Feb

If you haven’t heard in person from Gordy and I, the expression “eating for two” is a reality in our house lately.  Yes, we are expecting.  Now, we probably jumped the gun a little early by telling everyone at 6 weeks, but why not.  We are both very anxious for my first prenatal visit with the Doctor’s office and unsure when that will be, hopefully still this week.  The 13.5 inches of snow have shut the whole town down even the Doctor’s offices.  By my own calcuations at this point and all of the reading and intake of the internet, I am at day 58, week 8.  I will spare all of the mothers who have been through this process the full details of what is happening at week 8, but if you are interested, follow the links provided to get some amazing details like “Little Pundit” is the size of a kidney bean at week 8!  Yes, it has a name besides it – “Little Pundit.”
Good Things this week include:

• Gordy has taken over litter box duty for the next 7 months.
• He took me out to eat Penn Station Subs yesterday in the snow and later spent 2 hours getting his SUV unstuck from the snow in our own subdivision.  There is something to be said about driving in the middle median sidewalk of Stone Creek just to get home.
• Hungry all the time.

Bad Things this week include:

• Morning sickness all day long.  The periods between 10am and Noon; 2pm-4pm and 8pm to bedtime are the worst.
• Hungry all the time.
• No one will let me shovel snow around here.  I guess that is not a bad thing…

Unsolicited Advice received this week:

• From Great-Grandma to be:  Eat crackers before you even get up in the morning.  I always kept them by my bedside (over 50 yrs ago and still true).
• Don’t be concerned if you don’t hear the heartbeat at your first Dr’s visit.
• Eat all the time.
• Don’t worry, I used to throw up on my way to work out the window.
• You can be anywhere and feel like throwing up, just be prepared with a bag.

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