8 weeks (and 1 day!)

i'm hanging in here... taking it one day at a time, taking my occasional half tablet of my anti-nausea medicine when i feel totally defeated in the evening. i'm learning that if i just keep something in my stomach i will feel ok. and it can't be just anything. right now my list of go-to foods is:

1. apple juice (in juice boxes)
2. honey nut cherrios
3. sparkling water with lemon (for some reason the bubbles in Arrowhead water are the most fizzy and feel good on my thoat and stomach)
4. preggie pop drops (help take the edge off)
5. string cheese
6. yogurt (the kids kind where it is premixed with no fruit chunks)
7. Ritz Peanut Butter bits (ritz crackers that have peanut butter between them)
8. vanilla ice cream

it seems that some days/mornings/afternoons/evenings are better than other and the go-to food list changes as certain foods become associated with nausea (i can't eat baked potatoes anymore, which were so popular with me in the beginning).  i just managed to eat an entire grilled cheese with tomato for dinner!

i'm still waiting for my little baby to start showing... it seems that maybe i have a bump coming out above my pubic bone? i am now extra bloated in the tummy area.

first prenatal appointment at my OB/GYN's office on thursday - looking forward to it, but wish there was an ultrasound involved!