Pregnancy: Week 8

I'm 9 weeks pregnant today! Yay!

Here's how Week 8 has been:

• I'm sounding like a broken record with this, but right now it's still all about pretty terrible nausea, a crazy sense of smell (which is definitely contributing to the nausea), and fatigue. I've pretty much given into the fatigue vs fighting it...figure my body is trying to tell me something...and have been napping every day
• Work can be really challenging when I'm feeling so sick, but I somehow seem to be getting everything done
• Boobs are bigger and sorer. My belly seems rounder, as well
• I had another really bad headache this week...ugh
• Started reading specifically about twins this week, and am feeling a little overwhelmed by: a) how much I am supposed to eat (not worried about weight gain...it is what it is...but how am I supposed to get that much food into my body? Especially when food is the enemy right now? I can scarcely remember what it was like to actually WANT to eat something.) And b) the possibility of bed rest. And c) the reality of having two infants. I know it's going to work out and I don't even need to worry about anything but eating and resting at this point, but I'm still a little bit in the "terrified I'm having twins" camp. I just need some more time to get used to the idea, I know...
• My husband and I are talking about the babies a LOT...a lot more than previous weeks...and we were going to wait until after the first trimester was over to do that, but we just can't seem to help ourselves. My husband's making me laugh so much over the babies, too...silly things like we were out to dinner and he drew what looked like two manatees on a napkin with talk bubbles and the babies saying things to me...I don't know, something about the babies-as-manatees, I just could not stop laughing. This is turning out to be a very happy time for me and my husband...we're making lots of plans big and little for the future and how we will raise our babies...it's really lovely. He's been so great about me being sick, too. My mom was saying she'd expect a lot of guys to be like, "You wanted to be pregnant...suck it up." But my husband's not like that at all. He listens to me complain about being sick (although I'm trying really hard not to talk about it.) And he does what he can to help, which includes making dinner and doing the dishes most of the time. He's just being so wonderful...

Week 9 is the week we lost our last baby back in April (although we didn't find out until 11 weeks). I have an appointment next Tuesday (a week from tomorrow) to check in on the babies...hopefully they are still there and doing well! In the meantime, just trying to stay calm and positive (and to tell you the truth, with morning sickness and exhaustion, there isn't room for a whole lot of panicing, which I guess is something to be grateful for.)

Hope everyone has a lovely week. :)

XOXO