Week Seven: Monday 18th February 2008

Urgh, I feel like crap. Who was asking for symptoms??? I have to say, I am very lucky as I am yet to achieve throwing up status, however at the moment, I feel constantly queasy, and no matter what I put in my mouth, nothing makes it go away. The worst thing for me is, no food is appealing, I can’t think of anything that I would really love to eat. Ash dished up a lovely dinner last night of beef steaks and vegies, and I just picked around it, and forced myself to eat. Normally I love his dinners, especially when he makes sweet potatoes, but last night it was just blah.

I have also been getting a few headaches which haven’t been great. I am not one to normally get them, but when I am work, I notice at least one a day. Not too tired today, but boy was I yesterday, I must have had two naps, and then slept soundly from about 10pm to 5:30am.

Adding to all this, I have also been feeling pretty grumpy. Although I did have someone reverse their truck into me last week, so I feel as though some of my moodiness is justified. On the same day (Valentine’s Day), Ash sent me two dozen red roses from Roses Only. Quite a nice cheer up I must admit, and I probably didn’t show enough gratitude as I have been such a grinch.

Ash and I both had an urge to check out the baby shops this weekend, just to get a feel for the sorts of things we need to buy. But we managed to hold ourselves back. I think the eight week scan will do a lot to ease our minds, however at this stage, even 90% isn’t that reassuring. Plus it would be a bit weird walking around Baby Galore’s and being the only woman there without a huge belly sticking out.

Went back to a full gym session today and definitely feel a difference. I am not sure if it is because I am feeling more cautious, or all this baby growing is having an effect, but I definitely didn’t feel myself and couldn’t push through as much as I would have liked. I know I will feel a lot better about that once the class knows I am pregnant, but as this stage, I think they think I am just being lazy.

Showed Mum the pictures of Elwood on the weekend, I think they made her pretty excited. It will be great when we get a picture that actually looks like a baby in some shape or form, and not just a white blob. I had a quick flick ahead in the “Up the Duff” book, and once you hit about the 10 week mark, the embryo becomes a foetus and is starts growing out of control!