All The Firsts...again

Even though this obviously isn't my mom's first pregnancy, there are still a list of "firsts" that every (well, almost every) glorious pregnancy consists of. For my mom, hers are about 10x worse. With each of us, she got reeeally sick. Since she was 4 weeks along, to the day she delivered. She did get a tad better with Jude and Zane, but I was hands down the worst. Sorry mom. So of course she was already expecting the dreadful illnesses to hit her any day now. Well it hadn't, and she started to worry. I mean there was slight morning sickness starting to occur, but still nothing compared to the past experiences. She had mentioned it to her midwife, Sizzly, just that it was sort of odd. Sizzly asked if she wanted to come in, to assure her everything was fine. My mom agreed, and made an appointment for the next morning. I of course wanted to tag along. I mean, this was after all the first app. I have to admit, I was a liiitle bit nervous. Just cause, well, at this point we really don't even know if there is a baby in there! I mean the only proof is the three pregnancy tests my mom took. Once we got there, my mom and Sizzly (which by the way, was also Kara's midwife) went back to one of the rooms and began going over all the questions and registration stuff. While Jude, Zane, and I sat in the lobby. Finally, my mom called me back. I walked into the room where the ultrasound would take place. My mom wasn't planning on having an ultrasound this early on, but since she was concerned, she felt it was necessary. The placenta was quickly pointed out on the screen, but where was the baby? Sizzly asked my mom if she had any history of fibroid tumors. My mom stated that she had in the past, but didn't know of any currently. I think we both held our breath at that moment. Then, a teeny tiny dot popped up on the screen. "Ahh, there's the little booger!" At that moment, we were all able to breathe. Shortly after, the heartbeat came up on the monitor. "Awww!" That was probably the best part of the whole thing. Sizzly said, "You are officially pregnant!" Whew. Was that a relief! ha. We left there that day with a picture of what will soon be my new sibling. Pretty awesome if I do say so myself.

So why wasn't she sick? Sizzly reassured her that it wasn't anything to worry about. And that, to our comfort, it probably won't get much worse than it is now. We have been eating much healthier and excising, which can play a huge part in the way you feel during these 9 months.

Well, last night the nauseousness increased, and as of right now, she's not feeling so hot. I don't know, maybe we spoke to soon. The mornings are the worst, of course. And all she feels like eating is toast. And tea. So a steady diet of hot tea and bread it is!