SUCCESS

So after yesterday's little charade I decided to put all of the theories for battling morning sickness to the test. This was my routine, and IT WORKED, I felt a teensy bit nauseous but not for long and it wasn't anything I couldn't handle normally.

SO..drum roll please...without further ado here are

Lindsay's Proven Methods 

for Battling Morning Sickness

1. Wake up 10 minutes earlier than you need to and eat 5 whole wheat saltine crackers. Stay in bed for those ten minutes to digest and wake up, and then proceed to rise from your sleeping station.

2. Drink apple juice as you get ready for the day, when you have a few gulps left, take a ginger pill.

3. Start snacking immediate, but take it easy, snack on crackers and fruits or veggies, and work your way up to something more substantial, and drink plenty of water.

That was it. I felt awesome, so good I ate an In and Out Protein Style burger for lunch. Can I just say, that I have a feeling that Hamburger is going to be my pregnancy food, or maybe it is just In and Out burgers but MAN that hit my sweet spot:

ALSO, the website I stole this delightful picture from says that this is only 330 calories- score!

http://paulaleen.blogspot.com/2008/11/bestworst-burgers-in-america.html

Also, lesson I learned today: Do not take your stinky fish smelling prenatals with your ginger pills, as ginger pills make you burp and the combination makes you burp nasty fish smell. Note to self, take all pre-natals at bed time, and ginger pills in the morning.

We're Preg-o and Blech-o

By the time anyone reads this the posts that I post between now and October they will be much much older. We have decided not to tell anyone that we are having a baby until that time when we can surprise our parentals. BUT I wanted to document weekly happenings, so all readers will have a little bit of catching up to do. First off we found out we were pregnant on August 27th, 2011,  and to date are about six weeks along. Today  I had my first bought of morning sickness, and it was a doozey. Never been so embarrassed in my life:

WARNING, if you are easily sickened, this is not a story for you

So I woke up not feeling the best today, sent my boss a text letting her know I wasn't feeling too good and that I would be in later. Slept in, woke up a few hours feeling much better and proceeded to get ready for work and then ate reheated macaroni that I had for dinner last night. Head out the door, jump into my little Camry, get on the highway, and progressively start to feel sick again. By the time I get to the Bangerter exit I am to bursting point. I try to focus on my breathing and stay calm, I have been sick before, I handle myself very well, and I can wait until I get to work. Not so. It is coming. I pull into the Harmon's parking lot that is about a block from Auto-Owners Insurance and rush inside, the vomit is sitting in my throat at this point, just begging to come out. I rush to the nearest employee, proceed to frantically ask for directions to the bathroom, and start to lose it. I cup almost all of what is ensuing into my hands as the now desperate employee is screaming for someone to get her a trash can. She locates one from the man behind the Gelato counter, rushes over to me and I continue to hurl up the half digested mac and cheese (side note: I really don't remember eating as much mac and cheese as what came out). After I seem to finish up the store clerk pats me on the back and asks me if I am okay. I proceed to tell her that I am having morning sickness and she adequately sympathizes with me and recommends ginger pills. She walks me to the bathroom where I finish up my sickness for the day. I smelled less than awesome, so afterword I bought Listerine along with my ginger pills and whole wheat crackers, which have now been my entire sustenance for the day.

I have now whipped up a light rice dish that I hope won't upset my stomach, but only a few hours time will tell. 

Update: the rice did very well, thank you.