8 Weeks

I'm now 8 weeks pregnant!

Yesterday I switched to a prenatal vitamin that doesn't have any iron in it, and I think that is going to help me feel MUCH better! I started taking my other prenatal vitamins before I got pregnant, and I didn't have any trouble with them then. But I guess with the surge of hormones, they started making me really sick. I just thought that's how I was going to feel all the time, and I started to get pretty discouraged. Thankfully, I only feel slightly nauseated this morning, and now I have no doubt that I can actually make it through this first trimester. That is a wonderful feeling!!!!! Hopefully I'll be able to switch back to the vitamins with iron once I get past this morning sickness stage.

I have been reading all kinds of things about kids since Dawn got pregnant, and a couple of quotes struck my fancy recently...

When I went to the Dr. for my first prenatal appointment, I was reading a magazine in the waiting room, and I read this quote that said, "Have you ever hurt your mouth on a hard piece of crusty bread and wondered how in the world you would make it through labor?" --That makes me laugh hysterically all the time. :-)

I was also reading this article about a pregnant woman who was nervous about labor. I think she was at a meeting with her midwife, and the midwife said, "What makes you so unique that you think you can't do what countless women before you have done?" --I don't worry about labor (yet), but I'm sure I will need to keep this in mind at some point.

Not much to report except that today I feel thankful that Babykins is growing and thriving. I'm thankful that I am not exhausted like many women are in the first trimester. And I'm thankful that I'm surrounded by the best family ever--people who will love and support Babykins no matter what. Can't get much better than that!