listening to: "without you"; taebin
jon and i went to our third appointment with the ob-gyn this morning. this time it was for another ultrasound and genetic counseling. it's always extremely exciting to see the baby on screen. it kind of just makes it even more real. i cried the very first time we went for an ultrasound. i really wasn't expecting to see anything yet. just something akin to a blob or a lima bean. not an actual head. or arm and leg buds. the baby wasn't being too cooperative today, preferring to curl up in a little niche rather than move around. the techs had a very difficult time getting the image they needed. they'd try to get baby to move by jiggling the transducer around, which only seemed to annoy baby, as it wriggled around a bit then rolled over away from us.
today, the baby was dated at about 11 4⁄7 weeks, so i'm almost finishing up my first trimester. which i'm REALLY looking forward to. i haven't thrown up for awhile, but i've been feeling much more nauseous in the past couple weeks than i ever have before. i still consider myself lucky. my morning sickness seemed pretty mild. compared to stories i've been told. i spent about two weeks going through waves of extreme nausea, running to the restrooms and trying in vain to rid myself of whatever i had just eaten. thankfully, though, by the time i found myself in that position whatever i HAD just eaten had already digested and wasn't coming back up.
the biggest symptom i'm dealing with is breast tenderness. it was actually the first symptom that i had. one day, my breasts felt really tender. then a few days later i began to feel queasy after i ate. and then the next week i started running for the restrooms. that's when i decided to take a pregnancy test. and there, in an almost instant confirmation, appeared the little black word "pregnant".
i haven't had any cravings, whether ordinary or weird. i've actually found myself aversed to certain foods, like anything deep-fried. so there's no more croquette for me. or shrimp tempura. or french fries. which really isn't that much of a loss, because i'm really not missing out on anything nutritional by not eating french fries. and i can't eat eggplant anymore, either. which sucks, because it's one of my favorite vegetables. but at least i can still enjoy my spicy favorites like kimchi chigae and curry.