The good news is: My appetite has returned! The nausea has all but subsided. Apparently your hormones naturally fluctuate throughout pregnancy. Your body also slowly adjusts to them. That could explain why I felt like I got hit by a train Sunday, and have been gradually feeling less exhausted the last day or two. The…
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What it feels like
I’ve been dreaming about being pregnant for ages. But what would it be like? How does it feel? How bad is this “morning sickness” everyone talks about? Why don’t people just power through if they feel so tired? Well, I’ve now experienced it for five whole days. The first trimester lasts 12 weeks?! The first…
Read MoreThe World
A lot about The World is making a whoooole lot more sense to me now that I’m pregnant. I’m talking about sexism. As a kid, I loved sports and was good at math. “Girls are slow! No one wants a girl on their team! Girls play with dolls! Girls wear dresses! Girls suck at math!”…
Read MoreFirst Tri Exhaustion
This post is speaking to me right now: Getting Through the Exhaustion of Your First Trimester KK 11jul18
Read MoreMore crying
My hormones are hard at work finding more things to cry about: – It’s really hard to eat – I HAVE A BABY INSIDE ME 😀 – My mom gave part of her body so I could have a body. SHE GAVE ME THE GIFT OF LIFE – Richard’s gonna be a dad! – I’m…
Read MoreW3D7
Turns out being pregnant is really hard. I meant to write a post yesterday, but by the time I got home around 7:30 I was way too exhausted. Part of the reason I was so tired is because I went for a bike ride! One of the hardest ones I’ve ever been on, in fact.…
Read MorePersonality
Ok so there’s something we need to talk about. I am experiencing a major personality change. OVERNIGHT. Literally. On Saturday (w3d4) I had a very faint positive test. Felt pretty normal all day, maybe a little tired (which I attributed to all my recent flying). Late Saturday night/early Sunday morning was when Richard came into…
Read MoreBacon
This morning I woke up to half a bacon sandwich in the fridge. It smelled disgusting. Who the hell likes bacon?! You might as well eat a salt shaker. TRASH. KK 10jul18
Read MoreThe Smells of Today
BOOZE! ALCOHOL! Beerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeer. So drunk I could count the number of drinks. Alcohol everywhere, alcohol floating lightly on the air, alcohol a sudden cloud in the whole motorhome. Don’t want alcohol, don’t like drinking, too much alcohol! Everyone is drunk, I’m not drunk, everyone else is drunk. BOOZE. Buried beneath: smoky, hidden, sinister, sly. Rich…
Read MoreHobbies
Here is a list of my current favorite hobbies: – Thinking about sappy things – Crying – Cuddling warm, soft things – Calling to let people know I love them then not having anything else to say – Smelling delicious food – Eating food, but never too much at once KK 08jul18
Read MoreCrying
Hormones are real. Here’s what I cried about today: – Felt nauseous – Something really important – Being tired is hard – Don’t remember – Song was really beautiful – My dad gave me my bag after I almost forgot it – Lady in the car next to me had a kid in the backseat…
Read MoreW3D5
Good morning! It is Sunday, July 8, 2018. And I believe I am pregnant 🙂 Yesterday I took a pregnancy test sensitive to 10 mIU/mL hCG, and it revealed a faint positive line (anything over 25 is considered pregnant). I’m waiting at least 48 hours to retest, in theory once hCG levels have doubled. Yesterday…
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The first day. A faint line!! All the preggo articles say faint = pregnant!!!! This is the best toilet trip of my life. How can I contain my excitement?! I shouldn’t tell anyone yet, not even Richard, it’s too faint. I will test again in a few days once the hCG hormone has doubled (it…
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Adventures of a Preggo 