First Trimester Summary

Since we are going into our second trimester, I thought I'd give a quick list of first trimester experiences (in as close to chronological order as possible):

• prenatal vitamins (2 months before conception)
• gigantic breasts
• bloating
• gas
• mild & occasional cramping (ending around week 9)
• dreams about smoking cigarettes (Just before we found out I was pregnant. Weird because I'm so anti-smoking.)
  
• bizarre desire to drink alcohol (Again, strange, because I'm so a non-drinker.)
  
• occasional heartburn
• flood of emotions (excitement, fear, hope)
  
• strong aversion to coffee (quit coffee completely by week 8)
• nausea
• aversion to cooked vegetables
• mild aversion to all foods
• talking aloud to baby every night before bed
• uncontrolled happy crying when seeing fans of Cash Cab find out they are actually on/in the game show
• conscious effort to reduce internalization of work stress
• pregnancy brain - my vocabulary is reduced to approximately 20 words (I just cannot remember the name of anything anymore)
  
• extreme fatigue in the afternoon (if neglected, leads to crying breakdown)
• obsessively looking at my online pregnancy calendar
• thoughts of quitting my job and starting a cake business
• total gross-out at Neo's cat food
• Matt takes over laundry and most of the household chores while I deal with my breakdown by taking a nap after work
• drinking milk and eating ice cream
• missing bacon
• lusting after lemons
• guilty pleasure: cherry Kool-Aid
• getting the house ready for baby
• thinking about the literature I'm going to read to baby
• imagining what kind of parent I want to be
• talking to baby about his/her Daddy since he doesn't get to spend the whole day with her/him
• yoga and constant efforts to keep cat tail out of my face when doing downward dog

Matt will probably remind me of what I missed or he can make his own list of experiences. =)