1. The nausea started earlier and more intense. I’ve cried at restaurants, just wanting to enjoy my steak, but my stomach only rumbled. I’ve spent more time gagging throughout the day than probably all my pregnancies combined.
2. As I mentioned before, smells are REALLY intense too compared to my other pregnancies. I remember some things bothering me with Kaylee and Savannah every now and then but this is, like, the entire world smells awful. Which makes me feel sick.
3. I actually threw up last night. My previous 3 pregnancies and prior to last night it has always been just nausea, but out of no where getting into bed it happened. Yuck.
4. I’ve only had boy dreams. Dreams where I’m looking at an ultrasound and they say “it’s a boy” and I always look at it like, “Are you SURE? Oh yes, I see now.” I always thought we’d have all girls, as did Mark, but my dreams usually are right about baby gender.
5. We can only agree on a girl name. With Savannah it was the opposite, we had a boy name set (which I can’t decide if I like it or not) but not a girl’s. Mark is fighting for the name Armanti after a football player, please tell him that it is absolutely not a good fit for our family. He better be joking…
6. Everyone says they have a “boy vibe” for me…everyone but Savannah who insists it’s a girl. And, folks, you must remember she told us “Mommy has two babies in her tummy” before we even found out there were 2 last year.
Or, maybe God is just having a laugh since I always have said, “Oh! I don’t get morning sickness bad! I can always control it by making sure I eat!” Not this time…still I know that other women have it way worse than I do and I’m grateful I haven’t reached that point.
So, I guess we’ll see in June who’s right!
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I have a 6 year old daughter, and I’m 5 months pregnant now… let me tell, you this pregnancy has been the opposite of my first. Nausea (sometimes 2 and 3 times a day!), Fatigue, Grouchiness…. Every symptom, I had it. Still, I was holding out hope for a girl…. We went to the ultrasound, and it’s a boy. :) So it does sound like it could be a boy for you, too. I’m scared about having a boy because I don’t know the first thing about them! lol.. .Good luck!
By Sara on 04.13.10 12:13 pm | Permalink
Wat Wat!!! C’mon Armanti!!!!
By Mark on 04.13.10 1:53 pm | Permalink
armanti??seriously? hehehe :)
By priscila on 04.13.10 2:35 pm | Permalink
Go Appalachian! Seriously though.. I love Armanti just as much as any other App State Alum, but come on.. ;) I would protest that name too. I have agreed to name our first son Corey after Corey Lynch..but thats as far as I’ll go ;) At least he’s not asking to name the baby Yosef! Congrats on the pregnancy!!
By Kristin on 04.13.10 9:02 pm | Permalink
Leah (and Mark),
Armanti? Oh, please – no way. Tell Mark I’ll personally spank him if he persists in this! I’d want a boy named Billy Bob before I’d want to see him named Armanti. Say it ain’t so!
Nanny
By Nanny on 04.13.10 9:50 pm | Permalink
Oh yikes, I hope he’s kidding! (Sorry Mark!). I knew a cocker spaniel named “Monti” that may have SOMEHING to do with it. You guys can find a better name :)
By Katie on 04.13.10 11:22 pm | Permalink
Yosef, now that is a good idea.
By Mark on 04.14.10 6:47 am | Permalink
All of these symptoms basically sound like my pregnancy, which turned out to be a boy..even though I wished for a little girl. ):
I had awful morning sickness with him, awful emotional swings, and awful smell aversions. Like, I could NOT stand the smell of cold air, no joke. When I opened the freezer to get ice, I gagged. Seriously, I even threw up a couple of times getting things out of the fridge. It was terrible. But little boys are tons of fun, I have 8 weeks of first hand experience now (:
By Heather on 04.27.10 12:56 pm | Permalink
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