Oh, Heyyyy....

Long time no see. You're not missing out on much over here, there's not much happening.

Last week my nausea got super over-the-top, like I literally couldn't even eat, so we called the RE's office and he called in a prescription for a nausea med. I forget what it's called, but I take it at bedtime and it has a little pink outline of a pregnant lady on it. Subtle.

Anywho, it's helping. I'm definitely still constantly nauseous and have even vomited once or twice (after a car ride or smelling something gross), but my appetite is back! We even went out with some friends last night to get Chinese food! I find that I'm full REALLY quickly, but given that I'm being drawn to carbs, that's probably not the worst thing in the world. ;)

Tomorrow we've got a "date day" planned. It'll be our first in awhillllle. E was super sick for a couple of weeks there, and I was too nauseous, and we were visiting my family after the iui... plus the weather has been insane. Idk where the time went, but we haven't gone out in a looong time, which is super not like us. So we're going to an early dinner at our favorite Indian restaurant and then we got 2-for-1 tickets to see Avenue Q since it's "Off-Broadway Week" here in NYC. 8th row, baby. We both had the soundtrack in college, so we know all of the songs by heart, but neither of us has actually seen it. We're pretty excited.

One of my best friends lives in Australia and she's coming to NYC for a family wedding this week and staying with us Friday-Sunday.... I'm pretty excited, except that she asked me what I'm doing Friday and when I told her I had a doctor appointment in the city she replied, "Great! I'll go with you. I want to do some shopping there!". Ahem. That'd be my first OB appointment, folks. So that should be an interesting subway ride... I really don't want to spill the beans to her yet (she's not exactly great with secrets), but I'm The.Worst.Liar in the world. So. Y'know.

Side note: Any suggestions for where I could get a gown on the cheap? I'd need to wear a fancy shell underneath it for Jewish modesty reasons, and I need it for March 6 (I knowwww). I'm thinking of either Rent the Runway or finding something on Amazon but I dunno. I might run to Macy's tomorrow before dinner and try on a few things, but they probably won't have anything as cheap as I'm hoping for. We have a Black Tie fundraiser to go to... I know, don't we sound so much fancier than we are?

Um, and here's a traumatic story for you. This is a really tragic story. Last night E and I got into some stupid, but epic, argument. We were up until like 7am talking it through. I blame his absolute exhaustion and my... whatever. Hormones? Anyway, we finally fell asleep close to 8 maybe, and apparently at about 9:30am a young man was killed by a garbage truck right outside our apartment. WTF. We somehow slept through the entire thing... which is miraculous in a way, because I would have absolutely lost my $#!+ if I'd witnessed it. I can't believe it.  I mean, we're on the 4th floor and everything, but there were photos of the scene on a local news website, and there must have been so many sirens and yelling. He was a mid-20s Rabbinical student from the Ukraine who had been studying in NJ... he was in town for a friend's wedding (which was today), and was actually with the groom at the time of the accident. He was killed instantly. I can't even imagine. Maybe this is why I've been extra nauseous today. I know a few people who knew him, and he was his family's ONLY CHILD and they still live in the Ukraine. I seriously feel like someone punched me in the gut every time I remember that detail. Their ONLY CHILD. It's seriously so above and beyond sad. I don't have anything deep to say. I'm just so sad for them.

I guess the only thing to take away from it is to appreciate everything we have, every minute that we have it. It's such a paranoid way to live (if done out of fear of things like this), but I don't know what else to think.

7 Week Update

Wahhhh sorry I've been MIA. As you'll see from this week's questionnaire, the theme of my life has been "nausea". I've been a useless human being. I have a work shift tomorrow and it's gonna be mighty interesting (I have a pretty physical job). Listen, I'm not at all complaining about this nausea- I wouldn't trad it for anything. I've been working towards this for 5 years. I'm loving every second of it. But it is a constant issue I'm dealing with... and I do mean constantly. So please forgive all of the mentions of it in this post.

I actually got out of the house for a few social events this weekend though! Saturday night I went to a friend's house where another friend taught about 9 of us how to crochet. It took awhiiiiile but I finally caught on and have almost finished off my 2nd thing of yarn already! I've found it's a good distraction from the nausea (esp. when paired with binge-watching 30 Rock on Netflix ;)).

I also went out to dinner with 4 friends Monday night because one was visiting from LA and we hadn't seen her in a year. I had basically no appetite at dinner, but G-d did me a solid and made the gnocchi I ordered be seriously lacking salt (and slightly burnt), so I had an excuse to not eat so much. My LA friend ended up sleeping at our place last night too, which was super awesome (sleepover!!) except for when I had to silently puke in the bathroom next to the guest room in the middle of the night. Urgghhh.

K anyway, here we go....

How far along: 7 weeks 1 day

Size of baby: Blueberry!

Physical symptoms: Slightly sore boobs. Bloating. Less tired! SUPER sensitive to smells, MAJORLY nauseous constantly, a little vomiting. No cravings- too nauseous to want anything.

Weight gain/loss: Still up 4-5lbs but like I said last week, I started eating gluten again so that's our explanation right there. I've basically only been able to eat carbs bc of the nausea. It's super healthy.

Maternity clothes: Nope

Stretch marks: Nope

Sleep: I've been sleeping pretty well! It takes a little to fall asleep- you guessed it, bc of the nausea- but once I'm asleep I'm generally out for the night.

Best moment since last week: We heard the HEARTBEAT!!! Amaaaazing moment.

Movement: Nope.

Cravings/Aversions: The smell of cooking meat still grosses me out. Most things gross me out, including my cravings from previous weeks- I can't go near baked potatoes and bagels with scallion cream cheese. Sweet things are still "too sweet", which is still throwing me for a loop (huge sugar fiend usually).

Gender: I had one dream that we had a boy and another dream that it was a blonde girl. Add that to last week's dream that it was a brunette girl and I guess we're team girl this week?


Labor signs: Hopefully not for 7+ months!

Belly button:  Innie

What I miss:  Thinking I was going to miss out on morning sickness/nausea. Ha. Ha. Ha.

What I am looking forward to: Our first OB appt (in 2 Fridays).