7 Weeks

I'm 7 weeks along now and the pregnancy symptoms finally hit me a little stronger this week. I've been nauseous and have gagged several times but have never thrown up which I am thankful I have not. We were driving through a parking lot that had fresh mulch in their landscaping. The mulch gave off this hideous odor that smelled like throw up and manuer. I told Nick to drive quickly and we rolled down the windows so at least the smell was not contained in the car. Nick remembered that I had some vanilla body spray in the back and so I grabbed that and sprayed it. That was a bad idea because it just made it worse and then it got in my mouth and I was gagging pretty bad. We got out of there finally and I started to feel better, but I just felt pretty queezy the rest of the night.

Another symptom that has been rough on me is being dizzy. It is pretty scary to be dizzy but I've been reading the book, What To Expect When You're Expecting, and they say it's normal. I've discovered that when I do get dizzy, it's because I'm tired and exhausted. I usually get dizzy at night pretty bad and then I know that I need to get in bed. On Friday night we had small group for our church. I was feeling great when we got there. We started eating after about 30 minutes of being there and all of a sudden the dizzy spell hit hard. Everything was moving and I could not shake it off. Our friends let me go into her sons room to take a nap. I ended up sleeping the entire time which was about 2 hours!! I felt really bad, but everyone understood. I think I am having a hard time letting it go. I have so much to do and not enough time the way it is, but my body just won't let me do it all. It's very frustrating because when I go to take a nap in the afternoon, I end up laying there making a to-do list in my head and end up getting up about 15-30 minutes later because I cannot sleep! It's frustrating because I would rather nap, but I'm just a "get it done" kind of person. For example, today, I need to grade a huge bag full of my students papers and enter them into the grade book because grades are due by Tuesday, vaccum, finish unpacking from spring break, do the laundry, clean the bathroom, cook dinner, get the groceries, call friends and family to talk to them, cut Nick's hair...the list goes on and on I tell you! It's 2:54 pm and I need to be in bed probably by 8. I have no idea how I am going to get all of that done in that amount of time! I need a nap, I tried to do that, and my mind just is on overload! It's very frustrating!

Tomorrow I have to get my blood drawn so they can check hormone levels to make sure everything is still going fine with the pregnancy. I also have a check up for my foot to make sure everything is still healing properly because of the surgery. On Thursday I have to go to the OB and we're going to have our first ultrasound and hopefully get to hear the heartbeat! We are so excited for this appointment! It's going to be a busy but exciting week. With that stated, I should probably get some of this stuff done so I can wear myself out to take a nap! Until next time...