Pregnancy and heightened sense of smell

These days, I can't the smell of dinner after dinner.

Last night, Matt cooked liver for dinner. I usually have no problem with the smell of liver. That night, I kept smelling liver in my sleep, and I even dreamt about liver. I felt so sick in my sleep. Then I woke up from the sleep. I could smell cooked liver from dinner - it was coming from Matt's jersey. I had to open the bedroom windows in the middle of a cold winter for fresh air and put his jersey out of the room. My stomach was churning big time. I felt totoally nauseous. It only settled down after I had a cup of warm water.

I can't stand the thoughts of food as it tends to trigger a sense of smell which makes me sick.

The body is funny at the moment. I'm 6 weeks pregnant.

Present Diet

My daily diet consists of tiger’s milk if I can be bothered to make it in the morning. Otherwise, I’ll have a cup of raw milk yogurt. I also try to include bone broth in my diet daily, either in rice porridge or soup. We have organ meats, especially liver at least once a week. We also include lamb’s kidney and chicken hearts in our diet. I take cod liver oil daily and folic acid supplement as instructed by the mid-wife. I’m in two minds about taking supplements but I suppose the risk is too high in the event of insufficient folic acid in my diet. I also drink Kombucha, and take lacto fermented food.

Discomfort and concerns

The tummy was rather sore last night. I did a rather big one this morning. Since, my tummy hasn’t felt too bad. At the moment, I prefer soupy food to solid food. Also, there was a slight spotting this morning - just a trace of blood. I’ve given up being concerned with traces of spotting as it’s out of my control. Besides, if the pregnancy isn’t successful I would rather the body picks up the signal sooner than later. It’s less traumatic for me, anyway.

Extreme Tiredness

I have been plagued with extreme tiredness since week 5 of the pregnancy which started last Thursday. It hits the hardest from 1pm to 3pm daily.

Sore Tummy

Tummy been sore this week continously, week 4 of the the pregnancy. I'm quite regular at the moment.

I remember getting weeks of tummy ache during the first pregnancy at week 3, week 4 and week 5. I was badly constipated the first time round.

A quick search on the internet revealed that it's quite common to get stomach ache during pregnant. It's apparently a kind of morning sickness.

Liver

According to the Weston A Price Pregnancy diet, I'll need 3 - 4 ounces of fresh liver weekly.

1 ounce = 28g
4 ounces=112g

I’ll need 112g of fresh liver once or twice weekly.

A lot of fantastic information on why pregnant women should eat liver.

I'm Pregnant!

The doctor has confirmed the pregnancy! However, she warned against being too excited as every pregnancy these days has a 50% chance of a miscarriage. But I don't think this will stop me from sharing the information with close friends as I need their support most at the worst scenario.

I just have to hold my excitment for another 8 weeks as the chance of miscarriage is reduced by then. While at the doctor, I've requested for Vitamin D and B12 tested along with the routine pregnancy blood test.