Sickness, Food and Emotions
05 April 2008 11:07 a.m.
I am estimated to be due November 4th but I will be very surprised if baby does come that month. My gut from the beginning has been saying an October date for this baby.
For the past 2 days now, I have been feeling vaguely normal.
I don't know if it's because I was working when pregnant with Matthew but morning sickness seems so much worse this time round. It could have been I was more distracted while at work or it could just genuinely be worse.
Most days, I have been feeling sick all day. If I go more than 2 hours without feeling sick then I have done incredibly well but yesterday and today I have seemed marginally better. Part of me wonders if I would feel better if I was physically sick. I was sick twice with Matthew. Both well beyond the 3 month stage so I count that more as coincidence.
Even my tiredness is not as bad as it was.
I'm supposed to be coming up to week 10 of this pregnancy but from day 1, I have had suspicions that I am further on than that. I can't say for sure but I feel more pregnant than I should be. Now that the morning sickness is rapidly trailing off, I am thinking it more than ever.
Pregnancy is measured from the first day of the last period. I began feeling "unwell" the day my last period stopped and I've never forgotten that. Matthew was ill around that time too but I had such sensitive breasts throughout my period and that continued until about 3 weeks ago. That was my first official symptom with Matthew too so it's not impossible that I could be up to 14 weeks pregnant.
Until the scan in just over 2 weeks it's all guesswork.
My jeans were too tight and I had to buy new trousers this week, so I invested in maternity trousers. They swamp me but feel so comfortable.
Despite all that I have been doing rather well. I haven't been that bad over all when I hear what other people suffer with so I can't complain too much.
The little qualms are substantially overlooked when I think of the excitement and all the things to look forward too.
It seems much more exciting second time round though. I am with a man who is taking real notice and seem to know more as I am trying to make things clearer for Matthew.
My whole diet seems different this pregnancy too. When pregnant with Matthew I went off all spicy foods and virtually lived on mashed potatoes and Heinz tinned spaghetti. This time, I am eating fruit and lots of it. Grapes and apples mainly, more salad, more veg and I am not so interested in rice and pasta. They are my general staple foods so I'm craving the healthier things. I am also really into milk and cheese, things I never had that much of and cheese spread must be in my fridge at all times. I am eating more biscuits though as I appear to have developed a sweet tooth that I have never had but even then, I want grapes more than biscuits. Again I am coffee though and was finding tea the only thing that was soothing my sickness.
I don't feel like I am having mood swings or being overemotional. At least I didn't think so until yesterday when I seemed to get teary at almost anything relating to babies. Silly me.
So that's the lowdown on the first few weeks all in one go.