Wednesday July 17th, 2024
I left off in my last pregnancy diary post saying I felt queasy for the first time and man has morning sickness hit hard. Since the beginning of July, I haven’t been able to drink coffee, eat vegetables, sweets, or really much of anything besides crackers and meat. How random is that?!
Mornings and evenings are the worst for feeling nauseous. If I get too hungry, it’s game over and I can only lay on the couch and eat crackers until I get something in my stomach. So, foods that are okay right now are eggs and cheese on toast in the morning and graham crackers with a tiny bit of peanut butter.
In the day, I can eat somewhat normally–really bland or plain meat and a baked potato for example. At night, I can only stomach crackers. It has been a struggle to say the least! I wrote a note in my phone on July 9th that said this:
I am lacking ME and my spark. Just really struggling with food and mentally not feeling like me. I’m tired! This is the worst I’ve had morning sickness. Trying so hard to have a fun summer for the kids!
Yeah, that about sums up life right now. I miss feeling like myself. Jimmy has asked me so many times “What’s wrong?!” and I realize I’m totally devoid of emotion. Nothing is wrong… I’m just blah feeling. I can’t stand the smell of Jimmy’s cologne, I hate toothpaste and gum, I’m hungry all the time but can’t think of anything to eat. It’s just weird. But it’s worth it a million times over!
We were on our favorite trail one evening and Sadie was running with sunglasses on while wearing her favorite Hello Kitty outfit and she just looked so cute. Mordecai was happily sucking his thumb in the stroller and I was thinking… we get to do this again! Do we really get another one of these precious children? I can’t believe it! It’s such a blessing I can’t comprehend it.
Sadie’s infamous Hello Kitty outfit that she wears as often as possible 😂
What will life look like a year from now? Will we have a healthy baby? Where will we live? What will our lives be like? I don’t know, but God does.
Jimmy has been so sweet through it all. He bought me morning sickness bands and they’ve helped the most out of everything. This being my third time going through the blah feeling of the first trimester, I know I just have to get through it.
I’d say, with Sadie’s pregnancy the smell of things bothered me the most and I craved sweet things. With Mordecai’s pregnancy, my morning sickness was rough, I wanted pork 24/7, and I especially remember being so tired (maybe from low iron haha). This time around, I just really am struggling with nausea and food aversions. I feel so bad not eating vegetables for weeks on end, but I know it will be okay. I miss coffee, but I’ll survive!
I’m trying to weed through what I know will be the worst of nausea in these early weeks while also making this summer fun for Sadie and Mordecai. It’s tough but it keeps my mind off of things. We have all sorts of fun planned: art class, swim lessons, an amusement park, Phipps Conservatory, the zoo, and more. I don’t think they notice much.
Sadie asked why I’m wearing “weird bracelets” (the morning sickness bands!) and why I sleep with the garbage can next to my bed, but otherwise I don’t think she knows what’s going on. I cannot wait to share the news with her! She is going to be so, so excited!
I had an appointment for a dating ultrasound at the Midwife Center today! The midwife who did the ultrasound was the midwife who let Sadie hear Mordecai’s heartbeat with the doppler for the first time. She knew how long we tried to conceive Mordecai and she was so happy to see me today! She hugged me after the ultrasound and was just full of joy for this pregnancy. It was a blessing to be able to go and confirm my third pregnancy with the same place I went for my other two births. I love it there. Praying we will be able to have baby number three there as well if that’s God’s Will.
We finally figured out I’m just shy of eight weeks and I got to see our little gummy bear and even see his/her heart beating away!
What a joy and a relief! I am so excited. When I first found out about the pregnancy, I just couldn’t believe it was real. Now feeling morning sickness to the max and seeing the baby on an ultrasound it feels a little more real 🥰
I totally feel like my stomach is already stretching out (third time around haha) and am so curious if baby will be a boy or girl! What’s your guess?
I think that’s all for now. Once again, just feeling so, so thankful! My first prenatal appointment is in early August! So I’ll probably be back around then. Thanks for reading this extremely long post that hopefully wasn’t too complain-y!
Past updates:
Our Family is Growing Again!
Finding Out About Baby #3
First Ultrasound
Living My Full Life 
I hope you’re feeling a bit better by now 🥹 Your family growing is such a huge blessing to Pap pap and Yaya too!!
we love you all so much!!
Madre
Definitely on the upswing these days!! Nights are still so-so but nowhere near what they were like at 8 weeks along lol. Praise God! He is SO good! Love you sooo much!
Pregnancy is the hardest thing our bodies will likely go through, so please take it easy! It’s such a huge blessing, but also if you feel tired/aren’t able to do those summer activities, don’t put too much pressure on yourself 💗. I hope you’re feeling better (since it’s been a few weeks)
That is such a good way to put it! I never thought about pregnancy in terms of how hard it can be on our bodies! Definitely gave me less guilt for going to bed earlier and walking with the kids instead of running beside them ha! I’m thankfully starting to feel much better!!