Yek!

This pregnancy is teaching me what all of those books and experienced moms have known all along - what pregnancy symptoms can feel like! Recently I have had the WORST taste in my mouth after I eat. It persisted so much that I finally did a search on the internet to see if this, too, could be pregnancy related. Lo and behold, it is. Many women experience the same thing, and, like me, have to constantly keep something that tastes good in their mouths. The unpredictability of morning sickness is a drag. It's hard to plan things when you don't know if you'll feel fine, or feel like curling up on the couch. I started to eat something every morning before getting out of bed (and so has dd =) ) to combat sickness, something I read someplace. Since then I have felt better overall. (The bad taste does NOT help, but mints DO) Otherwise I can fall asleep and sleep deeply just about any time. I take most of dd's naps with her these days. (Not today, as she needed encouragement to go to sleep, and that was on the late side, so I need to stay up to be certain she doesn't sleep TOO long...) I also feel sort of down most of the time, but this is probably just a side-effect of being tired and feeling ill sometimes. Anyhow, it's week 8, and hopefully this stuff will go away after a couple of weeks. More soon.........gotta go wake dd!