7 weeks

I don't remember feeling quite like this last time, with Evan. So I went back to check my old posts about Evan's pregnancy, and sure enough, I didn't feel like this.

The nausea and belching and uncomfortable stomach feelings are there all the time. It's very annoying, really. I only get some relief a bit after eating, and that's it. But sometimes, like right now, food didn't help at all... With Evan, I didn't feel like this until way past 10 weeks, and it was mostly in the afternoons. Not sure how to take this.

I don't really have food cravings or aversions yet. If anything, I have preferences. I prefer eggs, and if it's eggs with chorizo even better, but it's not the "I must have it" feeling. I do have a hard time deciding what to eat, nothing is particularly appealing.

Then there's the sensitive nose, which is only triggered by certain foul smells, like the dogs and the dog house smell of our carpet. I can't remember other offenders right now, but there have been 3 or 4 that just jump out at me, everything else smells just the same. I don't even notice good smells, like good food cooking, just offenders.

And of course we have the hormones, which have had me in the verge of tears several times in the past few days, just thinking about how uncomfortable it is to feel some degree of nausea all day long.

Stuffy nose is back, though it's different here where humidity is so high (unlike in AZ). And I'm tired. And since I can't find anything terribly appetizing, I'm having trouble coming up with ideas (and motivation) for making dinner. And that's when living on an island gets old, really fast: no easy 12 bucks take out available.