6-7 weeks

Hi baby, 

 Today you are 7.5 weeks old and the size of a raspberry.  I am feeling you a little bit more because starting on the first day of week 6 the nausea hit hard. Week 6 was by far the hardest week of my life. I honestly was not sure if I was going to make it. Starting every morning with the dry heaves and feeling like dying was not fun. Since then it has been a roller coaster of nausea. The worst part of it is that smells set me off. Not only smells but the idea of certain foods, basically anything in our fridge that we’ve had in the past week makes me want to vomit.  I called my doctor office to ask them for IV fluids because I felt so dehydrated. Unfortunately, in talking with them they basically want you to almost shut down a kidney before they give you fluids. They recommended vitamin B6 daily and filled me a script for Zofran. I don't know if its the hormones letting up or the B6 but I've been feeling a little better this week. It’s nice to know that I can have the Zofran for emergencies but I’m trying my best to not use it unless absolutely necessary.  I have also found that if I wake up early and go to my Crossfit class the day goes a little smoother. I mean Crossfit still sucks and I come home feeling awful but if I eat some toast I will start to feel better.  The nausea still comes in waves and sometimes I think this is pretty miserable but the adorable little baby we get at the end will make it all better. I'm not sure how women don't talk about the suckiness of the first trimester... like working nauseous is extremely difficult. Last week in the peak of nausea I caved and bought some onesies for motivation.

Utah Jazz and BYU onesies are adorable...and are now hanging up for inspiration and a reminder of what we will get out of this rollercoaster.  Scott loves the BYU football one but mostly because he is hoping that he has sired the first Goldsmith boy. The record currently is 8-0 with Goldsmiths only bringing girls to the family. I feel like with those odds it has to be a girl. I'm not even sure what this family would do with a boy.  Luckily all the onesies can work for a boy or girl, the power of bows and headbands! We are only 18 days away from seeing you for the first time and hearing your perfect heart beat. Once we get to see you for the first time we plan to tell your grandparents and I’m sure they will be so excited.

 

We love you baby,

Your parents