It's blurry, that's because Caleb was in the shower and it started gettin' all hot in there. (Not that way...trust me on this one...) My mornings for the last week or so have gone something like this: lie awake since 4-ish (when I got up to pee last) and try to get a few saltine crackers down. It's like trying to stomach cardboard that early. Then I chill and wait until the stomach cramps die down. Sometimes they don't. Such as this morning, when I went in to take my picture and wow, that's some bloat. I've started to take a few Tums though, and hallelujah for that.
Yesterday, as I said, I experienced my first wave of nausea and the Sea Bands are definitely helping. It seems to last through about mid - late afternoon. Nothing sounds good, and I've been just eating anything that doesn't completely give me the heevies. Soup, cold cereal, today a smoothie from Jamba Juice (tart....so refreshing).
This morning we had our first ultrasound! Yippee! Caleb was absolutely unnerved, he was so nervous. I don't know why, but I was completely calm. No worries here. We even got a print out!
Look! We have a white blob! That's our tiny rice-baby! AND. The doctor said she's 90% certain that's the only one! We just have to wait and see if that other...maybe-blob is baby #2! Seriously though, we just have to wait and see if it continues to develop, or if it's just a...another blob....or maybe one that started to, but stopped developing. So, there's that. I'm gonna bank on one for now though, okay? Oh, and Caleb also decided that the minute he saw our baby that it was a boy. Never mind that it hasn't even developed into one or the other yet, he KNOWS. No, really, he KNOWS. For serious, guys.
I told him he has a 50% chance of being right. Just math, people.
I told the doctor that we were leaving for Hawaii tomorrow (yippee!) and she prescribed me two different kinds of anti-nausea pills (let's just say I'm hoping I don't need the second set, because you don't want to know how those pills are to be taken...)and another set in case I start bleeding in Hawaii and am not able to see a doctor. $60 worth of pills later, I am calm. I might not puke on the plane! I'll have my trusty magic pills, Sea Bands, and Glamour magazine to get me through.
Oh, and one more thing. I went to Trader Joe's to pick up some Lemon Ginger Tea and real ginger as another alleviator for the nausea (can you tell I don't want to be sick?) and I decided to try the crystallized ginger. Have you ever tried this? No, trust me, you'd remember. It's like hot death. I was so shocked after my first bite I threw the remaining piece into my grocery bag. And then I made Caleb try them. It's only fair, right?
Now I've got to finish packing and try to get a few hours sleep. Very precious these days, sleep. I'm not getting much at night anymore, and so Caleb usually finds me like this after work:
Snug in my bed, amid our sheets that I don't have the energy to replace. I am so hot right now.
And so ready for the beach. Aloha!
I am SO jealous right now. Are you sure you guys don't need a tour guide? I can take you to all the fun local places. Tell Fred I don't charge much. And I'll sleep on the beach.
Posted by: Jess | March 20, 2008 at 08:22 AM
On a separate note, I am so excited about the blob baby!! But so sorry you are sick. It will all be worth it!
Posted by: Jess | March 20, 2008 at 08:23 AM
Your bump (that really is no bump at all) is adorable. As is your blob. Such a lovely blob. I would have to agree, it is a boy. I can feel it. Oh and I think it is just fascinating that the other white spot could be a baby too.
Posted by: heather | March 20, 2008 at 08:26 AM