Hip Pains, More Nausea, and Finally Some Relief

Wow, its been almost a month since I've updated this thing. I'm at 12 weeks and there's not really a whole lot to report. The whole month of November was filled with mornings of nausea, not to the point of throwing up, but just dry heaving. Trust me, I'd rather throw up. It feels like my insides are going to come up my throat when I dry heave. The good thing is that eating breakfast usually cleared that right up. It seems the only times I'm nauseous is when I'm hungry, not the other way around. Since I am 12 weeks, the morning sickness and exhaustion is starting to wear off a little. Still can't eat a lot of beef, and definitely can't stand the smell of shrimp (which SUCKS because I love me some shrimp), but other than that, I'm ok with most foods. A lot of people are asking me if I'm craving anything yet, and the answer is no. I was at my mom's for Thanksgiving and she has those Snack 'Em pickles, which I love, so I ate a whole jar of those lol. My grandma commented that she thought that eating pickles during pregnancy was just an old wives tale, and I told her it had nothing to do with the pregnancy, that I just love pickles. I kind of get mad when people just assume something is happening because I'm pregnant. I've always loved to eat and I've always loved to eat pickles, and no, girl in my 5th period class, my baby bump is not starting to show, I was just having a fat day.
Speaking of baby bumps and fat days, my mom got me all sorts of cute shirts that I can grow into, but still look cute right now. Thanks Mom! I'm not really showing at all right now, but things are starting to get tight, so I'm putting a rubber band around the button of my jeans and wearing slightly bigger shirts. Right now that means lots of empire waists and those cute over-sized button-ups. Thank God layering and oversized things are in style right now. Its like the Fashion Gods knew I was going to get pregnant and need cute clothes.
Thanksgiving was awesome. I stuffed myself to the point of retardation, but felt fine due to the rubber band on the jeans. I told my step-dad he should have followed my lead b/c he and the rest of the fam had to change into sweatpants to accomodate their tummies. The only complaint I had is that I didnt have any leftovers because we had to come back to Fort Worth for a varsity tournament on Friday. Ah the joys of being a basketball coach.
Final note, I like where the 2nd trimester is headed already b/c I'm not as tired, not as pissed, and not as sick.