I really don’t drink Diet Coke anymore. I think I’ve had a total of 3 cans since becoming pregnant. My taste buds have changed so now I can taste artificial sweeterner down to the ppm. I have the occasional regular coke. Mmmm. sugar. And mainly have decaf or regular hot tea in the am. Maybe that’s why I was so tired the 1st trimester - the whole thing was caffeine withdrawal.

I also have an even stronger sense of smell than before - Travis refers to it as Supernose ™. There are benefits and downfalls to Supernose. Benefit - my family left the gas turned on on the stove over Christmas. Twice. I’m the one who smelled it prior to calamity. Downfall - I can smell unpleasant things with new vigor. For example, there’s a set of double doors at Johns Hopkins that smell. Bad. I never knew that doors have a smell, but these do. They’re just normal hall doors not far from patient rooms. Hmmmm…. I can also smell people more than before. I have always been able to smell them some (I’m female, have a good sense of smell, and am around lots of patients with unique smells), but now I get alot more input than before. Hopefully this will resolve a bit before I’m changing 16 diapers a day.