  At first, Jim wasn't entirely amused by my references to the baby as "the parasite. " He's grown more accustomed to it. I think this morning it went a little something like,"Fucking parasite. " Other times it is,"God damn parasite making me do evil things.
" Etc. It takes the brunt of the blame right now. The reference to Kuato really tied in a week or two ago, and I don't even remember how... but seriously... doesn't he remind you of an evil fetus trying to break out ? My thoughts exactly. 10 weeks today.. still have the morning sickness like you would not believe.. it comes in waves and right now I'm cresting the motherload. On the other hand, the cravings have started to show their true colors. At the beginning of this, I really had no cravings and I didn't know what to expect.. kind of thought it was hogwash. At this point I'm going nuts. I'll be sitting at my desk at work, thinking and craving... a few hours later I'm at the drive-thru ordering 3 89&cent; Burger King cheeseburgers. The other day I was driving back to the office after running an errand and I HAD TO HAVE a Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake ice cream. Sure enough, I got one. Monday night it was Albertson's cheesecake. This morning it was Dunkin munchkins. &nbsp; I eat and I don't gain weight... the parasite is sucking the life out of me. I can sense changes in my body.
My middle seems thicker, right below my belly button. It's nothing noticable to the eye, but I can feel it and my pants and I get along oddly right now depending on how they sit on my hips. My books mentioned the side effects of the increased blood circulating in your system, which continues to build as your pregnancy progresses... occaisional dizziness, nose bleeds, etc. Having allergies has made the morning sickness and the nose bleeds particularly obnoxious. Don't get me wrong, there are good sides to all of this. I know I've painted a bleek picture at times and several ladies have mentioned to me that they don't want to have children now. When I sent a text to Jim yesterday that said,"Baby misses you," he replied,"I miss both of you.
" We talk often of the future and how he feels about this and me and the baby and it all melts my heart. We hit baby depot over the weekend to check out furniture and accessories (diaper bags, play swings, etc.). Neato stuff. Spent a bit of time on Fisher-price.com last night, as well. We could spend a fortune so incredibly easily. Woo hoo! 
