The Wal-Mart Wait

Yesterday, at 6 weeks pregnant, I went shopping with my middle child for the weekly groceries. Apparently when we got to check-out, half of the lanes were not working which meant a longer wait for us to get out of Wal-Mart. My daugther and I stood there waiting and waiting, and as the time went by I started to feel very dizzy and lightheaded...almost to the point of fainting.

After telling my daughter and texting my DH, I thought I might have to have him come and get me. The time in line seemed to move so slowly as I got hotter and dizzier. Finally it was our turn and all I could do was put the items up onto the conveyor belt. It was awful - I don't recall feeling that way with previous pregnancies, but if this is how my surro-pregnancy is going to be, it is going to be a long 1st trimester!

I started thinking about why I might be feeling so squeamish and realized I hadn't eaten much! My daughter ran to get me a pretzel and a drink from Subway and boy did that Cherry Coke hit the spot! I started to feel better almost instantly - and once we got home a bowl of cereal helped too.

Since I still wasn't feeling great, I laid on the couch for almost two hours and canceled our evening plans with my sister and nephews.

Lesson learned: Eat when you are pregnant!