What's Growing?

Grow, Bitch and Sew is my jaunt into the world of grown up blogging.

Right now I am working on growing a baby human and so the next nine or so months will document my growth, among other things.

Additionally I'll be working on keeping track of my various crafts (knit, sew, crochet) and garden projects.

Overall I hope that this blog will grow with me. It has been a long time since I have taken writing seriously, so you'll have to bear with me as I get back into the hang of writing for an audience and we'll all hope that the content will get better as things progress in my life and the life of my child.

I'll begin where things started.

It was only last week that I found out that I was pregnant and since then I have pretty much had every conceivable emotion. Somehow I doubt I am alone in this, as going from sheer terror, to blissful excitement to disgust even (pooping in front a room full of people is so really not something I am looking forward to), seems to be fairly common among the newly expectant.

Here are some things I hate about being pregnant so far:

The near constant feeling a sea sickness. The nausea isn't strong enough to actually make me barf, but I feel like I'm on a dingy in the middle of a stormy sea and I'm right on the edge of giving Davey Jones my lunch.
The waves of dizziness.
The dull ache in my lower abdomen. Don't worry, this doesn't mean that anything is wrong, only that I am especially in tune with my body and can feel my uterus altering and making room for it's new inhabitant. Oh yeah, and I can't take ibuprofen for it either.
The general flu like symptoms which also might be withdrawal from my mood stabilizers.
and for now finally,
Having to pee every ten minutes and absolutely no you cannot wait another minute before you piss yourself.