Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Goodbye first trimester! I don't miss you one bit

I just wanted to update you all on how things have been going for Steve and I since we became pregnant and for my own memory what it feels like to be pregnant for the first time.

Since this is my first pregnancy I can't help but think about it ALL THE TIME. It's pretty much the only thing I talk about anymore and I'm even starting to get annoyed with myself. (I get annoyed a lot these days). My patience is short but I try hard to manage it and have been trying to relax even though the other day I struggled when Steve didn't want to go to the store to get me milk at 11:00 at night... I may or may not have thrown a fit about it. Milk is pretty much the only thing that tastes good to me right now so I drink A LOT of it. I hate eating with a passion. All food to me is disgusting right now. I don't have an appetite and it's really been tough during the first trimester keeping the food I do eat down. My dream currently is to get one of those feeding tubes that you get in the hospital and get food through that everyday, that way I don't have to taste any of the food and I still get the nutrients the baby and I need to make it through this pregnancy.

I have not gained ANY weight yet which I am happy about but I am definitely looking bigger. I am at 15 weeks today and I am just so grateful that I am not feeling super sick anymore. I have started getting my energy back and getting excited about things again. I love looking up nursery colors, cribs, diaper bags, clothes and anything else baby related that I can possibly think of. Steve has been so much fun during the pregnancy. He gets really excited about the baby and even though he is constantly teasing me for how excited I get over every little thing he turns around and does the same thing! He loves talking about nursery ideas. I feel pretty lucky to have a husband that does some design work for a living therefore appreciates my desire to make our nursery look super cute. He gets excited about baby clothes shopping, doctor appointments and besides the milk incident has been willing to do pretty much anything I ask.

I am just so happy right now that I am in the "fun" trimester. I know it will get even harder as I get bigger and bigger but I am looking forward to every uncomfortable minute of this new life experience. I am so nervous and excited to be a mom. I didn't do a whole lot of babysitting when I was younger and I really don't have a lot of experience with babies but I am confident that I will do a great job because I already love this baby so much and feel so blessed to have the opportunity to have it. The thing I am most looking forward to right now is finding out the sex of the baby in 2 weeks! September 1st we find out and then the next day we head to Utah for an extended labor day weekend. Hopefully we can get a chance to see everybody there!