A great weekend

Doug and I had a really fun, but also very busy and exhausting weekend. Luckily I felt great the whole time! It would have really stunk to have to skip any of it because of my nausea.

I had my two spring band concerts this weekend. I can't say I really loved having them both on the same weekend, but it worked out well. It is a relief though that its done and that I have a break from band for awhile.

So one of my friends came to the Saturday concert and we hung out for awhile afterward. It started snowing and the weather became quite miserable. I went grocery shopping before going home Saturday evening and was so looking forward to getting in my pajamas and just vegging for a bit. But we got a call from a good friend who lives in Chicago. He was in town for a fantasy baseball draft and wanted to have a drink. He was stalling and planning to go home that night. But the weather was so crappy we stayed out for awhile and he spent the night at our house.

It was a lot of fun, but we definitely felt old for the college scene! But it was a going out experience that might never be duplicated. The beer was cheap for the boys and the coke for me was free. When we were about to leave around 11:30 to get some food, a delivery person from a nearby pizza place had come into the bar and gave us a free box of cheesy bread! She had about four of them and was just giving them away. I'm sure it was a promotion they run and it was awesome!

So we were fed and hydrated all for super cheap. The next morning we went out to breakfast at Doug and my favorite breakfast place. By the time our friend left it was time for me to go to my second concert of the weekend. I played that and went home and FINALLY I was able to veg in front of the TV, about 16 hours late! Its OK though. I had a lot of fun.

The weekend was great because I didn't eat a saltine cracker for three days! But it was interesting timing, by later Sunday evening I started feeling the nausea again. I was working on my cross stitch and got dizzy just sitting there. As the evening went on it came and went. By the time I went to bed I was feeling decently crappy again. But this morning I've felt good again. My breakfast didn't sit too well, but despite that I feel fine right now.

I wish I could figure out what makes the nausea start and stop and what makes it better or worse. But I just can't figure it out. I guess I'll just take whatever I can get.

Today I'm spending my time relaxing and this afternoon I'm finally starting my quest to become a freelance writer and editor. I'm really optimistic about it and I hope it works out. I started thinking about it last week and I really think it can work. I joined a web site where employers post jobs and freelancers bid on them. I'm also going to look into some of the publications in the area, but probably not including the state journal. There are plenty of publications around here though.

I'm really hopeful that I can establish myself in freelancing well enough to be a stay at home mom. Or at the very least I'm hoping I can use freelancing to get by with a part time job. I start drawing unemployment this week so its a good time to start working on it.

Why I'm actually a little glad to be unemployed right now

So after tomorrow I'm no longer working on my temp job. There was another extension offered but I did not take it. Morning sickness is kicking my butt. I never know at any point of the day what I can and can't eat and how I will feel. I stayed home on Tuesday because movement was not an option that morning. I didn't eat anything other than saltines for close to 24 hours and I have no idea what brought on the nausea or made it go away.

Thus, I'm somewhat glad to be unemployed right now. I'm going to be more comfortable at home for the next few weeks. I know my morning sickness hasn't been as bad as it could be. I'm not throwing up (knock on wood) but the nausea gets so intense! I haven't eaten saltines this religiously since I was very little, and I'm probably eating way more of them than I did back then.

I have read that morning sickness is a sign of a healthy pregnancy. So I guess I'm supposed to consider myself lucky? Uggg, no thanks.

I'm 8 weeks today. And with any luck I only have four to five more weeks of this. It can't pass soon enough.

Can't say I'm too impressed with pregnancy so far

I guess I must be at the point where there are a lot more changes in my body. Some of them are more unpleasant than others.

Morning sickness made itself known last week. I haven't been vomiting yet, but boy have I been nauseous! Yuck. My stomach gets queasy if it gets too empty but sometimes too when it gets too full. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.

This weekend I've been queasy since yesterday afternoon after my workout. I still haven't figured out how to not be queasy after finishing a workout.

Doug and I were going to go to church this morning but he's been under the weather all weekend so we decided not to go. It ended up being a good thing because I got queasy after breakfast. I finally got an appetite for lunch at 2 p.m., but now I've just been starving since! I have already gained about 5 pounds in the three weeks I've known about the pregnancy because I have to eat constantly.

This weekend I also discovered heartburn. Yeah, thats something that will only get worse from what I read. Doug and I had dinner at Buffalo Wildwings on Friday and we ate way too much, which didn't help, and my wings were too spicy. The heartburn didn't go away til last night.

But its not all bad. My hair is extra shiny and my complexion seems to be clearing. I love thinking about how things will be in seven months when this little one is out. We're having a baby!

When we went to the doctor Thursday they gave us a diaper bag with a bunch of free baby stuff inside, sample diapers and formula and some books. There was also a pamphlet about the hospital I will deliver at. The birthing area sounds more like a hotel! They have state of the art birthing suites where I will do everything, labor, delivery and recovery. The baby will be in there and Doug can sleep there too. And if we need a rest, there is a nursery. They have everything they need for every delivery. I think we made a good choice about our clinic and hospital. They offer tours that Doug and I will take one of these weeks.

Our little bean

We had our first prenatal visit today and got to see our very young baby. You're looking at his or her very first pictures here! At 7 weeks, it just looks like a little bean, but its our bean! We could see the heartbeat and yolk sac. He or she is nine-tenths of a centimeter right now with a heartbeat of 160 beats per minute. We're smitten.

I have read in my pregnancy book that within the next week a big growth spurt will take place and the fetus will more than double in size, going from .2 inch to a half inch.

You are here because Doug and I have chosen to share our good news with you! Despite the rough year we have had so far with me losing my job, we couldn't be happier with how the tide has turned. Baby Durso is expected to arrive in early November, the fifth is the estimated due date. Doug and I, but probably mostly I, will write in here to give the updates on what's going on in our lives as we prepare to welcome our little bundle of joy. I hope you will enjoy reading this blog as much as I expect to enjoy writing it.