I had morning sickness through about 18 weeks. I never actually threw up (I've only thrown up a handful of times in my life) but I was nauseous all the time. It got worse as the day went on so I tried to eat as much as I could early in the day (which usually wasn't much) because by dinner time, it was really hard to get anything down. I couldn't imagine ever enjoying food again during that time. I never really found anything that I could eat either - there was not a "magic food". I did take some prescription medicines to lessen the nausea (including Zofran during the day and Phenergan at night), and they helped some but definitely did not make the nausea go away. With them I could at least function enough to make it through the day at work and go to sleep at night. I kept my weight steady during this time - didn't gain anything but didn't lose anything either. We were house hunting too for the first part of the year, and it was really difficult to muster up the energy to make it through those days of looking at houses with our realtor. When we made the offer on our house, I didn't really remember the house that well and I really hoped I liked it. I definitely had not scrutinized it as much as most of the houses we looked at because I felt so terrible when we saw it. I was trusting Brian that it was a good house. Luckily, it has turned out to be perfect.
Now that I can eat again, I haven't had any food cravings. I've pretty much just been eating what I normally do. I've gotten to where I can't necessarily eat as much in one sitting, but I will get hungry again pretty quickly. I definitely snack more. I keep trying to eat more healthy foods, but I haven't been very successful at it. I don't eat a lot of junk food or desserts, but I really could add more fresh foods to my diet. I'll keep trying.
I've been having a lot of back pain lately during the week when I have to sit at my desk all day. Weekends are generally okay when I'm moving around most of the day (except when I overdo it by painting all weekend, etc), but sitting all day kills me. It may have something to do with our really cheap office furniture ... hhmmm. I've been using a folded up beach towel as a sort of pillow lately and that's been helping some.
The little guy moves a lot lately. It doesn't seem like he kicks or punches as much as he squirms. At first, I think that's more what I felt, but for the last month it's more the squirming. My belly is really hard and you can find him by pressing on it. Sometimes you find something small which is either a foot, hand, knee, or elbow (I can't tell the difference) and other times it's bigger (like his back or butt). I can usually make him move around by pressing on him. Hopefully he's not going to be all bruised up from that! He doesn't move too much when I go to bed and rarely has woken me up when I'm sleeping. Sometimes he seems to do a dance and my belly jiggles all over the place - it's pretty funny to watch. It's usually over so quick though that Brian has never seen it.
I've been sleeping a little better lately. For awhile I'd wake up with extreme pain in my hips. Turning over wouldn't help. I get up to pee usually two or three times a night (except last night I got up about 10 times, literally) but I usually fall back to sleep quickly so it's not a big deal. It is getting harder to turn over though and to get out of bed with all this weight attached to my stomach. I got a Snoogle back when I was only about 4 months pregnant and have used it every night. I think it's helpful, but I haven't tried sleeping without it so it's hard to say. It generally prevents me from sleeping on my back, but I still wake up often enough and realize I'm flat on my back. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about in case you're completely lost.
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