Where I've Been

I hear these are the remedy for nausea.

So I just bought a huge bag of them at Costco yesterday since we picked our one and only lemon from our little tree on Sunday because I've been in the Land of Nausea for the past many weeks since I am ta-da...pregnant!
I know, surprise, surprise, most of you knew it was coming, but as my grandma pointed out, you can't exactly plan on these things happening when you think they will. But so far, it has for me. Which I'm trying to count as a blessing since I know how hard it is for so many to get pregnant, and I do, but I'm usually just so consumed with thoughts of what to do to relieve the nausea that I have a hard time appreciating why it's there.

Josh thinks I get pregnant the first time I give it a chance because the powers above know I might change my mind when I start thinking rationally again about the hardships of another child instead of the blessings so I get pregnant the first chance I give it. This is a blessing I tell myself. I look at my children and think I'd surely go through it all again for them, it's just hard to start off without the child to remind me why, you know what I mean?

And then there were two hours yesterday and about three today (which happened to be perfect timing since I was swimming with my girls) where I felt it only mildly and it was a major breath of fresh air and hope. I thought, this really will go away someday, it really will!!! It didn't so much with my other two pregnancies, it was just bad and worse pretty much until the end, plus throwing up until almost half way.

When I compare it to those pregnancies, I do count my blessings. I haven't thrown up once and although the nausea is pretty crummy, throwing up is just so much worse than feeling like you have to do it (since it's not like the flu where you're actually relieved afterwards).

Josh has been a saint through the whole thing, he's truly the ideal husband when I'm pregnant. I'd have to say he's pretty ideal when I'm not too, but I'm just so pathetic and miserable that he bends over backwards taking care of me and the girls on top of his very full time job--and he's quick to remind me that he knows he's responsible for this, so he'd better help out :). He said he's not sure what it is, but it really doesn't drain him, that his capacities are greater and stamina stronger when I'm pregnant whether it's instinct or a blessing. I'll go with blessing since it's really super human what he's been doing. Thank the heavens.

I'm only 10 weeks along, so due Jan 20, at least that's what we figure until I see a doctor, which I should really go try to set up now since I just got recommendations at the pool today.

I've also been on a long road trip, so I've been literally gone the past few weeks with family in town the week before, but I had internet access, I could've written, but I've been in survival mode which I'm pretty sure many of you understand!

And the new blog design is in hopes of making me feel refreshed when I sign in and maybe a little superstition that I'm turning away my nausea by starting anew. I know, that makes no sense, at all.

Q: Do you like being pregnant? If you happen to say yes, please please enlighten me.

Q: If you have more than two kids, how soon did you start showing with your third? Because I've been showing for weeks and I know it's because of all the horrendous things I've been eating (which I chalk up to preventing me throwing up) instead of the little lima bean sized fetus, but I can't wait to break out some maternity shorts so I can stop unbuttoning my top button.