A belated post for last week...

My goal is to post every week, but I missed last week because I was feeling horrible like every day, so I'll make up for it now.

I almost bragged in my last post that my symptoms were fairly minor, and I think I spoke too soon. Not that they're really severe now, (I haven't been vomiting uncontrollably or anything) they're just a lot more there than they were. I've been really queasy and dizzy on and off. I basically have to eat every hour or two, sometimes more. Certain foods that I normally enjoy I just can't take for whatever reason. For example, last night we went out to Carrabbas for Heather's birthday dinner and when I took a bite of the chicken parmigiana we ordered I thought I was going to puke. I ended up eating a ton of bread and like 4-5 glasses of water for dinner. I've only thrown up once so far, thank God. I just seem to get really woozy and I've also been really tired. My existence is basically just working, eating, and sleeping right now. Sometimes I get really frustrated because it seems like I just constantly feel crappy and exhausted, and I'm probably quite a bit more touchy than normal too. Matt has been awesome putting up with me and taking care of me, and I'm extremely thankful to have someone who is as good to me as he has been.  :)

I'm starting to feel slightly bloated, although you would never tell just looking at me, especially dressed. In the last week or so I've been crampy a lot. From what I read it's probably just all my stuff starting to stretch out and make room in there. I pulled out some old corduroys I had that are a size 6 (normally I'm a 2-4) and I've been wearing them all weekend. They're nice and roomy when I feel bloated.  :)  At some point I'll start posting belly pics, but I thought I'd go ahead and post some pre-pregnant pictures as a reference. I'm too lazy to take one and upload it now, so I've just pulled some off the computer that I already had.

  

I also found these videos on YouTube that I wanted to post every week that explain what is developing that week and how big the fetus is at that point, etc. They're only about a minute long, but I have fun watching them so I know what's supposed to be going on in there. So, from last Tuesday when I was 8 weeks, here is the 8 week pregnancy video:

Anyways, I suppose that's all I have for now. I'll try to get back on track this Tuesday or Wednesday with my weekly posts again!