morning sickness, afternoon sickness, night sickness

seriously. who had the bright idea to call it "morning sickness"? sure it's there in the morning. but it's there in the afternoon and at night too. i've been fortunate to not be vomiting, but boy have I been nauseous! basically, i have had no appetite and the thought of most foods makes me want to hurl. but unfortunately, having an empty belly makes me dry heave. catch 22 - eat and feel sick or don't eat and feel sick. when i have to force myself to eat, i have found a few things that i can tolerate most of the time. saltines and cucumbers always seem fine. tomato soup, plain pasta, plain bagels, mashed potatoes from kfc, twinkies, and fluffernutters are usually ok too. while it is important to eat healthy during pregnancy, the nurse said for the first 12 weeks to just eat whatever i can keep down! i have also developed a fondness for fruit smoothies, mostly because the thought of chewing makes me feel ill. (yeah i know. weird. but i can't explain it. stupid hormones!) the fine folks at tropical smoothie cafe will soon know jeremy and i by name! i can't stand the thought of chinese food. or pasta with sauce. or sausage. or mcdonald's cheeseburgers. or salad. chicken wings, pizza, seafood of any kind, cheese, and garlic bread too. ugh. i've started to carry around a package of saltines in my purse for emergency situations. you never know when someone near you will be eating something absolutely repulsive. jeremy had some cole slaw at friendly's... i got queasy. the other day at work someone was eating a bagel with strawberry cream cheese... i had to bust out the emergency saltines to avoid getting sick. the cafeteria at work served fish 3 straight days last week and stunk up the whole place... gag. it's especially difficult since most people don't yet know that i am pregnant. i can't just turn to the strawberry bagel guy and tell him that his cream cheese is appalling! and it's not just food that repulses me. the other day i grabbed a tissue to blow my nose. for some random reason the thought of eating tissues crossed my mind and instantly made me sick. just thinking about tissues makes me uncomfortable! thank goodness this part should be over in about 3 weeks!!!