13.5 weeks

I have had the best intentions in keeping up with this thing better but I am using the sick card as my excuse this time. Last week S. and I were both down and out with an awful early fall cold. The weather turned beautiful and at that second we got sick. Luckily, Owen was spared the misery of the sickness, he just had to put up with too pitiful parents. He did a great job taking care of us!

As soon as that yuckiness passed, I was hit with an awful bout of either food poisoning or a stomach virus. Whichever, it was miserable. I'll spare you the details but I was in the bathroom for pretty much 30 hours straight. I didn't eat anything other than chicken broth and lots of liquids. It's hard to do that while pregnant, not feeding the baby seems so cruel but there was no way food was going to stay in anyway. I have had a big problem with eating in general this pregnancy.

Last time, i had plenty of food aversions and didn't eat extravagantly, but this time I have nooooooo appetite at all. Forcing myself to eat is the only way it gets done. My stomach just feels really full all the time. In later pregnancy that is normal b/c the baby is pushing the stomach up so far but right now he/she is so tiny that shouldn't be the case. Tomorrow I'll visit with the OB and ask her for advice.

Other than that, this baby is a quiet one. No morning sickness or anything bad showed up in the first trimester to complain about. I have heartburn frequently and Mama says that means I must be cooking up another redhead!

It's late and bedtime. Goodnight. :)