Superhero in Training

 . . . as I knelt on the bathroom floor, in my suit, throwing up for the third time since breakfast, I was struck by the realization that my Mom was not born with an innate ability to “suck it up,” but rather it was a skill she was forced to cultivate as soon as she [...]

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Busted!

So, my tummy troubles have become somewhat more manageable ever since the unfortunate fertilization incident.  However, the constant queasies have been replaced by the constant sleepies. 
I am overwhelmingly tired exhausted all the time.  Because I cannot seem to keep my eyes open after 9pm (and making it even that long is a struggle), I have [...]

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Stopping to Smell the Roses?

So, I did something on the way home from work today that I have not done since my grad school days . . . 
I threw up in someone’s flower bed.
As I mentioned in Sunday’s post, my tummy has been a living, breathing Pepto Bismol commercial lately (nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach . . . you [...]

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Tummy Troubles

I am now 7 weeks pregnant and so far, it has not been that bad.  I discussed my symptoms at 5 weeks in an earlier post, and for the most part those are still lingering.  Most of my new issues center around my tummy.
What really has me bummed is the fact that my stomach pretty [...]

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My Lovely Lady Lumps

. . . whenever I feel nauseous, or my chest ignites, or I discover that I cannot button yet another blouse, I am reassured that my Little Bean is continuing to develop . . .

As of today, I am a little over five weeks pregnant, which, confusingly, means that I am a little over three [...]

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