So far I’m not really *liking* the whole pregnancy thing. I’ve had some nausea and headaches and a couple days that made me wondered how and why anyone would do this more than once! One high school friend who I just recently just got in touch with asked me how many kids I want. I answered that very simple question in long form: when I was in high school I thought I wanted 6 - seemed like a nice number. By the time I met Kurt (about age 22) I was down to 4. It has taken me so long to convince Kurt that having kids does not mean the end of all things fun and then it took me a year and a half to make it happen, so I’ll be happy with two. When I say two to Kurt though - he says, “I only agreed to one!” To answer a simple question in long form I’ll just have to wait and see. 
Overall I have to say that this pregnancy hasn’t been too tough. There hasn’t been anything really enjoyable about it yet, other than hearing the heartbeat yesterday. I was pregnant once before (before I met Kurt) and I lost that one (obviously) hearing the heartbeat really helped relieve my fear of losing this one too.
I don’t have aversions to any foods that didn’t already exist prior to pregnancy and I haven’t had any cravings really - although at first I really wanted salty foods. Eating some fries cured that really quickly. I normally hate fries and they usually make me sick (I can’t handle that amount of grease). It apparently still makes me sick and cured me from ever making that mistake again.
Beginning around week six I was sleeping A LOT. It was so hard for me to work a full eight hour day because I was just so tired. After work I would come home and sleep for about 3 to 5 hours, eat, and then go to bed for the night. I kept joking that the baby must be part cat. I think I’m finally coming out of the coma though maybe the nausea and headaches will follow suit soon.
In the very beginning I also had symptoms that were very similar to a UI, but as it turns out the need to urinate frequently is normal in the first trimester and is due to the placement of the uterus (why the doctor at the walk-in clinic didn’t know this is beyond me) and the – ahem – unique smell and dark color were due to the pregnancy hormones.
Nothing has really made me gag as far as smells except maybe my own new smell. Nobody ever told me that pregnancy hormones cause you and all things that come out of you to smell differently. The one thing that really makes me gag is brushing my teeth, well not my teeth, but trying to brush my tongue sets me off and with my new scent I feel like my breath reeks so I’ve been brushing my teeth constantly (my dentist would be so proud). It really doesn’t help that with nearly every bite of food during every meal I must belch. It’s all rather gross. – Oh and thank you to the friend that told me about Citrucel. I don’t know how things would come out without it
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