Cravings? That's a common question. Well there was an incident with a sudden disgust for a pasta salad that I usually love. I opened the fridge, took it out, and immediately had to wrap it back up and run away. Fast. Another night we went to Red Robin which is a great burger place. For WHATEVER reason when I saw that there was chicken parm on the menu, I had to have it. No questions asked. Ok, now read that line again..I, a Fazio, grandparents from the mother land, Utica native, ate an Italian dish from BURGER JOINT. Hubs advised strongly against it but I was insistent. And I was wrong. Dead wrong. Like the I might as well have worn a Red Sox hat at a Yankee game kind of wrong. Two bites later I was sufficiently nauseous and ready to leave.
Last night I had the undying desire to eat pickles...at 11pm. Odd night time snack but hey, better than a sacrilege ordering of Italian food in a burger place. Today I packed away half of a GIANT cup cake that was calling to me at the store. Orange Seed was quite content with this choice..
Another great side effect to pregnancy, increased ability to be a bitch. Yes! I typically am a very passive person that probably tolerates way too much. I have a lot of "inside thoughts" but filter them well and speak more kindly than I probably should. Well, good bye filter, hello blunt and sarcastic remarks! I must say that this new found bitchness within me is very valuable in the work setting, especially when it comes to annoying co-workers!
On July 2nd, hubs and I and our first ultrasound...and once again, all modesty went out the door! As we waited in the exam room, I made the mistake to look at the machine and saw this large wand-like item draped over it. This can't be good. What happened to the external ones that you see in the movies all the time? Like when they squirt the goop on your belly and they rub the little machine over you and there's your baby!? Well FYI the FIRST one is an internal exam since the baby isn't big enough to see with the external exam yet.
So the tech comes in and she explains to me and hubs what she is going to do. In goes the femur-sized scope and up on the screen pops our little baby! So as this woman is swishing this wand around in me like she's freaking Harry Potter, I attempt to stay distracted by watching hub's face as he is enthralled in awe of the image on the screen. Oh, did I mention, I can't see the screen yet. Nope, Harry Potter needs to do a overhaul on the whole area before and once she was done I was privvied to the experience! She was a sweet lady, she even apologised for leaning on my knee..really? My knee? You're casting spells in my womb, you've gone where no woman ever has and ever will have gone before and you're apologizing for leaning on my knee. Wow.
Anywho, once the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was completed, she turned the monitor my way and there it was... a little blob, aka, our little Orange Seed. We saw it flinch (I say "it since we are not finding out what we are having) and when we heard the heartbeat Hubs squeezed my hand and we just took in the amazing miracle before us.
So here I have attached Orange Seed's first pics! Awe in our miracle and try not to connect that the pics are of my intimate innards...its weird. :O)
Wow. I never had an internal sonogram and I had my first one at only ten weeks. Can't say that I missed it.
ReplyDeleteCheck out e-bay for maternity stuff. I was able to find some amazingly good stuff there. Once you know your general size, it's pretty easy to pick out what would work for you.
I had some baby book that told us week by week what size Nora was, and it was always compared to some food. So whatever the food of the week was, that's what we called her. Until we more consistently referred to her as the bacon bit, as bacon was probably my only actual craving, though it's hard to be sure since I like bacon normally.
I had the same as you, by the way, with the constant need to have something in my stomach to ward off being sick. I'd take that over throwing up any day, though it sure contributed to the massive amounts of weight I gained. It did taper off after a while, as did any aversions I initially had.
When we had our first appointment Ross actually needed oxygen after the magic wand. He was unprepared for the blink and the fact that "IT MOVED" was just a little too alien for him.
ReplyDeleteI didn't eat anything crazy while pregnant it was just the mass of what I did it that was alarming. I couldn't get enough grapefruit. I would have 2 or 3 grapefruits a day MINIMUM. I had to buy new grapefruit spoons because I would "use the sharp out" and it would become TOO time consuming to eat the grapefruit. And chedder chive croissants....mmmmm I could still eat some of these. Croissant rolls in the can thing - sprinkle in before your role chedder and chives, roll and bake. PREGNANT FRESH BREAD BUNS IN THE OVEN HEAVEN.
So happy for you both!