Today I am 6 weeks and 1 day pregnant. The nausea has really kicked in. I never get close to vomiting but it is still really rather unpleasant. Wonderful. But unpleasant. The only thing that takes the nausea away is eating. So I have a lot of small meals all the time. Yes I eat lots of fruit, smoothies, salads and other healthy foods. But I cannot lie. Chocolate chip cookies are the most effective.
In fact Mr. T just walked in and said "Who terrorized the cookies?" Ummm. That would be your pregnant wife. The one who's been lying down pretty much all day, going in and out of sleep. I think I am turning into a sleeping-eating cookie monster.
NUM NUM NUM NUM YUMMY COOKIES!
Annoyingly enough I keep reading websites that say there is no need to pile on the pounds during pregnancy but if I don't eat I feel really sick. I am definitely eating more than I used to because of the nausea and I never ate cookies everyday and now I have at least 4 a day. Oink oink. But as long as I am not vomiting then I am just going to oink oink happily along. And all those holier-than-thou mummy/pregnancy websites can oink off too!
I've started a weekly appointment with my massage therapist (who is also my insanely flexible yoga teacher) and I look forward to it each week with great anticipation. It soothes and calms me so much - it is a real help when it comes to balancing the stress of a heavy week at work along with helping me to make a calm and healthy environment for our mutant tadpole to grow into a strong healthy bubba. She has given me a few safe yoga positions to do at home but has told me not to come to the ashtanga yoga class until I am at least 3 months. I have to say when I do find the energy and the time to do the yoga at home, I feel amazing. I have actually ordered a ton of pregnancy fitness DVDs from Amazon, can't wait till they arrive. However I have had to send them to the UK for my mum to bring over as the Moroccan post still delivers by donkey I think. Seriously. My Granddad sent me a Christmas card on December 8th last year, I received it yesterday.
Ha ha ha I ate your mail!
I have also scheduled a weekly acupuncture appointment and I think with both the massage and the acupuncture I should be able to balance the pressure and stress at work with trying to be a calm and collected pregnant lady. Meditation is the next on my list. Though I still feel too excited for that. For me getting down to meditation is always a bit like the chicken and the egg situation - Do I need to be calm so I can meditate, or do I need to meditate to be calm? Well at least for now, I think I will wait till the nausea/cookie eating extravaganza starts to taper off. It's hard to sit still and think about nothing when you feel like you're about to hurl and even worse when you can hear the cookie jar calling your name.
