7 weeks and 3 days

Today we are 7 weeks and 3 days! So lets see, where do I start? How about with what I have learned...

1.) I am always hungry. All day every day. I wake up in the middle of the night starving. I wake up first thing in the morning starving. Ten minuets after getting to work I am starving.

2.) Finding something to eat is not always easy. I feel like I am having a hard time finding food that is both filling and healthy at the same time. I have never been one to be a healthy eater but now I feel I need to. With twins, I need to be eating about 300 to 400 extra calories per day. That means almost 3000 calories a day. One could go to Jack n' Box and have and ultimate cheese burger and cover half of those needed daily calories but that is sooo not good for a person.

3.) My belly is going to be bigger then a single pregnancy. Well duh, right? But no, really. Now, being 7 weeks I look like I am 14 weeks. When I will be 14 weeks, I will actually look look like I am 21 weeks. And so on and so on. I have decided I need to invest in new clothes sooner then I was planning. I am already using a belly band. At first I thought I was crazy, but I guess I am not.

4.) Morning sickness, if that's what you want to call it, happens when I am hungry but don't eat. Saturday was the first day I really felt crappy. Bella woke me up early with the sun being out in full force and all. It was about 7 am when I got out of bed, moved to the couch and watched a movie. By the time 9 o'clock rolled around I was starting to get hungry but my tummy was so upset that absolutely nothing sounded good. Toast was about the only thing I could eat Saturday. Also, when we are busy at work like we have been this week, and I don't get to take my lunch or break on time...it starts. I have read a lot about how it has to do with blood sugar being low. And as far as I can tell it sounds about right. Good thing to find out now. It might help me avoid serious problems in the near future :O)

5.) My skin is taking a beating. I seriously feel like I am in JR High again. I am breaking out all over my face, chest and back. This is absolutely horrible. And if you ask me, so far the worst symptom of pregnancy.

6.) Because of the faster belly growth, I wont be able to work as long as I originally thought. Twins are considered full term at 35 weeks, right? So even if I make it that far, I will look like a woman who is only caring one baby at 42 weeks. In other words...miserable.

I know there are hundreds of other things I have learned over the past 3 weeks but this is all my head will allow me to think about right now. Over the next 7 months or so I will keep adding to the list of things I learn. Time for a snack and a quick nap before Jake gets back from the gym.