless servings of siew-mai 'till the cows come home! Of course when I told DH this he was cackling about it. What gives? Baby why are you being so biased and only eating food from Papa's homeland, but hatin' on Mama's Thai food?!?!


My Eggo is Preggo

Actually, my eggo has been preggo for about 15 weeks now! (time flies!!) It's been really difficult to keep this just between myself, DH and a few close family members. When I found out I wanted to tell the world! I'm so glad I can finally share my joy with everyone now.