Major Work Out... Or Not

     Today, my body feels like I did a major workout. My hips hurt; my pecs hurt; my abs hurt. Well, I guess I kind of did a work out if that includes growing a baby. It's hard to move. I'm also super moody today. 

       I'm very  lucky to have a little sister who is running to subway to grab me a sub. What would I do without the lovely people in my life? 

      I don't even want to eat. I just wan. To sleep and not wake up for a week. Is it vacation yet?

Body Building

    I read an article that told me, while laying down I'm burning more energy than my boyfriend would be body building. So when you put it that way, it's easy to imagine how exhausted I feel. Yesterday, I could hardly get out of bed. Today, I'm feeling a little bit more awake. For now. 

       I've been taking a picture every two weeks... Just so I could compare and see if I really have a baby bump yet! This morning, I do! I'm not super skinny so it's not easy for it to be noticeable. I'm so excited. Even though I have all these symptoms, it's hard to believe I'm pregnant when there's nothing showing. Now I'm getting all.. Oh my gosh a baby is in there! My baby! I'm growing a baby!

Puking. Oh My.

    Lately, I've been very nauseated. I just haven't puked until three days ago. I'm pretty sure it was because I let my stomach get empty. I ran for the bathroom at the Sheetz gas station and puked. A lot. It isn't as bad as the stomach flu. Right after that, I felt great! Even though I really needed gum! Ew. 

    Since then, I haven't actually thrown up.. Which is super because I've been working a lot and I work at a place where puking is hard to hide. I haven't spread the news of my expectancy yet and I'd rather everyone not find out from me puking.

Spotting: Super Scary

    Two days ago, I had my first spotting incident. I flipped. I was like, oh my! Oh no! What does that even mean!?!

     Thank goodness for Google!! I sent my question straight to the Google search bar. At first,  my fears were not put to rest. Honestly, it scared me even more! Then I found a website that calmed me. It told me about what kind of blood comes from a miscarriage, and how it's actually pretty painful. It also told me that after 6-8 weeks of being pregnant, your chance of a miscarriage is 3%. The only blood I had was a little when I wiped. There was also no pain.

    I also had another fearful moment when I wasn't nauseated. I was like, oh no! I'm losing pregnancy symptoms! But have no fear, the nausea came back. 

Baby Weight

    Yes, I know weight gain is a part of being pregnant. For some people, it's a perfect excuse to put on a few pounds. For others who are more sensitive about their weight, well it's a perfect excuse to cry, which is exactly what being pregnant does to me. Makes me cry randomly for no reason... Or for some silly reason. I'm not a crying type of person. 

    Sorry, my pregnant mind has me jumping around. What was I talking about? *scrolls back up*

     Right! Weight gain! I spent the past two, almost three years, working off my weight. I had always been heavier set, not because I wasn't active but beside when I was younger I took steroids twice. They ballooned me out and that weight was impossible for me to get rid of. Then I really changed my lifestyle and started eating wheat instead of white, water instead of nasty soda.. And I lost 45 lbs. that doesn't seem like a lot, but I also gained a lot of muscle. Not overly bulky, but nicely toned. I'm very proud of where I'm at... Which leads to now. My body is all bloated. Mostly my stomach. I can promise you that I am not stepping on a scale any time soon. I'm eating about 6 small meals a day. It's not a lot of food but eating more often makes me feel fat! I know, I know. I am lame. It does happen.

     I told, well let's call my love: R. I told R that I'm really upset about the weight gaining part. He said being pregnant is the most beautiful way to gain weight. This has helped a lot. At least, when I look like a house, he'll still love me. The only person I want to look good for is him, anyway.

Early Morning Snack

     I woke up, just now, starving. It's around 7am, which is later than what is usually is when I wake up feeling like I haven't eaten in weeks! Usually I wake up around 3:30am-5am. I'm really sensitive to my sugar, so when I wake up it feels really low. I'm not sure whether to run for the bathroom because of the nausea, or run to the kitchen before my sugar bombs. 

     The first few times, I ignored it! I know, that's silly. My body is telling me what it needs. It's just so inconvenient to have to  eat a meal that early. My body is so tired. I'm so tired... And to have to get up and put something together? Terrible. 

     I definitely learned my lesson which is why I'm up right now, eating a weird assortment. With this sensitive stomach thing, it's hard to figure out what I can eat. So what do you do? Well, I just look in the fridge and pick out any food that in my head, I can't see making me sick. This is what I got!

First Days of Knowing

     I'm not going to lie. I went into this pregnancy thing not really knowing what to expect. Yes, I knew there would be exhaustion. Yes, I knew there'd be nausea, massive hunger, sensitive breasts, body aches, slight loss of my mind. Well, honestly... It's crazier than what I thought it'd be. I am so sick and I really can't eat anything.. Which sucks because a few days ago I could eat everything. I was slightly nauseated but I wasn't dry heaving.. Now I am. Eek. I hate puking. Work is hard. The past few days, I've barely been able to get out of bed to go to work. Being nauseous and hungry at work is so inconvenient too. Also, peeing all the time is inconvenient.
      The best part of all this? I'm pregnant. I'm having a baby. This is changing my life and I cannot wait. People are being super happy about it and my love did not suffer a stroke when I told him. He's being really great and making me even happier about it. He accepts me. He accepts our baby. That's all I need.

The Big Test Day

      Okay, I woke up; took a test....
      Obviously it said positive. I looked at it, expecting a negative. It literally took me a minute to remember what. Positive sign meant! Yes, I know. That's silly. I was shaking, my heart was beating out of my chest. I took a picture of it because I knew later I wouldn't actually believe it.
    I slowly sat down on my bed, laid down, and texted my love saying, it's an emergency call me as soon as you can! Five mins later, he calls me. It pretty much came out like, you know how we had sex? Well, I'm late on my period so I took a test.. And...
    He said, was it positive? I said, uh huh. That was pretty much my answer to anything else he said. I was in shock allllll day! I got vitamins and set up an appointment because I still didn't believe it. One of those, no-way moments.

Day Before Knowing

    I'm making a blog to share my baby-life with you! I am a first time mom and have no idea what to expect. So let me begin my story:
     I am 24 years old, in a relationship with a man I'm so very much in love with, and this is an unplanned pregnancy. Just because it wasn't planned, doesn't make me any less excited. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping one of these times I would really be pregnant!
   The topic of this post is tell you about the day before I found out I was pregnant. I was feeling sick and I uncharacteristically tired while working an 8am-10pm. I was also peeing often and eating a lot! Sometimes I get like that before my period. I got home, was slightly nauseated but blamed it on my lack of sleep.
    The next morning I woke up and thought, well I might as well take a test, even though I know it'll be negative. Sure, I was late on my period. Then again, I'm almost always late.