Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

Thanks to Katie from work (and David Bowie) for this blog inspiration, changes to my body. 

I know that everybody is different and of course there are things I will not be speaking of on here to spare you of your eyes, and your thoughts on me being a normal human being. But she was asking me some questions and I was thinking you know what, I never thought of that. I was also looking up online at different blogs, chats, and discussion boards and a lot of pregnant women have these problems but are to afraid to talk about them. I say who cares? If I talk about it, maybe it will help the next person. Some things that are happening to me scare the hell out of me, but the fact that I know I am not the only one it happens to makes me feel 100% better.

MY BELLY: She wanted to know how my belly was feeling, on the outside. Right now it just looks like I've eaten one to many cupcakes, but it actually does feel a lot different. I normally don't feel on my belly so I was thinking because of the way it looks it would feel pudgy, or squishy, but its actually a lot harder than I thought it was. 

MY DIET: I've also had a lot of changes in my diet and weight. Mainly because of what I can and can eat, and the nausea feeling I wake up with on a daily basis. I am still taking a low dosage of Zofran, but I try to only take it in the morning, unless things get really bad. I wake up wanting to eat because I am starving, but anything I put in my mouth I end up spitting it out in the garbage immediately. When it comes to food I am big on texture, if it has a weird texture I can't eat it, and since I have been pregnant it has worsened. Even a banana can get me every once in a while, so much for the BRAT (banana, rice, apple, toast) diet. I have to eat plain toast without butter because the butter makes it to soggy, toast with butter and jelly used to be my favorite thing to eat in the morning. I have given up cokes, coffee, and junk food. Mainly due to the pregnancy Nazi that I am married to, but I know it will be good in the long run. If I crave a coke I will drink it because sometimes that's the only thing I can handle, but I have limited my self to one a week. I started off drinking sprite everyday, but now I can't drink it because the bubbles will hurt my belly. These problems also are causing constipation and bloating.

CRAVINGS: I have not necessarily been craving one thing, but if I see something that sounds good I will want it immediately, if I don't get it, it will eventually pass while making my stomach grumble in the process. It can be something different everyday, and multiple things a day. A lot of times my cravings come from a commercial on TV, like the endless pasta bowl from Olive Garden. Yumm-o! There are some things I crave longer than others. Recently I have been craving orange juice, grapes, celery and fruity pebbles.

FACE: I have always had dark circles under my eyes, whether I was tired or not. I guess it's in my genes. Now they are so much darker. I don't know if it is because of my sleeping pattern, or just another side affect. The other day when we went to see Ken's Grandma (GanGan) she asked me if I had a black eye, that's how dark they can get. I have had plenty of acne, but I have heard it could get worse. My sense of smell has changed dramatically, sometimes I feel like a bloodhound. I can smell the garbage can from the living room, or coffee being made a mile away, or even when a neighbor is smoking outside and our windows are open. It's weird. 

EMOTIONS: I don't consider my self a "crier", but I definitely wear my heart on my sleeve, and I am not afraid of a good cry. I used to be that way until I married Ken, which then I had to learn how to balance my emotions, and pick my battles. You can tell when I am feeling a certain way, and if you can't more than likely I am going to let you know. The hormones have kicked that up a few notches. I cry over the stupidest things, I get mad at inanimate objects, and I get frustrated at things I normally wouldn't. I also have a foggy brain a lot, I often have a hard time remembering things, and I misplace things often. 

Some funny changes that you may not experience, or maybe it's just because my body is weird.  I pee about every hour, if I don't I feel like I'm doing an ab workout trying to hold it in. I also wake up every 3 hours, same time every night, to pee. All my hair every where is growing longer and at rapid speeds, including the hair on my head, arm hair etc. There is hair in places I didn't have hair before like my toes, and my belly. I drool like nobody's business. I have never been a big drooler, unless I was sick. But when I wake up in the morning I am practically laying in a puddle, it's gross.

I know that this may come of as a lot of complaints, but I happy to go through all of these things multiplied in order to have a happy and healthy baby.