Heightened Sense of Smell:
I was sitting in a lunch meeting at work and this lady opened a ketchup packet from way across the room. The sheer smell of that rancid, vinegarry, sour ketchup made have to leave, get some Vicks Vap'o Rub to apply under my nostrils so that I didn't have to inhale the putrid smell of ketchup.
Cravings:
I was never a sweets or desserts kinda person; I'd choose a bag of chips over a candy bar anyday, but when I got pregnant that changed... duh! So, one day I devoured 2 bags of cotton candy... and then I got sick. I could eat 5 fruit roll-ups, a bowl of frosted flakes and 1 snickers bar as a meal... in comes GESTATIONAL DIABETES! So, my binge on sweets stopped at about 25 weeks and now I'm watching everything I eat, eating healthy, no refined sugars...BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH! GIMME SOME COTTON CANDY!!!!!!!!!!! That will be my first meal after BB is born.
Swollen Feet (WARNING!!! GRAPHIC PHOTO COMING!!! AND THEY ARE *NOT* MY FEET....I googled them):
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THANK GOD I DON'T HAVE THESE....yet! My husband does everything he can to avoid this! Hahaha! While I'm watching tv, my husband will run to get pillows to put under my feet, or when we're out eating dinner some place he'll grab my feet (I'm thinking, "OOOOOH! He's playing footsies!")and place them on his lap, or while we're in bed, he'll tuck about 50,000 pillows under my legs... HE REALLY DOENS'T WANT ME TO GET SWOLLEN ANKLES! He's deathly afraid of them and so far, I guess it's worked!
Stretch Marks (again, not a picture of my own stomach... I just googled it):
So far, I have none... on my belly! But I am getting them in other places. Places like inner thighs and hips, but that's about it. I guess with my minimal weight gain I haven't had much to stretch... I'm crossing my fingers that I don't get anymore, but will embrace them if I do.
ps: All those expensive creams that women buy to "get rid of" or "prevent" stretch marks.... THEY DON'T WORK! There are only 2 things in this world that can get rid of stretch marks:
1. Cosmetic Laser Surgery
2. Genetics
Other than the 2 listed above, you're just wasting your time and money.
4 comments:
How did you find a picture of my feet when I was preggos with Jaden? Yes, they were quite swollen which is one of the reasons my OB knew to check my urine right away...Thank you preeclampsia, I was induced STAT and had my son 7 days early. Joys of pregnancy I tell ya..
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I wore a facemask in my house for 6 months while I pregnant with Jaden because I could smell "dry wall" and my "wood floors"... With Jolie, I kept the smell of "Warm Cookie" candles constantly warmed (with a candle warmer, not lit because the smell of the wick made me nauseous) for 9 months straight because the smell of the clorox wipes we used when we first moved in to clean the place seemed to be inbedded in all our furniture (or at least it smelled like it) and the smell of pinetrees, which we had a crap load of in the backyard made me want to choke on my own suka... And people ask me why I don't want to be pregnant again.. Tse!
Hahaha..Nolan is funny. And I agree with you about the stretch mark creams..They didn't work for me. I'm sorry about the nausea and heightened sense of smell. I can only imagine what its like for you if you happen to smell someone's sneeze *gag*. It will all be worth it in the end..can't wait to meet BB!
@Rachelle... You should see the face I make at people that sneeze around me. I make them feel so bad for sneezing within a 10 ft vicinity of me... bc not only now will the smell bother me, but they could get me sick. I'm so bad! Can't wait for your lil man to meet BB
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