sweet puppy

So, a friend of mine told me that dogs can sometimes "sense" when their master is pregnant, sick, tired, etc. I think Oscar has finally caught on! We just spent about 30 minutes laying on the couch together, him on my belly (like a low-temp heating pad!)  I decided to go back to bed--gotta rest of my days off from work!--and he went with me and laid right beside me. What a loving, supportive little puppy.  As I type this, he is licking my arm...over, and over.....and ovvvver. Ok, ENOUGH Oscar! :)

So, today is roughly seven weeks. Maybe as early as 6 weeks 5 days, we don't really know for sure, but what I do know is that I feel like poop.  I finally broke down and called my primary care doctor (still haven't seen an actual OB yet) and left a message with the receptionist.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that my doctor has some ideas/meds/a big hammer to hit me in the head with... as long as it's safe for the baby.  I feel very, very queasy all the time.  If I get up to fast, I have to stop and hang my head down for a few minutes so I don't upchuck. While I have not yet actually vomited, at times I wish I would (maybe it would make me feel better). 

Yesterday Stuart and I went to the grocery store and on the way home, I was so close, I grabbed a fleece jacket that was in his floorboard to use as my "bucket".  Nothing.  I ran upstairs as soon as we got home and sat by the toilet for a few minutes.  Plenty of gagging, but no actual vomit.  Another thing I have noticed is that brushing my teeth has become very dangerous.  The whole brushing the back of your tongue thing...watch out.  Gag reflex heightened by a million.  The past 4 or 5 days, I have gagged every time I have brushed my teeth.  Lovely.

Daddy called to check on us a few minutes ago, and asked me if I was going to go swimming today since it is so sunny.  I said "no." He asked me why not...and I said "I just don't feel like it." :) Very odd for me, a former sun goddess, but the thought of sitting outside in the hot just  makes my stomach turn.  I will stay inside where it's nice and air-conditioned, thank you very much. :)

Amidst all the baby action going on, we are still waiting to hear something about our house.  We made an offer on a house in Southbrook in Nicholasville over a month ago.  It is a short-sale, though, so we knew it would take a while.  At the time, however, we didn't know about our other big news, so we weren't under any type of time constraint.  The last time I spoke with our realtor, I let him know that we want to be moved in with a nursery ready by the fall.  We shall see...