I'm feeling better and better... I still threw up on Monday (13w6d), Wednesday (14w1d) and today/Friday (14w3d). Each time before breakfast and just gagging on smells. Other than that, I'm doing much better than a few weeks ago!
My energy levels are now registering Tired, rather than Exhausted and my food aversions seem to be lessening. I also have started getting a "hunger urgency" in the last week or so. I will go from feeling full (after eating a fairly small amount) to stomach-growling-ravenously-hungry within a half hour. There is no more gradual onset of getting hungry; it's very sudden! :)
The scales are starting to register that the food aversion is going away, haha! In the interest of full disclosure, I was 167.6 when I got pregnant, dropped to 163.0 at one point when I was 7-9 weeks along (I think), and have started inching back up in the last week or two. At my first prenatal appointment (11w0d), I "officially" weighed 165.5. This time last week, I was 165.4 on our scale at home. After our weekend getaway in Kansas City (where we had a five-course meal as part of a cooking class and ate a huge, delicious meal at Fogo de Chao the next day), I weighed in at 168.0 on Monday morning. Some of that must surely have been just the sheer quantity of food in the short space of time, because this morning (four days later), I weighed 167.2. ;-)
So overall, holding pretty steady since the very beginning... Considering the baby weighs approximately one ounce right now, the slow start is fine with me! I know the growth and weight-gain is right around the corner!
Mom and I went shopping ('til we dropped) yesterday for maternity basics. I spent a small fortune, but got a lot of things I needed: 4 maternity bras (2 standard, 1 sports, and 1 for sleeping), 2 maternity camisoles (1 black, 1 white), 3 shrugs to wear over sleeveless things (1 black, 1 white, 1 royal blue), an all-purpose black skirt, a white sun-dress, several tops, a white slip, and more!
This morning, I spent an additional $51 at a garage sale on 7 tops, 4 skirts (including a denim one, yayyy!!!), 2 belly bands, another undershirt, a maternity leggings thing for smoothing bumps, and 4 little gender-neutral newborn sleepers. And another $20 on a Belly Bandit for after the baby is born.
Except for some maternity undies, I am all set!!
With all this fun, new stuff in the house, I finally broke out the maternity clothes this morning! :) I probably could've kept wearing the same 2 skirts and my t-shirts for the next week or so, and done okay; but I was ready for a little more variety. :) While I wash all the garage sale finds from this morning and all the brand new clothes from yesterday, I decided to wear a sun-dress that I got a couple weeks ago at Mommy and Me. It will probably only fit me in the second trimester, so I'd better get some good use out of it while I can. :) I put my brand-new white cami under it and my brand-new royal blue shrug over it... worked out great! I think the dress emphasizes my bump, so I look more than 14 weeks along; but oh well! I'd much rather start looking pregnant than continue looking bloated and fat. :)
(Please excuse the mirror selfies. ;-))
14w3d
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