The Best is Yet to Come

The moment we left the hospital after finding out the big news we headed straight to the library, where I proceeded to check out almost every single pregnancy book they had! --and FYI, they all have the same. exact. information in them! Trust me. :) In the books they explained morning sickness, and all of the delights the first trimester of pregnancy will bring. I had been feeling pretty good, so I thought I had dodged a huge bullet, and couldn't have been more grateful. . I also couldn’t have been more wrong!! There was an entire day I ate nothing but saltine crackers and peanut butter, actually a number of days. Every scent around me was amplified by a thousand!! And the garbage can!! OHH forget about it! Alex had to take it out twice as often! I would lay on the couch day after day, moaning and groaning about my aches and pains! I watched more movies and took more naps than I ever had before! I had never felt so nauseous in my life! I didn't even want to MOVE, but leave it to Al to force me to go on walks around our town, slow walks I might add, and I was completely out of breath almost the entire time!! I would crave things--not pregnancy cravings yet, these were just Kim cravings-- but as soon as I was about to eat what I was 'craving' I would get this unrelenting nauseous feeling and I wouldn't be able to get down more than a couple of bites, ugh that was the most annoying thing, you know how much I love my food!!! And breakfast!! OHH forget about THAT. The smell of EVERY single breakfast food made me want to hurl. But I have to say, I have been pretty lucky in that department, although I was nauseous all day every day for weeks, I actually only seldom vomited. The only times I would catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror was when I was on my way to the toilet. . Which was not a pretty sight. . the mirror. . not the toilet, well I guess both! But maaaan oh man did I have acne!! Worse than I'd ever had in my entire life I tell you! ugh But did I care?? No way. Normally I would have at least put a medicated mask on to help with the acne, But the only thing I cared about doing was getting my behind to the sofa!! And the sofa wasn’t just for naps; Usually Al would wake me up and take me to bed, but it would take me forever to go back to sleep because I felt so awful, so a couple of nights he left me on the oh-so-comfy sofa. I have a newfound appreciation for pregnant women who have other children to take care of!! Ugh, I can't imagine how they do it!!. . Though one day, I will be one of them. .And I will not be able to spend hours on end on my sofa. . . All in all, my body is making a baby, I kind of feel like superman. Like, come one, Really? I’m creating a life inside of me?! It’s awesomely amazing to think about, and I would go through ten times the pain when I think about the reason behind it. --Okay maybe not ten times, maybe. . three times is more manageable ;-) -- Although, I’m positive that the best (and worst) is yet to come ☺