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I finally learned how to calculate the pregnancy weeks correctly. 

Yesterday I started my 8th week but they (websites and doctors) say I’m 7 weeks pregnant.  That is because I have completed 7weeks.  How they explain it is:  During the week you start your period, you are in your first week of pregnancy, but you have not yet completed any weeks so you are zero weeks pregnant. Think about it this way — you don’t say that a baby is one year old during his first year of life do you? He is not considered to be one year old until he’s actually in his second year.

So today, I’m 7 weeks pregnant.  10 more days until my first appointment!!  I actually tried to call the doctor to see if they had any last minute openings the week before but they are all booked. 

Last night I had a dream.  The dream itself was not scary but the results of it could have been…

To preface my story, I have to pee a lot lately.  Every night I have to go once or twice.  My record has been three times in one night already.

So in the dream was at a party supplies store (not sure why) and all of a sudden I had to go the bathroom REALLY bad.  I couldn’t find the bathroom so I finally had to ask.  I ran there!  The bathroom was filthy and disgusting but when you gotta go, you gotta go.  So I went and it was the best relief ever.  I felt great.  Next thing you know, I wake up from my dream!  I laid there thinking, did i just pee?   Was that a dream?   Did I really go?  I had to feel the bed just to make sure.  Luckily it was all in the dream.  I got up and went to bathroom but now I’m scared one day that I’ll think my dream is real and there will be a lot of cleaning up to do…..

On Monday night we had a really big pasta dinner.  I think I ate too much and felt very bloated.  But I also was have this pain in my side.  It wasn’t a cramp but more like muscle soreness and it was just under by left ribs.  It wasn’t in the lower area so I don’t  think it was baby related.  But it was weird.  The pain just went in and out.

Yesterday, the pain was gone in the morning but it appeared a little in the afternoon.  I was going to call my OB doctor but it’s hard to call from my desk at work and by the time I got home it was past 5pm and the office was closed.  Then before dinner, the pain was back and I started for poke around my rib area to see where exactly the pain was coming from.  As i was pressing I found a loose piece!  On one of the ribs there was a little piece of something (cartilage or bone) that was moving and it was sore.  So now I’m thinking I need to go see my general doctor and not my OB. 

This morning, I don’t have any pain and I can’t find that loose piece anymore!  I guess i’ll wait until tonight to see if it comes back…..

After lunch yesterday I was feeling really sleepy.  I was sitting in front of my computer at work and started to nod off.  I caught myself but didn’t try to fight it.  I think I decided to just close my eyes for a minute.  Next thing I know, a co-worker is standing next to my cube laughing!  That woke me up.  He said I was out!  I was so embarassed.  Oh well….it was a good power nap because I was wide awake after that.   I have to make sure that doesn’t happen again!

Still didn’t feel so good this morning.  But then at 7am I ate an egg and cheese burrito for breakfast.  Felt great after that!  By 10am, I was feeling sick again.  I think to conquer the nauseau I need something in my stomach at all times. 

Empty stomach = feeling sick

So I guess need to eat more small meals.  I ate a yogurt at around 10:30 but that’s not helping too much.  Off to lunch soon!!

I’ve been feeling sick the past couple of days.  No throwing up but just uncomfortable.  Headaches, dizziness, and some nausea.  Also, not sure if everyone wants to know but my breasts are getting bigger.   It’s nature and I can’t hide it anyways.  hehe.  They are heavy and it’s pretty uncomfortable.  It’s interesting that people pay money to make them bigger.

I’m definitely eating more these days and I’ve been exercising more too.  I’ve been doing 1.5 mile brisk walks at the track.  I think that is helping.  My weight hasn’t changed much though.  I can get up to 124 lbs at night but every morning I’m still consisitently 120 lbs. 

So I calculated wrong and I am actually in my 6th week of pregnanacy.  oops.  Here’s what the baby looks like now.  Now, I think it’s really in there too…some symptoms are coming back.  yay!

Today I had to lie for the first time.  I’ve pretty much been avoiding the questions about me and babies but today, my friend Joel asked me, “So what about you?  Any updates with the baby stuff?”  I had to lie and say, “No, no updates here”.  Of course I had to look away,  I couldn’t look him in the eye.  I hate lying.  21 more days until my first appointment and I can let my big mouth loose!!