I am officially out of my first trimester.
They say the 2nd trimester is the "glory days" of pregnancy. The "gloriest day" to me was around 11 weeks when the all.day.and.night nausea subsided. It was BAD. Don't get my wrong, I could still eat. Big girl's been eating since day one, but now, I don't need sprite or crackers to nibble on all day. Up next with the magic 2nd trimester, the exhaustion is suppose to get better. I am waiting for this flip to switch...for I am tired every hour of every day. BUT there is a baby in this belly, and for that, I am eternally grateful!
Funny things about the first trimester:
1. Your husband can (attempt) to convince you that you're crazy.
When I saw 2 lines, I was 3 weeks pregnant. By the next week, this baby was already making me nauseas and tired. Now, you ask: How can something the size of a sesame seed do that to you? You are 27ish years old, suck it up. Well, no, Joey Lindley, I am not making this up in my head....I'm still not sure he's convinced I was just trying to get attention. And at some point, I even began to wonder if it was in my head. After speaking with other pregnant people, I decided I did not board the crazytrain and learned to give Joey "the look." (if you don't know what "the look" is, you must not be married. When your spouse gives you "the look," you will know and you will shut your trapper.)
2. You aren't showing, but you are just chubby. And for awhile, you can't tell people you are pregant. So here you are: chubby, pale, sober, and want to go to bed at 7:30 pm. A barrel of fun! And you get those weird looks like, "Geez, what happened to her?"
3. Every week, you begin to identify with a new fruit or vegetable. This week, we have Lemon Lindley. We started out as Blastocyte Lindley...we've come a long way!
4. Food that you normally crave or long for becomes gross. Who knew turkey sandwiches, shrimp, and chicken could be so repulsive? Nastiness.
5. My husband seems to think he's given me this "gift". This child is his gift to me. Now, I know this baby is a special gift.....from JESUS. Not Joey Lindley. I appreciate your excitedness about the "gift", but no, you can't buy a new truck because of it.
That is all for now.
I promise not to make this blog all about baby. But yes, Burney is a part of our life now. And I still smile everyday thinking about it.
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD!!! This is so funny. I have JUST begun to feel better and more energized. I would like to punch whoever named it "morning" sickness. What a crock!
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