First OB Appointment

My first official OB appointment didn’t result in anything especially exciting, other than getting a prescription for pills to ease the nausea that has been riding me like the plague, 24/7, for the past week. They are safe to use during pregnancy and won’t hurt the baby. However, I've tried them for a couple of days now and they haven't been working any miracles. I haven’t been able to eat a real meal in over a week now, thanks to my new food aversions! Ugh! When I can think of something I’d like to eat, it’s usually nutritionally atrocious for me and our baby. In the past week, I have patronized Pizza Hut, KFC, Chick-Fil-A, and Taco Bell. It is absolutely unheard of for me to eat this much fast food in such a short period of time! I am normally a very conscientious gal when it comes to food- I fully believe that you are what you eat. I think that means our fetus will be developing fried chicken wings this week when it should be developing a healthy human brain. So bring on the meds! Anything that will get healthy food into my stomach is a blessing.

I got more pregnancy books from the local Athens library, which uses the old-fashioned technology of having a real person check out books rather than a machine. This is when I came to the realization that if I were in my hometown, I would not be able to check out pregnancy books at the local library and hide my pregnancy at the same time. It’s a good thing I’m hundreds of miles away, where I can chat openly about pregnancy with the nice lady who processed my five prenatal books, without worrying that she will spread the word to her coworker, who is cousins with someone who goes to church with my mom (this would inevitably happen in my hometown). Thank goodness, for now, that gossip won’t cross the state line to spoil our surprise.

These pics are from our seventh wedding anniversary in August. We went to the famous Blue Willow Inn restaurant in the tiny historic town of Social Circle, Georgia.