Pregnancy reminiscing...

Today was my first day back in the office since E's "surprise" labor & delivery.

Because he came early my office was pretty much in shambles, with all kinds of half done projects and notes on it.

I've been back to the office a few times for meetings with my boss with E, and have been working from home for the past 6 weeks, but today was my first day back in the saddle.

It felt weird being at work and not being pregnant...also, it reminded me that I never wrote down anything really about my pregnancy and I don't want to forget.  So, here goes some memories:

• I was sick, really sick, really really sick...throwing up on the sidewalk, and in the subway, and in office trash cans sick...and nauseas 24/7 from 5 weeks until the placenta was delivered.
• When something appealed to me, I ate it, b/c most things did not appeal to me
• My cravings were bitter, sour, citrus, and meat...especially peaches (oh peaches, fresh and frozen, these got me through the summer of unending nausea and heat), lemons, korean food, cappuccinos, SOUP, Chipotle guacamole and chicken, dark chocolate, and cheeseburgers (one of the ways I found out I was pregnant was demanding that Ababa take me to get a cheeseburger at a specific restaurant at the whole other end of Manhattan...the next day I found out I was pregnant:-)
• I LOVED soup, especially homemade tomato soup and Hale & Hearty curried soups
• I hated sugar most of my pregnancy as sweet things (even bananas!) made me feel more sick
• I was tired, so very tired for the whole pregnancy, especially the first 20 weeks
• There were days when I just stared at my computer trying not to vomit for the whole work day
• My boss and colleagues were very supportive and understanding and I worked my tail off when the nausea wasn't totally overwhelming to stay on top of all my work
• I spent a lot of time "faking it" acting like I was fine, healthy, not feeling sick, etc.
• I wore make-up most days just to hide how tired I looked
• My maternity work wardrobe was very limited, so I wore 1 of about 4 outfits everyday from about 24 weeks on
• I had Braxton hicks contracts often from about 24 weeks onward
• When you were active you were really active and I could see my stomach jumping around and feel flutters and kicks fairly early (I think about 15 weeks)
• When you were still you were very still which resulted in a scary and painful 20 week anatomy scan (you wouldn't move at all for about an hour and the ultrasound technician pressed very painfully the whole time trying to get you to roll over, all you would do is one big startle reflex like "the worm" and when I was about 23 weeks I made Ababa drive me to the Dr first thing in the morning b/c I hadn't felt you move for about 12 hours...I was crying and scared, but you were rocking and rolling in there, I just couldn't feel it b/c of where you were positioned
• Ababa did EVERYTHING for us when I was pregnant dishes, cooking, laundry, playing with Samuel, b/c I was so sick and so tired
• Most days all I could do was get Samuel dressed in the morning, sit with him during dinner, read him a few stories when I got home from work, and tuck him in...other than I was throwing up, trying not to throw up, or sleeping
• I ate antacids like candy, especially Rennys peppermint and Walgreens tropical fruit
• I chewed orbit sweet mint gum all the time, until the third trimester when even that made me throw up:-(
• YOU WERE TOTALLY WORTH IT AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT!