Well, if you're tracking the date and the days, you'd notice that it's been a few weeks, but I've only "advanced" a week in the pregnancy. :( When we went for the sonogram, they dated me back 8-9 days. The new due date is now May 23, 2011. It's not really bad news, except for the fact that it means a full 9 more days of morning sickness!
At the sonogram, everything went really well. The baby was super tiny, and at the time, they dated little Susque to be 6 weeks and 2 days (we thought I was 7 wks, 3 days). I was super disappointed with that news - who doesn't want their pregnancy to fly by so they can meet their new little one? - but at the same time, hearing the strong, little, fast heart beat and seeing the little valves open and close was super amazing. The baby was smaller than the size of a short rice grain, yet the heart was already beating and blood was pumping through it's body! The ultrasound technician also told me I won't have to have a completely full bladder for future sonograms because of the position of my uterus. There was my silver lining!
Since my last post, the morning sickness has gotten much worse. I've had an "episode" at work, after eating an APPLE of all things! I'm now down to 138 - which is probably the least that I've weighed in 10 years, with the exception of the time I had mononucleosis. It's amazing how much my taste buds have changed. I no longer drink tea, which is really sad for me - since it used to be almost the only thing I would drink. Instead, I drink a lot of water, grape koolaid, and a variety of sodas. This morning, I even tried ginger ale - and I liked it! I've always thought ginger ale was kind of nasty, but after having a few sips, I actually started to feel better. Weird, right? I am officially sick of eating chicken noodle soup, chicken nuggets, pretzels, crackers, and other crunchy items. I can't wait to just be the "pregnant lady" who enjoys eating things again. Mark simply mentioned the word "onions" and it made me lose my breakfast. Again, those wonderful "joys" of pregnancy that no one tells you about beforehand. :)
And for those of you who ask, or feel inclined to do so, I'm not very excited about anything right now. I feel like I've been hit by a Mac truck most of the time. Between constantly wanting to run to the bathroom to upchuck, to not being able to eat more than a small bit of food at a time, to being so tired that all I want to do is sleep... there is simply no energy to have excitement. Four more weeks, and I should start to see an improvement - maybe then I'll be excited. In the meantime, I'm still feeling pretty anxious about everything that's changing in our lives. By no means am I complaining - for I am the one who wanted this more than anything - but I'm just not quite there yet.
