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Ive been reading this book called The girlfriends guide to pregnancy by Vicki Iovine. It is GREAT! It gives practical, humorous and comforting advice on things such as morning sickness, maternity underwear, bladder control, pregnancy insanity, stretch marks,sex...etc

In fact.. the next one of my girlfriends who gets pregnant will get this BOOK!!! what an incentive. (i have even highlighted some fun parts )

Right now I'm at the part of maternity fashion.. gulp! That is still down the road for me but my girlfriend Natalie was right... Target does have lots of cute maternity fashions..thank goodness

Since we won't know the sex of the baby or the exact due date till Feb 7th Mike and I have been having fun thinking of all the possibilities... that's when my mother-in-law informs us that there is a history of twins on her side..... GULP!

I do have to say the idea of two super cute babies at one time would be amazing..... but I would be more than happy with just one healthy one!

My morning sickness is slowly fading, and now i am able to eat meat again. ( i had an awesome bacon cheese burger last night at Eagle Street in St.Paul) yuummm. I thought i needed the calories and fat since Ive lost 4+ lbs in the last two weeks.

I've also had my first CRAVING~

CANTALOUPE!!!!!

I ate two whole melons in less than 24 hrs... mmmmm and i could eat another two right now. Something about fruit these days.. i just can't get enough.

I guess on a good note my sweet tooth really hasn't come back. I had a few bights of ice cream last night and it just wasn't as good as i remember... guess I'm sticking with fruit for now.

....how lucky am i to be married to a fruit/produce man???

The next big date to look forward to is Feb 7th!
That will be the day that I go in for my first Ultrasound and
we will be able to hear the heart beat....i wish it was sooner.. but they
can tell alot more about the baby at that time.

At work over the weekend I found out that two other nurses
are 12 and 16 weeks pregnant on my floor.. they were both really helpful on how
to combat the morning sickness ive been getting. They informed me to keep saltines by my bedside and when i wake up in the morning to eat a few even before i get out of bed.. then i sip on lemonade till the wave of nausea passes. IT WORKED! I was emesis-free all Sunday. What a nice morning i had actually being able to tend to my patients and keep my mascara from running! :-)