A little fish for Shalimar

Since three months we’ve been taking care of Shalimar and that's all I've been talking about: the Princesses Spa! Well we hid things from you! While Shalimar is pampered, I rest and let my poor Ryan work alone because we have great news: WE ‘RE EXPECTING A BABY! Yes it happened maybe a little too fast because there is still so much work to do on the boat and I can not be exposed to chemical odors or climb the scaffolding without taking risks that we are not ready to take. But he or she is in full development in my changing body . It is scheduled for mid-March so we should have a little fish (Pisces) on Shalimar!

I knit, do research on future interior fabrics, colors, blogs from moms who have children on a boat, natural remedies against the evils of a pregnant woman ... Anyway I’m nesting, but it is not always easy because we do not live on Shalimar during the work (At this moment there are no more windows, a nice smell of varnish and dust everywhere). Ryan is a real Love. When we found out that ginger relieved me of my daily nausea (why is it called "morning" sickness when you can have the luxury of feeling like you are on a raging sea all day?), he went shopping while I was trying to sleep and he came back with: fresh ginger, crushed ginger, ginger and lemon tea, candied ginger, ginger snaps and chocolates with g... (You get the idea). I'm almost 3 months pregnant as I write this post and I have decided to put together some thoughts about the first trimester. I hope it will be funny but it could be somewhat hysterical, yes hormones are at work here!

5th week: I think this time we made it! Feel like my chest is weird.

6th week: It's confirmed! Now we need to do the first ultrasound to rule out a possible ectopic pregnancy, it's a little scary. The  sonographers spent a lot of time trying to fix the image and take the dimensions of the "sack", I looked at them with big eyes when they realize they have omitted the most important information: "Yes, it is in the right place." And then I looked at the screen and sighed with delight. We did it, at least the first phase! We see the heart beat on the screen as a small flash like a tiny lighthouse in the distance, signal of a whole territory to discover.

7th week: Urg ! Why I'm starting to feel all weird? I feel a little sick, but all the time! So I have no desire for specific food (I usually always know when I wake up the menu of the day) and indeed simply thinking of food and the fact of preparing it disgusts me before I even start ! This is when I discovered the effect of ginger, the only problem is that: "I don’t like ginger!" (With the voice of Grouchy Smurf).

8th week: Well I have itchy rashes popping up around my body, happiness! I wonder why I'm back on land if it is too be sea sick! Does that mean that if we were on the boat on the water my inner ear would send a different message to the brain and that I would not be sick? Hubby I want the boat in the water now! What do you mean it would sink? Oh, OK , so  I guess we will have to wait a bit then!

9th week: If by any chance I had to reincarnate, I ask, I beg whatsoever for it to be as a female seahorse, yes, the gentlemen seahorse carries the eggs!

10th week: Now I know why pregnant women should eat twice as much, it is not for the baby, it is because there is a meal for them, a meal for the trash, a meal for them. .. And so on ...

Week 11: It's starting to get better but do not take it for granted there are ups and downs, it is easier to move and do things but my stomach can still surprise me. I found the joy of Reading again without feeling like in a moving car, nice!

12th week: They said: "Come with a full bladder". We looked on the Internet it's about a liter. I eat lunch and I drink  my little liter very happy with myself! An hour later it wasn't so easy! I undid my pants and sonographers did not even need to start to tell me that I could go to the toilet without fear calling me : "Poor thing!". I felt so relieved! Whew! And finally the ultrasound begins, it is a bit of a shock as the little fish move without stopping, he jumps, leaps, turns, turns again, put its feet in the air its hands wave hello! A real little acrobat! So much so that the sonographer told us to go back in the waiting room, stay calm and that she would take us back after the next lady because it is impossible to take the necessary measures. In the second round, the little guy is either tired or reassured by the revival of its territory (Was it my elephant bladder that completely compressed it when we arrived?). We have the chance to see it a second time, a little more sedate (I think I chose the mellower option for when he comes out, baby, if you hear me ...). We were both amazed and surprised to have seen so much details and actions. Reminds me how this thing that seems so common and natural is a small miracle by itself : miracles happen, they are just waiting for you to be ready for it!