T-shirts

Yesterday I was 15 weeks, 4 days. And I started to feel pregnant. I mean, not that I haven't been tired, thirsty, and had morning sickness. I've had morning sickness in the form of queasy stomach at the mention of food since week 9, day 6. And I've had heartburn since conception. But yesterday I wore my "Loading... Please Wait" pregnancy t-shirt to work. When I first got that t-shirt, it just seemed like an over-sized t-shirt. But yesterday, I felt like my belly was starting to fill it out. As a big woman, I am usually self-conscious about my tummy. But it felt good to finally see a bit of pregnant tummy instead of just fat. Of course that changed when got home and put on my Galt Line t-shirt. It was very tight, and I almost started crying. But it must have shrunk. I put on my second Galt Line t-shirt, which is labeled as the same size, and it still fit. It wasn't comfortable, of course, because the neck line of all of my regular t-shirts now bother me*. Then we went to the New Deal Cafe early to have dinner before The Galt Line took the stage. Blythe spotted us, and came over to say hi and thanked us for coming out. I asked her if she had a 3xl shirt with them tonight, explained I was pregnant, and that I was getting too big for my shirts. Luckily, she said they did have that size. A little while later after getting their merchandise display set up, Blythe came over again with two 3xl shirts and let me take my pick. She was so sweet; she left the shirt in my hands. I put it on during one of my bathroom breaks, and it made a huge difference. I had been tugging at the neckline of the 2xl shirt all night, but I didn't have to tug as often on the 3xl. We still had to leave the show early, because I was so tired and queasy. But I think we would have had to leave earlier if I didn't get to change my shirt.   

*I haven't been able to wear t-shirts much since the morning sickness started in conjunction with the heartburn. When I start feeling queasy, the round neckline of my t-shirts makes me feel like I have to throw up. Luckily, I haven't actually thrown up yet during this pregnancy. But I don't want to press my luck and I don't like feeling like I need to do so. That's when I decided I had to go pregnancy clothes shopping and get shirts with lower neck lines. I wonder if anyone noticed that I stopped wearing t-shirts at work. No one said anything. But before morning sickness I was wearing 2 to 5 t-shirts at work a week, leaning more towards the 5 side. I think this week was the first time in 5 weeks that I wore a t-shirt to work. The queasiness isn't gone, and I still need to tug at the neck lines, but it isn't as bad as it had been.   

The funny thing about the t-shirts is that I had a similar problem when I was really little. Mom would dress me in turtle neck shirts and apparently I'd end up throwing up all the time. I remember the last time I wore a turtle neck as a kid, tugging at the neckline, fussing, and finally being able to tell my mom that they made me sick. As an adult, I can wear loose turtlenecks. Or at least I could until now. Now I get the same pukey feeling from t-shirts as I used to get with turtle necks as a kid.