I want to vomit.

No, really.

I'm 6 weeks and 2 days pregnant, and the nausea/morning sickness has hit in full force. I know this is just an old wives' tale, but I secretly hope the fact that I feel this awful means it's a girl. Not that I wouldn't love a boy (we definitely want both), but I always imagined having a girl first.

Anyway, I have woken up and fallen asleep feeling quite nauseous the past few days. Thursday & Friday I had some rough bouts of nausea at work, but I persevered. Yesterday wasn't horrible, although after dinner it got pretty bad again. Today, it is just not going away. J made me scrambled eggs & toast earlier, which I choked down. I then took my vitamins with some juice and that was a mistake. I should have waited until I was feeling better, or for night/nap time. I have been nimbling saltines and sipping gingerale ever since. Roughly 2 hours later... I kind of want to die. (and throw up. please.)

So this is not pleasant. You are lucky I love you so much already, little baby, because this is really, really miserable and I'm supposed to get my hair done in an hour. I was really looking forward to that, as it's been almost 6 months, but now... not so much.

In case you have never experienced it, let me tell you what morning sickness feels like. It feels like one of those really bad hangovers where you are sick as a dog the next day. The fun part, though, is (in my case) you haven't had anything to drink in 2 weeks (or more)! Waves of nausea, perhaps actually getting sick soon, feeling weak, dehydrated, and with a dull headache, but somehow also craving greasy food. Yup, being pregnant is like being hungover, all the time, minus the fun the night before. If that hangover made me feel "old" that last time I experienced one, now I REALLY feel old.

So I'm going to go hang out by the toilet now. Wish me luck on making it to that hair appointment.