Week 11

I am finally approaching the end of the first trimester and I hope that when it is over I will feel better. I started getting worse at 9 weeks and it has stayed pretty bad since then. I hoping that at week 13 or 14 I will be feeling a lot better. I actually get worse in the afternoon/evening...go figure.

I started eating a little better! I was eating out a lot, but realized that just because I do not want to cook chicken or meat does not mean I shouldn't cook at all. I have made a few things including home made broccoli cheese soup and rolls and I also made a chicken meal with frozen breaded chicken. I also have been trying to eat fish (Tilapia) with rice about once a week. It is really healthy for pregnant women to eat 12 oz of fish a week. They say that you can eat tuna, but only eat 6 oz of it a week. I figured I only eat about a total of 6 oz a week including the tuna and tilapia, but some is better than none. Hopefully once the sickness phase passes I will eat even better.

I have been getting pretty bad headaches lately. I know the doctor warned me that deli meat can cause migraines, so I have been staying away from it the past week while my head hurts. It seems that my headache starts around 1 or 2 every day and lasts all night. I thought it also may be due to dehydration since I hate drinking water and have a hard time keeping it down.

I do not have a doctors appointment until March 29th (two weeks from yesterday) and hopefully all is well still. I also hope they will an in-room ultrasound again and print off a few pictures. I love seeing my little jelly bean. Maybe I will just ask for it anyway! I am thinking that my appointment at the end of April will be when I can find out the sex. Baby will be 17 weeks then!

I have already been dreaming of Baby's nursery and looking up furniture, gliders, and strollers. I want a lot of it to be gender neutral in case we end up with baby #2 one day. All of the big items are so expensive that I can't imagine having to pay for all of it twice! I want the furniture set to be convertible so that Baby #1 will be able to keep it until it transitions into a full size bed. The other items I would want to keep for baby #2 though. I already went to Babies R Us with my mom this past Sunday and I think I found some crib styles that I like, but I am going to look at other places and other brands. I also found the glider I want, which is the one Anja has. I plan on getting it in dark wood to match the furniture and then get a light pad - like cream or tan. Those gliders are so comfortable and once I sit in it at the store I can't get out! I love those!

Back to work! I took belly pictures myself over the weekend (so at about 10.5 weeks) and will post them soon.