The First 12 Weeks

Those first 12 weeks seem like a blur now...morning sickness isn't even an accurate term! I was sick ALL day. I couldn't even take a shower in my bathroom because the lack of ventilation would cause me to throw up. I had to use Jonathan's shower! Brushing my teeth also made me gag & sometimes throw up. I honestly don't know how I made it through an entire school day for those weeks. One night Jonathan came home to find Wiley wide open with me lying on the couch. The only words I could utter were "grilled cheese". Even though he was tired from football practice, he diligently made me a grilled cheese. Several minutes later he woke me up to tell me it was done, to which I replied, "I don't think I want it." Then I was back asleep! He was a little disappointed, but he never fussed.
In those first few weeks, my diet consisted of bland carbohydrates and milk. I about broke the bank because I was going to the grocery just about every day to buy something that "sounded good". I still have a full box of Ginger Snaps if anyone is interested, which brings me to the helpful advice that everyone gave me. I tried EVERYTHING!!!
1. Eat a cracker before you get out of bed=Erika threw up for the first time
2. Eat ginger snaps=ugh...they taste nasty
3. If it "sounds" good, eat it=one bite later, I was finished
If someone suggested it, I tried it! Sleep, sleep, and sleep along with lots of prayer was the only thing that brought me out of it.