An Important Update

I'm sure everyone's already heard, but just in case you haven't... we're having a BABY!

14 weeks today!

It's taken me a while to get it up here... I am so lazy about blogging these days.  :)  Reading other blogs of pregnant first-timers has really helped me get through the nausea.  And lots and lots of baby pictures.  Doesn't matter whose baby it is.

Anyhoo, so maybe I'll write about my experience.  Or maybe you want to be spared the details?  Here's one funny thing.  Before getting pregnant, my whole life--I never had a sweet tooth.  Never cared much for candy.  Now, every time I see someone eating candy, or see it on the shelf at the store, or in an ad, I want it.  Candy that I would never, never eat before--like swedish fish--I have been eating in handfuls.  Last night I even dreamed about candy.

I've also been eating lots of potatoes.  French fries, mashed, baked, you name it.  Mmm... maybe I'll make potato salad today.  That sounds good.

I did have a bad case of nausea for about 6 weeks.  Some days I wanted to die.  (Not really.)  But then one morning, about two weeks ago, I woke up and it was gone.  Completely.  I am SO LUCKY!  I haven't totally gotten my appetite back though.  For example, I can't eat broccoli, dark chocolate, mint-chocolate, pizza, and especially avocado and ESPECIALLY guacamole.  Thinking about it makes me sick.

For those of you concerned about my veg diet, I have been eating chicken noodle soup.  And I have tried, with all my might, to eat some actual chicken.  I haven't been able to yet.  ANY IDEAS???  I think it will be good for my baby to have some meat.  Maybe someone can grind it up and hide it in something else and I'll eat it without knowing... that might work.  Anyway, everyone says that it's ok to have a vegetarian pregnancy if you eat right.  So we'll see.  I'm ok with eating meat though.  If only I could do it.

So here are the books I'm reading... I am very interested to know which book YOU would suggest, or if you are against reading any of these:

HypnoBirthing
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
Fit Pregnancy for Dummies
What to Expect When You're Expecting

John and I are super excited.  Our due date is August 18.  I don't know if I can wait that long!