You Know You're Pregnant When

**Warning this post is not for anyone with a queasy stomach!!

You eat almost a pack of saltine crackers a day.

You try not to drink anything past 7pm, yet still have to get up no less than 3 times a night to pee.

You can walk directly from the toilet in the bathroom where you lost most of your lunch back to the table where you were eating said lunch and immediately pick back up where you left off.

You realize at 9 weeks that you’re not “showing yet,” but can’t stand anything on your stomach, so as a result walk around with your pants unzipped and unbuttoned all day.

You have no appetite and nothing sounds good, but have to eat to keep from getting too hungry and puking.

You have to ask your friend carpooling with you if it’s okay to stop and puke in a parking lot on the way home, or if it’s okay to come in and puke in her bathroom before heading on down the road. (Love ya Lauren!)

You feel the need to announce in the public bathroom that you’re pregnant, not sick, when you’re forced to puke when there are other people around.

You have to eat breakfast 3 times some days because the first two wouldn’t stay down.

You can’t talk on the cellphone in the car without getting sick. Really, you can’t drive more than 15 minutes without getting sick.

You actually stop to think about whether or not something will taste too bad coming back up before you eat it.

You’ve puked so much that you’d rather puke outside, than in a toilet. Less messy.

Isn’t pregnancy grand:)

Truly, I don’t mean to complain. It is what it is, and women have been giving birth for thousands of years. I’m just hoping my second trimester will run a little more smoothly. Honestly though, before I got pregnant, I was terrified of being sick all the time. Turns out I had reason to be, because I have been sick a lot, but you know what? It’s not as bad as I’d imagined, or at least I’m better equipped to deal with it than I thought. I still hate throwing up, but now that it’s part of a means to an end, it’s a little easier to deal with.

For the first 2 weeks I obsessed about throwing up, and would get all worked up when I did. Now, I just kind of go with the flow. There’s really no rhyme or reason to it at this point, so when I feel it coming on, I just do it. If I’m not at a place where I can lay down until the nausea subsides, it’s better just to get it over with instead of waiting and getting all upset and worked up, then racing to the bathroom with my hand over my mouth.

However, although I have been nauseous A LOT, it does appear I might possibly have contracted the stomach flu 2 times this past month. I was highly susceptible to the virus before, and am apparently even moreso pregnant. For most people, myself included, puking 15 times in one evening is not a normal part of pregnancy. I just feel terrible because I’ve come to work both times thinking it was just the baby. That’s the hard part about pregnancy, it’s hard to tell if you’re really sick or just pregnant.

And the upside of all of this – if you would call it that, getting to veg on the couch and watch episodes of Bones every evening until bedtime. And having your husband be super sweet to you because he feels so bad that you feel so bad. And since this is my favorite time of year, I have had ample time already to FULLY appreciate our Charlie Brown Christmas tree and gas fireplace this season from my perch on the couch.

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!!