10 ways my body is wigging out

So in 2 days I'll be 10 wks. Only a few more weeks and I'm out of my first trimester, yeah! I am happy to say that I've only gained 1 pound so far. One of my big fears with pregnancy is gaining too much weight, so only 1 pound makes me pretty happy. However, I can't say I'm thrilled with some of the other fun things going on with my body. Here are the 10 ways my body is currently wigging out.

1st, even though I've only gained one pound, I can already notice my pants fitting a tiny bit tighter. Is that normal at only 10 weeks?

2nd, nausea and I have gotten to know each other really well, and I am not a fan. I will admit, my nausea has gotten a little better this week, but if I don't eat every 2 hours on the dot, it creeps in fast and furious. And I have to say, needing to eat every 2 hours is really annoying. I have to plan my day really well or I'll pay for it with all kinds of unpleasantness.

3rd, there are a lot of foods I can no longer eat without getting sick. I already mentioned meat is off the "to eat" list, and now I have other foods to add. No soy milk, certian kinds of crackers, certian kinds of soups, no apples, no bananas (except in a smoothie I can sometimes do half a banana), certian veggies, and not too much dairy since I'm mildly lactose intolerant, and the list grows almost daily.

4th, lower back pain. I'm not sure if this is related to the pregnancy or not, but I've had it for a little over a week now and it's killing me! I've been to the chiropractor twice and a massage therapist once and it's still killing me. Hopefully it'll get better before I have to do a 12 hour car drive to California in a week and a half.

5th, the bathroom and I see a lot of each other! I can hardly make it all the way from SLC to Ogden, only a 55 minute drive.

6th, if I get up too quickly, my lower ligaments really hurt!

7th, irritability. I just don't have as much patience with people as I used to have. Now little things can set me off and that stinks.

8th, where did all of my energy go?! I used to work out 2 hours a day, 5 days a week, and sometimes that wasn't enough to get ot all my energy, & I just don't have any energy anymore! Now I'm down to 45min 3 times a week and that's pretty hard to find the energy for.

9th, all I have to say is beware of constipation.

10th, this one is new as of last night. In the middle of the night I was trying to roll over when all of a sudden I had horrible stabbing chest pain and I could barely breath. I woke up Adam to help me, but we really didn't know what he could do to help. Finally, I just asked him to pick me up from my laying position so I could sit up, thinking he'd probably have to take me to the hospital. Once he picked me up the pain almost completely stopped. Wierd. The middle of my chest is still sore this morning and if I take a deep breath it hurts. I called my doctor about it this morning, and apparently this is pretty normal. The way I was sleeping and then turned over, it pulled my breastbone apart a bit, which caused the stabbing pain. When Adam sat me up, it put it back to normal, hence the pain stopping.

I'm hopeful (and probably a little too much so) that some of these things will get a little easier. Although, I do know that I'll have interesting other changes coming, so we'll see which ones are the easiest to deal with.

One last thing, I have to admit, it's really fun having multiple women of my friends and family pregnant or having babies around the same time as me. Currently pregnant I have have two sister-in-laws (hopefully soon to be two more) and 3 friends. Then, those who have had a baby in the last year to a few weeks ago I have 4 sister-in-laws and 3 friends. So, my baby is going to have lots of friends near his/her age to play with. Yeah!