Pregnancy Contrasts

This pregnancy has been so different from my pregnancy with Taylor. It has been so different, in fact, that I wonder if I am having a boy this time. When I was pregnant with Taylor I felt great the majority of the pregnancy. I had the tiredness and only a slight amount of nausea in the beginning and again tiredness and some swelling and general discomfort in the end, but I LOVED being pregnant. This time I have not quite gotten the enjoyment out of it that I did before. From just about the beginning I have had some queasiness and a lot of lightheadedness and/or dizziness. I thought that it might be because of low blood sugar because I am constantly hungry. I get hungry about 2-3 hours after I have just eaten. I am trying to eat snacks to keep something on my stomach so I don't get sick. I just hope that I don't eat too much and start gaining a lot of weight. I feel like I am always starving. I know they say that you are not really eating for two, but I swear it feels like I am. I have had some different cravings this time and my cravings are not always consistent either. Last time I craved oranges or orange juice. This time I have craved everything from hamburgers to salad. At least when I get snacky I crave mostly healthy snacks.

A little over a week ago I sang a solo at church. During the congregational worship time I started feeling really lightheaded, so I got out my crackers which I had with me for such an occassion and started munching. Daniel and our Sunday School teacher saw me on the front row from the choir and started laughing at me and telling me to brush off the crumbs. The interim music minister got worried about me and thought I was getting sick. When it came time for me to sing I walked slowly up the steps to the platform and made my way to the pulpit and held on to it just in case I got too lightheaded to stand on my own. Once the song started I was okay, but I was praying the whole time for God to give me the strength to stand there. When I was finished and the pastor came up to preach he thanked me for the duet and proceeded to tell the whole church (and those listening by radio) that I was pregnant. I think it is funny that everytime I am pregnant it gets announced at church somehow. The last time it was my boss who announced it on a Wednesday night in front of everyone. At least that wasn't on a Sunday morning in front of the WHOLE church and on the radio. I don't mind people knowing, but I just think it is funny. You can tell that our pastor is very proud when our church is producing babies.