Posts Tagged ‘smells’

So we’ve crossed the first trimester threshold. The morning sickness has retreated a little bit. The appetite has returned a fair amount. YET.

Wifey can still hurl with the best of em, but she isn’t as timid or fearful about things that could potentially make her sick as she was just a month ago. I still find humor in almost every aspect of her pregnancy because nothing is a small problem, everything is the end of the world, even if it’s right there on the page in front of me as being a normal part of a twin pregnancy.

Round ligament pain, mucus, sore back, nausea, headache, irritibility, you name it, she is still trudging uphill through 8 feet of snow barefoot through it all.

She still has hang ups on things that could potentially make her gag, and I’ve come to appreciate the newer ones and some of the classics.

Here is our first SECOND TRIMESTER list of WHAT WIFEY HATES PT. III!

1. ANYONE’s breath, still
2. Our garage. 
3. Fresh cut grass
4. Cheap motorcycle exhaust
5. MSG, Aspartame & High Fructose Corn Syrup, still. (Read about MSG here!!)
6. The smell of Pasta Pickups “these smell like dog food”
7. Dogfood – we dont have a dog, but if we did, its food would make Jules gag
8. Word combinations to be published later. (this is classic I assure you)

Never a dull moment. But at least when she’s popped she can look back and laugh (or hit me that I’ve documented it) and hopefully tell a few other freaky deeky preggo broads that it’s ok to be a complete freak as far as smells are concerned.

photo credit: Lord Jim

For the past few weeks Julie has been fighting naeusa, fatigue and hormonal swings way up and way down.

Now that we KNOW what is causing it it’s a little less scary because there isn’t some underlying reason why life just sucks right now.

Granted, there isn’t much that I can do as a husband besides cater to her needs and let her get her rest. It just blows ass with this being a holiday weekend and plans with family and friends already set up that she has to stay on the couch or in bed all weekend.

We all know “This too shall pass” but right now, I wish there was a hell of a lot more than gatorade and hugs I could offer.

I just wanted to jot down the things she hates right now:

1. ANYONE’s breath
2. The smell of our garage (lawnmower & gasoline)
3. Food she isn’t eating
4. The smell of our son after having spaghetti at daycare
5. The smell of me after work (I smell like a vitamin)
6. MSG, Aspartame & High Fructose Corn Syrup
7. Banana popsicles
8. Popsicles that aren’t Root Beer flavored
9. Water
10. Food
11. Her prenatal vitamin
12. Food Commercials on TV all day long
13. Poop

I’m sure this list will continue to grow, and I look foward to her reading it once she’s normal again.

photo credit: Mr.Thomas

SHE WILL BE NORMAL AGAIN WONT SHE?