The first symptoms

So after I took the test that gave me my positive sign I went out and got a different brand of tests just to be sure, and once I cleared that entire pack I had successfully peed myself into believing that indeed I was expecting.

Then I did what everything other mom to be does, I went out and bought the most in depth book possible. "Pregnancy Day by Day" was my choice (Color photos get me every time!). As soon as I read what the early pregnancy symptoms normally were I felt them. It was like the words jumped off the pages and begin to enter my body. These are my personal early symtoms:

"Hi Honey, how was your ...zzzzzzzzz"
Have you ever taken codine cough syrup,the kind the doctor prescribes you when you're sick? The kind that you take and 6 hours later you wake up with the sofa pillow design imprinted in your cheeks, the tv on infomercials at 4:00am, and you're still in your jeans and tennis shoes? That's what first trimester sleepiness feels like. I swear, I will be in the middle of a conversation with Jason on the couch at 6:30 at night and the next thing I know I am about to rip his arm off and beat him with it for waking me up (even if it was at midnight and he was telling me to go to bed). When it hits you it hits hard like cough syrup. And the most fabulous thing about it? - nothing makes it better but a nap. Which is great if you get to be home all the time. But sadly I work full time. I have found myself staring out into space for long periods of time normally around 1:00pm-4:00pm, or wondering if I crawled under my desk if anyone would really know. I try to now divide my hour lunch into 30 minutes to eat and 30 to sleep, but really what kind of nap is only 30 minutes? I'll tell you what kind, the kind that leaves you more tired then you were before you laid down. I've tried to get up and walk around, get some fresh air, have a snack and to no avail it always leaves me dead on my feet. I hear your second trimester you regain energy - and I anxiously await for that day.

"I know they are huge, but if you touch them I will kill you!"
First to all my lovely friends that are thinking of getting implants: wait until after you are done having kids! I began this process a size D (thank you Dr. Benvenuti). I have already gone up a full cup size to DD, and it is getting snug in there. Holy Shit I'm only 9 weeks. I don't even have milk yet. What in the hell am I suppose to do when I pass the DD, go to E - which I assume stands for ENORMOUS?? And after that an F for F*&@ing RIDICULOUS?? What the heck does an E bra look like anyways and where do you buy one? Our friend Joe laughs at this and says I'm going to have to make one out of tent tarps or potato sacks. Actually I have very vivid memories of going to Mervyns with my mom when I was little and watching ladies with what I thought were gigantic boobs buy even more gigantic bras that have padded straps 3 inches wide and were always made of some god awful lavender or beige lace with a little fake pearl cluster in the middle. Gag.

Granted some women might think this new increased breast size is great, but again it's not just the size that changes. You begin to see little veins show under your poor stretched skin. So your new big boobs you think you'll love so much start to look like Thomas Guides. I imagine my tan friends might not have this problem as much (Darlene??) but sadly my fair skin does. I hear it only gets better too, my Pregnancy Day by Day book actually shows a women topless throughout the course of her pregnancy (bless her brave soul for those photos...not in a million years would I!) so you get to see her nipples change too. You start off small and perky and end up looking like a women you'd see on National Geographic - grrrrrrreat. Can't frickin wait.

And as typical men do, they don't even notice anything but the size of them. Jason is astonished like a kid watching a bug on the sidewalk, part of him wants to touch them but the other part of him is scared. And rightfully so. You think I was harsh when I said I want to rip his arm off when he wakes me up - I really will if he even tries to touch these new mystery boobs I have. Because they hurt like all hell!

"I would kill for a steak right now" *10 minutes later* "nevermind"
This is so annoying! Not that I have many cravings, I think that comes later, but if I do want something and I am starving half the time I get it and then all of a sudden I'm not hungry anymore? What the heck is this about? This was not in my Pregnancy Day by Day book (I should write the author!). It's the strangest thing. Example the other day we were going to dinner with friends (Hi Jill!) and I really wanted our favorite teppan restaurant, Matsu. We got there and I was super hungry. They prepared our food in front of us (Benihana style) and by the time they put it on my plate I had a $30 fillet that just sat there. My hunger just disappeared. It didn't come back either. What is this about? - Anyone else have this?

Thankfully I haven't had nausea too bad...except last week (yuck). For me whenever I don't feel so hot it's not morning sickness either, it's night sickness. Right before bed sometimes I feel slightly nauseous but thankfully this is not everyday (knock on wood).

All this and I'm bloated too, my fingers are swollen and my pant buttons are starting to not want to be closed. Which is fine I just wear long shirts and cover it up :). I guess this is when you just look and feel fat not pregnant. Oh the joy.

More to come later!

<3, Cole