Thursday
[6w2d]
I survived the Thursday.
I woke up and felt very good, actually… not nauseated at all. Not very bloated either – I’ve been not-bloated for a few days now. In true pregnant-woman paranoia I grabbed my boobs to make sure they still felt swollen. They do. And then I reminded myself that I’m rarely nauseated in the morning anyways. Duh. So I got up, had a shower, got dressed, grabbed a cup of Carnation Instant Breakfast (strawberry!) and went out the door to work. Breakfast was delish! Very good. I could totally get used to it. At work I pulled out one of my fruit-and-nut bars and was gnawing away very slowly.
About an hour and a half later I started feeling not-good. I went to the bathroom and it all came up. Every bit of that lovely breakfast milkshake. That at least made me feel better that the morning sickness is indeed still in full swing, but unfortunately left my stomach sans-breakfast. Damnit. I needed those calories.
After that it just got worse. I didn’t throw up much more the rest of the day, I kept down most of my lunch and snacks, but I bloated up like a balloon. I have no idea what that was about, it started after I lost my breakfast, and it just didn’t let up. So then that made me feel sick and very gaggy with all that gas, and every time I’d burp I’d gag and sometimes heave. Fantastic.
I came home and ate a sandwich for dinner, which was also delish. Den cooked us a ham yesterday for dinner, and I had leftovers today. I’ve been craving ham sandwiches, but refuse to eat any kind of deli meat from stores or ready-made packages. But Den reminded me I can BUY a ham, and we can COOK it, then we know it’s safe! I was so damn giddy. So we had hot honey-ham and potatos and corn for dinner yesterday, a real sit-down dinner like real families have. It was… peculiar. But tasted good. :)
So no bleeding episode at work! I have been waking up to brown spotting almost every single morning for a week and a half. This seems a little odd to me, but not bad. The odd part is – why does it happen at night when I’m sleeping, and not during the day when I’m moving around? No answer to that one. But it seems to be the “new normal” of this pregnancy and I’m fine with that.
It does look like I’m going to make it through to Monday for my ultrasound. I’m glad I’ll be close to seven weeks, as we will for sure see something (or not). No wondering and waiting. I’m done waiting. Just show me the heartbeat, that’s all.
You will have to tell me what the best thing is to make for dinner on Sunday – obviously it won’t be foolproof but let me know what sort of things you think would be OK!
One more day down..
hey nat with this pg i had a subchorinoic hemorrhage and i woke up to brown “stuff” most mornings for weeks. they saw it on the u/s but did not seem too concerned. i’m now 27 weeks and the clot is still there but i’ve not bled since first trimester.
for what it’s worth.
Hurrah for the throwing up ;)
On the spottign in the morning , just a thought.
As you lie down at night any tiny bit of old blood will collect throughout the night under your cervix , then when you stand up gravity takes over and it all comes out at once ??? but there is sooo little there that during the day it just gets mixed up with all the “other” stuff TMI !!
Good luck for Monday
Good luck for the U/S. Yay for the sickness to remind you of your pregnancy but not good the bloating and loss of calories.
Take care
I am 10 days behind you and it is hard to wait! Still don’t want to really tell anyone until the u/s. Good luck!
The spotting in the am could also just be because your body is more susceptible to hormones throughout the night, so there are some changes going on and just affecting it that way.