Third pregnancy

First Prenatal Appointment with Baby #3

August 8th, 2024

I had my first prenatal appointment last week and it went well! As I type up this post, I’m almost 11 weeks along. I don’t have any pregnancy-related pictures, so I’ll just include some life ones in this post so it’s not all text.

Mom and kids at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA

Visiting the National Aviary with Sadie and Mordecai!

Some thoughts: I am still struggling with nausea. You guys are going to crack up at this story. For some reason, the only thing that has been getting me through the day food-wise is soft pretzels.

So, I was ordering Doordash soft pretzels like daily. I thought, okay: this has to stop! So I bought a pack of frozen soft pretzels at the grocery store. Guess what Jimmy ordered in the mail the same day? A huge box of soft pretzels. LOL. Pretzel overdose! But not really because they’re just the best. If you live in Pittsburgh, the best soft pretzel in the city can be found at…. Sheetz (a gas station!!). No joke 😂 So to sum that up, the baby is 95% soft pretzel, Sheetz has the best ones, and Jimmy is way too good to me. (more…)

Pregnancy Diary: Morning Sickness

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! (more…)