Pregnancy Week 9

Week 9

This week began much better than last!  The medicine for nausea the doctor gave me is definitely helping.  My stomach still feels ‘uneasy’ all the time, but at least I’m not wanting to throw up all day long.  And seriously…..the burping. Have I mentioned this unflattering new occurrence yet?  Well if I haven’t, it started from about day 1.  I honestly have to burp all the time.  I mean All. The. Time.  I was never like this before, and it’s irritating!  My hope is that this too shall pass after the first trimester.

I finally made a home cooked dinner this week again too.  Starting at about week 6 I just got so sick I couldn’t stomach the thought of standing at a stove with food. So we’ve got about 3 weeks of eating out or microwave cooked meals.  But yesterday Alan was craving spaghetti, and given how amazing he has been helping out with cleaning and laundry with me not feeling well, I did my best to satisfy.  I managed to get the meal made, and it tasted pretty good too.

Alan.  Let’s talk about this wonderful man of mine.  He has been so amazing.  Once he understood how miserable I was feeling every day, he really stepped up.  And let me tell you, it means a lot.  He is crazy busy with work right now, and has school on top of that. When he first started school I was still feeling ok, and had no issues doing the dishes, cleaning, laundry, etc by myself.  But again, come week 6, I was just down and out.  This last week he has helped out so much at the house it has made a huge difference.  And he’s patient with my food aversions/cravings, crazy burping, and all the other weird side effects that come along with your first trimester.  I got me a good one folks. 

And finally, this week we prepare to tell our families we are expecting.  We have fun little ways we plan to tell people and Saturday night will be our first announcement.  We plan by the end of the day on Sunday to have told our immediate families, and then next week we can figure out telling our friends, etc.  Planning all of these announcements is definitely fun, but it scares me at the same time.  I’ll be 10 weeks by the time we tell people, but there are still so many things that could go wrong after then.  I worry about miscarriages, and it seems so many people I know lately are having stillborn babies, it scares me.  I just hope and pray all turns out well and this little one inside of me stays safe and healthy up to delivery day.