Each day that passes the pregnancy thing keeps sinking in a little more. I have stopped taking a test every single morning, which is good for my sanity and our pocketbook. After having four tests all say the same thing, I suppose I can believe them.

I am in the middle of my fifth week (further than I got with the first pregnancy) and I am already noticing so many changes. The most obvious change is in my eating habits. I have found that I am, mostly, able to control the nausea if I continually eat small amounts of food throughout the day. Also, I have been craving a lot more protein than usual (eating tons of yogurt and hard-boiled eggs) and I have absolutely no taste for sweets of any kind. At school I have been given a variety of sweets lately and have had to stash each and every one of them in my desk drawer for another day. I can’t even stomach the thought right now! Which, knowing my killer sweet-tooth pre-pregnancy, is quite a shock!

I haven’t vomited in a few days, which is great! But I notice that when I neglect my tummy for a few hours, that feeling starts to come on. As long as I put something mild in right away, even though it is the last thing I feel like doing, it has been going away. Hopefully it will stay that way as time goes on.

I thought it would be interesting to chronicle a day of my eating habits. I feel like I am eating so much more these days, but I don’t think that I really am. It is just that I don’t go more than an hour or two without having a little something. I hope that I don’t gain a million pounds in the first trimester alone!

So, here is what I ate today:

5:00am   – 2 Saltine Crackers
7:30am   – Black Sesame Flavored Soy Milk
8:30am   – 1 Piece Raisin Toast, 1/4 Cantaloupe
9:30am   – 1 Bottle Aquarius (Sports Drink – I need this after my bike ride in 100 degree heat)
11:15am – 1 Hard-Boiled Egg
12:00pm – Cold Soba with Sauce
2:00pm   – 1/2 Cup Dried Cranberries
3:45pm   – Plum
4:45pm   – Vegetable Juice and Club Soda Mixed
6:30pm   – Chocolate Soy Milk
7:00pm   – Asparagus and Salmon Pesto Pasta
9:00pm   – Salad

Wonder how many calories that is? I guess it doesn’t really matter. If eating this way is what it takes to make sure that my food stays down and that I have some energy, that is what I will have to do for the time being.