Eight Weeks

Eight weeks today! On a whole, this pregnancy seems to be speeding by. Each week seems to drag a bit, but to think that it's now been four whole weeks - an entire month - since we found out we're pregnant?? It seems crazy. It feels like we've only known for half that time at most. I can't believe how fast April went for us. Usually this is the slowest time in pregnancy, so it's surprising. If only this month can go the same speed and then slow down at the end, I'd love to start feeling safe in second trimester.

My ultrasound is exactly a week away now. I'm so anxious for it. I got so crazy yesterday while I was sleepy that I nearly called the doctor's office to beg for an earlier appointment. I've never heard of someone coming in for a heartbeat check three weeks after. Everyone else I know had one done within ONE week. It's rough having to wait, but my fearful side sometimes says that it's better to wait anyway. Nine weeks will show more than seven or eight weeks, and for now I have nothing to taint feeling like this is a totally normal pregnancy.

Symptoms are all the same, just worst. Sick, emotional, exhausted, hungry and craving but feel sick at most foods in the house, smells are strong, I'm more and more bloated out by the week, etc. It doesn't help with my sickness that I feel like I'm on hyper alert with it right now, as with Elizabeth, my sickness started to go down around 8-9 weeks. It wasn't as constant. By 10 weeks, it was waning. What rough weeks, as in normal pregnancies that's when the placenta takes over and it's supposed to get easier. It is a good thing that I'll be getting an ultrasound in the middle of that so I can feel secure if my sickness does get any better. I'm thinking about getting the nuchal scan at 12 weeks too. I don't want to overdo the ultrasounds because that's not good either, but I don't want to feel scared every few weeks with no way to check either. 12 weeks was when I started to miscarry. If I can see that my baby is healthy while entering second trimester, I think I'll calm down a lot.

Bill and I had to make a deal yesterday, as the sickness is just getting too bad now. He's going to do the dishes for me twice a day, before and after work, so all I have to do is empty the strainer inbetween. Since I have no problems with clean dishes, this is a great situation. It'll give me more time to focus on the rest of the house, I won't need to get so sick in the kitchen and cry in frustration as much, and the dishes will get done faster. I've invested in paper plates and plastic forks and cups, so hopefully he won't have much to do at all anyway.

Weight update - I've now gained 5.5 lbs in the last month. My belly is showing it! Here is my eight week picture: (taken in the morning when I'm at my smallest..it gets much bigger than this!)