So we have made it past the first trimester and have graduated from being sick all day every day praying to the porcelian gods. Now I just feel really sick in the morning and sometimes at night. I have been getting headaches. A couple were worse than migraines but all in all this is a vast improvement from last month. It's still a chore to eat, my appetite is not what it used to be. I still have to stick to pretty plain food and mostly veggies and fruits but I don't choke down every bite any longer.
At first Josh was much more excited than I was, with the always sick thing ended we are now equally excited. Josh is not only excited, he's turned into this cautious bossy overprotective Josh. He heard something about not eating too much fish while you're pregnant because of the mercury and then translated this to no fish/seafood of any sort. I showed him that it was okay on the internet, in the baby book, and he even asked the doctor about it. All this and he still keeps telling me periodically when any seafood/fish is mentioned that I can't have it. I've finally given up arguing the point and keep my fish eating secret from him like it is the no no he thinks it is. Then I went to have my hair done and came home and was told pregnant women aren't allowed to dye their hair.... Once again pulled out "What to Expect When You're Expecting" after which he told me he thinks I shouldn't do it again, just to be safe. When I was still really sick a friend of ours told Josh about an allergic reaction his wife had to my same antinausea medication. Josh was already trying to convince me to only take it when I had to go to work to make it through the shift and then tough it out to be safe, he didn't want me taking it at all after that. Thank goodness the sick phase tapered off about a week later because he was worrying himself into an ulcer and driving me crazy not wanting me to take the one thing that made me feel well enough to function. I would tell him my doctor wouldn't prescribe me something that would hurt the baby but he gets these Josh the OBGYN ideas and there is no changing his mind. I have no idea what to expect next with him. It can be very entertaining.
His weird quirks come with good ones too though. Josh has already started kissing and talking to the baby. It's adorable. I assumed Josh would just want to go to the ultrasound appts but found out when I didn't mention our next appt until the night before that I was wrong about that. He texted me from work wanting an update. When I told him that night it was over in 15 mins and wouldn't have been worth missing work for, they weighed me in, did a urine sample, checked my blood pressure, and the baby's heart rate and it was over he said, "I don't care if you think it's a boring appointment. I want to be involved." I wouldn't trade him for the world but this daddy to be is something else.
