The other day I was thinking about the 2 digit milestone, but it's not really a milestone because you're essentially 2 digits for 30 weeks!
I really, really need to do my overflowing sink full of dishes, but I really, really don't have any motivation. Ugh I hate this feeling so much!
So here's the good news! Yesterday I noticed quite a bit more fullness in my lower belly, and a shirt that I haven't worn in a few weeks was fitting strangely as well (it fit perfectly a few weeks ago!) Justin touched my stomach and even though it's all fat right now it was a little harder than usual and he's like "Already?" and I was like "That's what I'm saying!" I even noticed some resistance while trying to put my shoes on, thank goodness summer and flip flop season is coming up!
Anyway we're in bed later that night and I just had this overwhelming feeling that we might actually get lucky if we used the doppler, so I broke it out and concentrated really hard! I noticed something strange right away, I wasn't getting the usual open air "nothingness" sounds like I have been the past two weeks, it almost sounded like there was something in there, something that was not holding still! I kept getting strange snatches of possibly a heartbeat that was very light, but then would move away right away. It wasn't even 5 minutes later when I found the heartbeat, no questions about it! It was very quick, but I was too excited to count it at the time. Justin got to listen too, it was awesome. I can't even describe the feeling of relief and happiness that comes over you to receive such great confirmation that everything is still going on down there! I've been scaring myself that this is too good to be true and I'm going to have a nightmare when I go in for my NT scan next Tuesday, but now I'm not worried a bit! I plan on breaking it out in just a little while and getting a heart rate just so I can listen to it again!
A snapshot of 11 weeks:
Symptoms - I've got greasy hair, a queasy stomach, sore boobs, a tired body and mind, and a burgeoning belly.
Food cravings - Food and I are still taking a break, not sure when this relationship status will change!
Size of baby - A lime! Baby should be about 2ish inches and 1/2 an ounce, seems like it's growing like a little baby weed!
Allison and Vanessa
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
A few symptoms
I just want to begin by griping for a moment... I wish I remembered, or knew exactly why, I never wrote a blog while pregnant with my twins? Maybe I just wasn't that into blogs at the time, maybe I was a little too busy being busy and/or miserable... or maybe I just don't know! I really regret it though, it would have been SO much easier as a baby book (which I have filled out approximately 5% of and they're 14 months old) but I also find myself really really wanting to compare these two pregnancies, and not being able to! I remember quite a number of things, but a lot of specifics are lost to me, and it makes me sad.
What I'm really writing for, is to list some of the symptoms that have been getting on my nerves lately! Number 1 being my oil production! I can seriously take a shower at like 9 or 10 am (yeah, I'm a lazy late showerer) and by 6 pm my hair is so greasy I can run my fingers through it and it doesn't move back to its original location... and if there's one thing in the world that annoys me, it's the feeling of greasy hair! If this is how bad it's going to be, I'll be taking 2-3 showers a day by the end! Or not, cause I'm actually pretty lazy. I haven't started breaking out yet, but from what little I remember with the girls I didn't start getting a lot of breakouts until 15+ weeks, which is not that far away.
Constipation and gas. OMG it hurts... I never had such horrible gas pains and stomach cramps when I was pregnant with the girls, I don't think ever! The constipation is getting a little bit better now that I've stopped taking my vitamins, but the gas pains and the sudden cramping of my guts is so painful! And there's nothing I can do!
All of the old wives tales aren't helping me figure out if it's a girl or a boy, while my weird gut instinct is telling me that perhaps this is a boy, if I go by heart rates we're having a girl. Chinese gender predictor, which was wrong for the girls, is telling me we're having a girl, and when I peed on some baking soda (shut up) it says girl too. Excited to find out!!!
What I'm really writing for, is to list some of the symptoms that have been getting on my nerves lately! Number 1 being my oil production! I can seriously take a shower at like 9 or 10 am (yeah, I'm a lazy late showerer) and by 6 pm my hair is so greasy I can run my fingers through it and it doesn't move back to its original location... and if there's one thing in the world that annoys me, it's the feeling of greasy hair! If this is how bad it's going to be, I'll be taking 2-3 showers a day by the end! Or not, cause I'm actually pretty lazy. I haven't started breaking out yet, but from what little I remember with the girls I didn't start getting a lot of breakouts until 15+ weeks, which is not that far away.
Constipation and gas. OMG it hurts... I never had such horrible gas pains and stomach cramps when I was pregnant with the girls, I don't think ever! The constipation is getting a little bit better now that I've stopped taking my vitamins, but the gas pains and the sudden cramping of my guts is so painful! And there's nothing I can do!
All of the old wives tales aren't helping me figure out if it's a girl or a boy, while my weird gut instinct is telling me that perhaps this is a boy, if I go by heart rates we're having a girl. Chinese gender predictor, which was wrong for the girls, is telling me we're having a girl, and when I peed on some baking soda (shut up) it says girl too. Excited to find out!!!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
10 Week Update
A day late, and a dollar short! I remembered late last night that I hadn't made my update, but my brain was already fried and I was exhausted so I pushed it to today. I'm still fried and exhausted, but I'm gonna push it!
Had my doctor's appointment yesterday, took the girls by myself because all of my help is gone! My double stroller doesn't fit through ANY freakin doorways, so I loaded each kid into her umbrella stroller and looked like a dumbass trying to push them both at the same time, get them in the door, and lug my purse and diaper bag in too... but we're alive! The girls were not good during the appointment, Allison wouldn't let me put her down, they kept whining, then when I was trying to actually talk to the doctor about my concerns they started crying... it was a cluster fuck! I got to the car, got everyone loaded up, and almost started crying when I realized that I had forgotten to ask him to check my ear because I feel like I'm getting an ear infection! The most important thing, and I didn't even get it looked at! I guess I'm just waiting to see if it'll go away by itself, otherwise I have no idea what to do.
I asked him about the cyst, he said it's pretty normal during pregnancy, and even the size of it isn't that big of a deal. If it were like 10cm maybe they'd look at it, but otherwise it's probably a corpus luteum cyst that's there to maintain pregnancy, and he's not worried. Phew! I asked about this summer and it's effects on my blood pressure, he said we'll just wait and see but my blood pressure is fine now and it was fine during my pregnancy with the girls, so it shouldn't be too big of an issue hopefully.
We scheduled my NT Scan for March 6th, and I'm going to try my hardest to get the tech to guess the gender, even though I know it's early they do say that a really experienced tech can give you a pretty accurate guess! I'll probably get one that won't guess though, just so they don't get in trouble if it is wrong... I'm so impatient!
I was really sick the other night, and ended up losing my dinner and my prenatal vitamins. The next day I felt really good!! I attributed this to the fact that I didn't take my prenatal (technically) but after asking the doctor about it, he said go ahead and not take it if it's making me that sick, so I haven't been taking it, and am still pretty sick... I think I'm gonna go get some flintstones vitamins or something, because I feel guilty not taking anything.
And I've also lost 3lbs so far, which isn't that much, but at least it isn't gaining too much! I think by this time in my pregnancy with the girls I probably had gained about 5lbs, so it's a little different.
A snapshot of 10 weeks:
Symptoms - Still pretty sick! By the time 4pm rolls around I'm falling asleep on the couch, which is harder to do than it sounds when as soon as I fall asleep I have little fingers poking me in the eyes and up my nose waking me back up... my boobs are a lot more sore this time, every day they hurt! I'm just counting down the days until 2nd trimester and hoping I feel better!
Food cravings - Nothing yet!
Size of baby - A bitty prune! Baby is pretty well developed now, and is going to start growing and filling out and moving all around! I can't wait to see all the movement at my ultrasound, the girls were moving away at that time and it was so awesome to see even if you can't feel it!
I think I also previously mentioned trying to find the heartbeat around 10 weeks, but I've come to the conclusion that my $20 doppler is probably not well suited for such early detection, especially when they couldn't find the heartbeat at the doctors office with a much better one. I'll probably wait until 11 weeks, because that's how far I was with the girls, but if I can't even find it then I'm not going to worry, I know bitty bean is just fine!
Had my doctor's appointment yesterday, took the girls by myself because all of my help is gone! My double stroller doesn't fit through ANY freakin doorways, so I loaded each kid into her umbrella stroller and looked like a dumbass trying to push them both at the same time, get them in the door, and lug my purse and diaper bag in too... but we're alive! The girls were not good during the appointment, Allison wouldn't let me put her down, they kept whining, then when I was trying to actually talk to the doctor about my concerns they started crying... it was a cluster fuck! I got to the car, got everyone loaded up, and almost started crying when I realized that I had forgotten to ask him to check my ear because I feel like I'm getting an ear infection! The most important thing, and I didn't even get it looked at! I guess I'm just waiting to see if it'll go away by itself, otherwise I have no idea what to do.
I asked him about the cyst, he said it's pretty normal during pregnancy, and even the size of it isn't that big of a deal. If it were like 10cm maybe they'd look at it, but otherwise it's probably a corpus luteum cyst that's there to maintain pregnancy, and he's not worried. Phew! I asked about this summer and it's effects on my blood pressure, he said we'll just wait and see but my blood pressure is fine now and it was fine during my pregnancy with the girls, so it shouldn't be too big of an issue hopefully.
We scheduled my NT Scan for March 6th, and I'm going to try my hardest to get the tech to guess the gender, even though I know it's early they do say that a really experienced tech can give you a pretty accurate guess! I'll probably get one that won't guess though, just so they don't get in trouble if it is wrong... I'm so impatient!
I was really sick the other night, and ended up losing my dinner and my prenatal vitamins. The next day I felt really good!! I attributed this to the fact that I didn't take my prenatal (technically) but after asking the doctor about it, he said go ahead and not take it if it's making me that sick, so I haven't been taking it, and am still pretty sick... I think I'm gonna go get some flintstones vitamins or something, because I feel guilty not taking anything.
And I've also lost 3lbs so far, which isn't that much, but at least it isn't gaining too much! I think by this time in my pregnancy with the girls I probably had gained about 5lbs, so it's a little different.
A snapshot of 10 weeks:
Symptoms - Still pretty sick! By the time 4pm rolls around I'm falling asleep on the couch, which is harder to do than it sounds when as soon as I fall asleep I have little fingers poking me in the eyes and up my nose waking me back up... my boobs are a lot more sore this time, every day they hurt! I'm just counting down the days until 2nd trimester and hoping I feel better!
Food cravings - Nothing yet!
Size of baby - A bitty prune! Baby is pretty well developed now, and is going to start growing and filling out and moving all around! I can't wait to see all the movement at my ultrasound, the girls were moving away at that time and it was so awesome to see even if you can't feel it!
I think I also previously mentioned trying to find the heartbeat around 10 weeks, but I've come to the conclusion that my $20 doppler is probably not well suited for such early detection, especially when they couldn't find the heartbeat at the doctors office with a much better one. I'll probably wait until 11 weeks, because that's how far I was with the girls, but if I can't even find it then I'm not going to worry, I know bitty bean is just fine!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
9 Week Update
This past week 8-9 has probably been the worst so far! I feel like throwing in the towel and giving up, moaning and groaning the whole way, and I'm ONLY 9 weeks in! I can't wait for the sickness, the fatigue, and the utter lack of ambition to just go away! At least for the 2nd trimester, I'm sure it'll be back before this pregnancy is completely over.
I have my next doctor's appointment next Tuesday, so I will update about that during my 10 week update, but I already have a number of questions that I plan on asking. First being, I'm still worried about that cyst that they saw on my ovary and the discrepancy in sizes in just one week between those two ultrasounds. I've been having a lot of sciatic pain this whole week, and I'm seriously hoping that cyst hasn't grown and is going to cause problems like that!
I'm also going to ask about what health concerns and issues I'm likely to face being overweight and pregnant. Gestational diabetes? Blood pressure? I'm worried about this summer being 110+ every day with my blood pressure and any swelling that is bound to happen, kind of scared actually. Oh I wish we had a pool!!
The past few days, anytime I drink water that horrible pain my stomach that I went to the ER for has reared its ugly head. It takes me laying down and 30 minutes of tears and moaning for it to finally stop, it's not fun and I don't know what the hell it means! Do I have an ulcer or something? My heartburn has started coming back, been chugging milk again lol wonder if I'll be back to the 12-13 gallons a month I was drinking during the girls' pregnancy!
A snapshot of 9 weeks:
Symptoms - Nausea has been worse than ever, and eating makes it ten times worse. I've become afraid to eat, which isn't good, but when I do I either vomit or fight the urge to vomit and get severe pains in my abdomen for the rest of the day, who would want to eat? Heartburn, still tired, headaches more often, and a big lack of enthusiasm to put it nicely!
Food cravings - Please don't talk about food!
Size of baby - A green olive! Getting bigger bitty bean!
I have my next doctor's appointment next Tuesday, so I will update about that during my 10 week update, but I already have a number of questions that I plan on asking. First being, I'm still worried about that cyst that they saw on my ovary and the discrepancy in sizes in just one week between those two ultrasounds. I've been having a lot of sciatic pain this whole week, and I'm seriously hoping that cyst hasn't grown and is going to cause problems like that!
I'm also going to ask about what health concerns and issues I'm likely to face being overweight and pregnant. Gestational diabetes? Blood pressure? I'm worried about this summer being 110+ every day with my blood pressure and any swelling that is bound to happen, kind of scared actually. Oh I wish we had a pool!!
The past few days, anytime I drink water that horrible pain my stomach that I went to the ER for has reared its ugly head. It takes me laying down and 30 minutes of tears and moaning for it to finally stop, it's not fun and I don't know what the hell it means! Do I have an ulcer or something? My heartburn has started coming back, been chugging milk again lol wonder if I'll be back to the 12-13 gallons a month I was drinking during the girls' pregnancy!
A snapshot of 9 weeks:
Symptoms - Nausea has been worse than ever, and eating makes it ten times worse. I've become afraid to eat, which isn't good, but when I do I either vomit or fight the urge to vomit and get severe pains in my abdomen for the rest of the day, who would want to eat? Heartburn, still tired, headaches more often, and a big lack of enthusiasm to put it nicely!
Food cravings - Please don't talk about food!
Size of baby - A green olive! Getting bigger bitty bean!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
8 Week Update
8 weeks! When I first found out we were pregnant, just barely shy of 4 weeks, I felt like 8 was going to be the magical number. Like I would feel more secure by now, after having a first ultrasound, first doctors appointment, and making it this far period. It certainly feels like an accomplishment, but it also feels like just about every other day!
I think my next mini goal is either 10 weeks or 12 weeks, not sure which one I'm looking forward to more, but if 4 weeks goes by this quickly then I suppose 12 weeks will be here before I know it! I wonder if I'll be able to feel my uterus by then? Not counting on being able to see it of course, won't get my hopes that far up! 10 weeks is when I'm going to break out the doppler, so I suppose I'm looking forward to it all!
This week has gone by amazingly fast, especially with going to work every day. The mornings are a struggle trying to keep my thyroid medicine down for at least 30 minutes until I can take my zofran, but so far I've been doing ok. I give myself at least an hour and a half in the morning to get ready, just in case I don't feel well and so I can take care of the girls and just mope about going as slow as I please, it really only takes me about 45 minutes total to get ready, but the extra padding is nice!
A snapshot of 8 weeks:
Symptoms - Pretty much everything is still the same, nausea is worse on some days more than others but it's pretty constant. I'm having more food aversions than not, and eating usually upsets my stomach rather than calms it. I'm still having pain in my left side, but it's not as bad as it was on Friday at the ER. I'm getting more tired as the days go on as well, though I'm not nearly as tired as I was when I was in my first trimester with the girls so I'm thankful for that!
Food cravings - Thinking about food makes me want to vomit, no cravings here!
Size of baby - A cute little raspberry today! Baby should be starting to move around in there now, can't wait until I can feel the movements again, I loved that about my first pregnancy!
I think my next mini goal is either 10 weeks or 12 weeks, not sure which one I'm looking forward to more, but if 4 weeks goes by this quickly then I suppose 12 weeks will be here before I know it! I wonder if I'll be able to feel my uterus by then? Not counting on being able to see it of course, won't get my hopes that far up! 10 weeks is when I'm going to break out the doppler, so I suppose I'm looking forward to it all!
This week has gone by amazingly fast, especially with going to work every day. The mornings are a struggle trying to keep my thyroid medicine down for at least 30 minutes until I can take my zofran, but so far I've been doing ok. I give myself at least an hour and a half in the morning to get ready, just in case I don't feel well and so I can take care of the girls and just mope about going as slow as I please, it really only takes me about 45 minutes total to get ready, but the extra padding is nice!
A snapshot of 8 weeks:
Symptoms - Pretty much everything is still the same, nausea is worse on some days more than others but it's pretty constant. I'm having more food aversions than not, and eating usually upsets my stomach rather than calms it. I'm still having pain in my left side, but it's not as bad as it was on Friday at the ER. I'm getting more tired as the days go on as well, though I'm not nearly as tired as I was when I was in my first trimester with the girls so I'm thankful for that!
Food cravings - Thinking about food makes me want to vomit, no cravings here!
Size of baby - A cute little raspberry today! Baby should be starting to move around in there now, can't wait until I can feel the movements again, I loved that about my first pregnancy!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
First trip to the ER
So yesterday, Friday the 3rd, I had to make my first trip to the ER. I'm not usually such a big baby, in fact I hardly ever spent time at the doctor's office before I got pregnant (mostly routine, maybe a UTI here or there over the years) but when I'm pregnant, I like to err on the side of caution! With the girls I didn't go to the hospital until I was almost 23 weeks, so I went straight to L&D, but I'm only 7 weeks so I got to visit the ER for the first time!
Anyway, so what happened was, I was at work like usual when my stomach started hurting pretty bad. The pain escalated then kind of moved to my back, so basically my whole left side where my stomach/kidneys are located was like this huge, never ending, really painful cramp of pain! I tried moving around, changing positions, walking around, nothing eased the pain! I was in tears after 30 minutes, started feeling nauseous so I called my OB and they directed me to the ER since I was in so much pain.
We didn't really wait that long for stuff to happen, which surprised me! It was pretty busy in there too! I peed in a cup, talked to the doctor who gave me some percocet and zofran for the pain. Had to get my blood drawn AGAIN! This makes 3 times in the past month! I told Justin that no sooner does a blood draw bruise heal, then they're poking me again! And I have more bloodwork to do on the 21st! I'm going to be bled dry! haha
We waited a little longer for ultrasound to get there, then Justin and I were both disappointed when he didn't get to come with me! I figured I'd tell him all about it, but when I got into the room I wasn't going to be able to see anything either! I had my kidneys looked at first, then she moved on to look at the pelvic region including baby. She couldn't even tell me if she saw a baby or not, because I had come in as an "emergency" patient, only the doctor could talk to me about it. Booo! But when I was getting dressed I sneaked a peek at the screen and saw some pictures of my Bitty Bean, who was much bigger this time around! Made me feel a lot better!
So the results came back, there was some bacteria in my urine and my WBC was a little higher than normal, but everything in my kidneys and bladder looked fine. So most likely it's the start of an infection, but man what an infection to cause that much pain! I'm on antibiotics now, even though I hate taking medication when pregnant! I'm going to transcribe my paperwork here, just so I always have another copy!
Ultrasound - Single viable intrauterine pregnancy with cardiac activity documented at a rate of 143 beats per minute. The crown-rump length is 8.8 mm (1.1 cm), corresponding with a gestational age of 7 weeks 1 day. There is a normal appearing yolk sac. No subchorionic hemorrhage is identified.
There is a 3.1 cm rounded anechoic, thin - walled cyst within the central aspect of the right ovary. No free fluid is identified. The left ovary is unremarkable.
Bloodwork - Serum Preg - Positive! BHCG Quant - 132,793
So basically, everything looks good except for that damn cyst! It is possible that the tech used a different setting, or had a different machine, or something wonky when measuring and the cyst is the same size that it was a week ago when my other ultrasound was measured.... BUT the baby measured exactly a week later, which was spot on. I'm going to call my OB on Monday and make an appointment to follow up and talk to them. I will be upset if this cyst is growing that much in just a week! I'm also hopeful that I get another ultrasound out of it, and this time I'm asking for a damn picture!
Well, that's all I've got for our first trip to the ER! Uneventful as it was, I'm glad I got to see Bitty Bean and know that he/she is doing ok in there! Growing like a champ, hope it keeps up!
Anyway, so what happened was, I was at work like usual when my stomach started hurting pretty bad. The pain escalated then kind of moved to my back, so basically my whole left side where my stomach/kidneys are located was like this huge, never ending, really painful cramp of pain! I tried moving around, changing positions, walking around, nothing eased the pain! I was in tears after 30 minutes, started feeling nauseous so I called my OB and they directed me to the ER since I was in so much pain.
We didn't really wait that long for stuff to happen, which surprised me! It was pretty busy in there too! I peed in a cup, talked to the doctor who gave me some percocet and zofran for the pain. Had to get my blood drawn AGAIN! This makes 3 times in the past month! I told Justin that no sooner does a blood draw bruise heal, then they're poking me again! And I have more bloodwork to do on the 21st! I'm going to be bled dry! haha
We waited a little longer for ultrasound to get there, then Justin and I were both disappointed when he didn't get to come with me! I figured I'd tell him all about it, but when I got into the room I wasn't going to be able to see anything either! I had my kidneys looked at first, then she moved on to look at the pelvic region including baby. She couldn't even tell me if she saw a baby or not, because I had come in as an "emergency" patient, only the doctor could talk to me about it. Booo! But when I was getting dressed I sneaked a peek at the screen and saw some pictures of my Bitty Bean, who was much bigger this time around! Made me feel a lot better!
So the results came back, there was some bacteria in my urine and my WBC was a little higher than normal, but everything in my kidneys and bladder looked fine. So most likely it's the start of an infection, but man what an infection to cause that much pain! I'm on antibiotics now, even though I hate taking medication when pregnant! I'm going to transcribe my paperwork here, just so I always have another copy!
Ultrasound - Single viable intrauterine pregnancy with cardiac activity documented at a rate of 143 beats per minute. The crown-rump length is 8.8 mm (1.1 cm), corresponding with a gestational age of 7 weeks 1 day. There is a normal appearing yolk sac. No subchorionic hemorrhage is identified.
There is a 3.1 cm rounded anechoic, thin - walled cyst within the central aspect of the right ovary. No free fluid is identified. The left ovary is unremarkable.
Bloodwork - Serum Preg - Positive! BHCG Quant - 132,793
So basically, everything looks good except for that damn cyst! It is possible that the tech used a different setting, or had a different machine, or something wonky when measuring and the cyst is the same size that it was a week ago when my other ultrasound was measured.... BUT the baby measured exactly a week later, which was spot on. I'm going to call my OB on Monday and make an appointment to follow up and talk to them. I will be upset if this cyst is growing that much in just a week! I'm also hopeful that I get another ultrasound out of it, and this time I'm asking for a damn picture!
Well, that's all I've got for our first trip to the ER! Uneventful as it was, I'm glad I got to see Bitty Bean and know that he/she is doing ok in there! Growing like a champ, hope it keeps up!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
7 Week Update
7 weeks already! I will probably say that every week, but it seems like just yesterday we found out, and now we're already going on (knowing) 3 weeks! Every week that goes by without any problems gives me a little more room to breathe and relax, though I will probably worry the whole time the first trimester is a little more stressful when you have NO idea what's going on in there! It's not like you can do kick counts, or get a heartbeat on the doppler, you basically just wait!
So far so good though. I have been working for a week now! I've noticed my energy levels getting lower and lower every day, today being probably the biggest struggle as of yet. I try to keep my head high, and do everything I need to do and not let it get to me, but all I really want to do is crawl into my bed and SLEEP! But I'll save my naps for the weekends, give me something to look forward to!
I find myself wondering and worrying about weight gain. I've started this pregnancy still dealing with my hypothyroidism and the massive amount of weight I put on from that, add a pregnancy on top of it and I'm not sure what's going to happen. In a secret heart of hearts I sometimes worry that I won't even look pregnant at the end, just really fat instead. I know this is probably not going to be the case, obese women can look pregnant too, I just hope I do! I wonder if it will prolong when I start to show? I haven't gained any weight so far, in fact so far I'm probably down a poundish and my OB said it's very possible for me to lose a little weight when my thyroid medicine increases as well. I hope I lose weight, just not impact the baby in the process.
A snapshot of 7 weeks:
Symptoms - Still getting up to pee, my digestive system is on the fritz, and the nausea is starting to get really bad. I had to start taking my zofran a few days ago, and some days I feel like I might need to take it twice daily (I like to only take 1 a day, though you can take one every 8 hrs). I'm getting more and more tired every day, BUT my insomnia has gone away!! And even though I haven't gained any weight, my clothes feel snugger than usual, and more constrictive, which isn't pleasant.
Food cravings - You know how when you have the flu and the thought of food (or seeing a commercial for food) makes you want to vomit? That's how I feel most days. I have to force myself to eat, and it usually doesn't make the nausea any better.
Size of baby - Baby is getting bigger, we're now a blueberry!! I wonder what he/she looks like on an ultrasound today?
What am I looking forward to? My next ultrasound and getting to 10/11 weeks so I can get out my doppler and try to find a heartbeat! I found the girls' at 11 weeks, but I'll probably start torturing myself and trying this time around 9 weeks.
So far so good though. I have been working for a week now! I've noticed my energy levels getting lower and lower every day, today being probably the biggest struggle as of yet. I try to keep my head high, and do everything I need to do and not let it get to me, but all I really want to do is crawl into my bed and SLEEP! But I'll save my naps for the weekends, give me something to look forward to!
I find myself wondering and worrying about weight gain. I've started this pregnancy still dealing with my hypothyroidism and the massive amount of weight I put on from that, add a pregnancy on top of it and I'm not sure what's going to happen. In a secret heart of hearts I sometimes worry that I won't even look pregnant at the end, just really fat instead. I know this is probably not going to be the case, obese women can look pregnant too, I just hope I do! I wonder if it will prolong when I start to show? I haven't gained any weight so far, in fact so far I'm probably down a poundish and my OB said it's very possible for me to lose a little weight when my thyroid medicine increases as well. I hope I lose weight, just not impact the baby in the process.
A snapshot of 7 weeks:
Symptoms - Still getting up to pee, my digestive system is on the fritz, and the nausea is starting to get really bad. I had to start taking my zofran a few days ago, and some days I feel like I might need to take it twice daily (I like to only take 1 a day, though you can take one every 8 hrs). I'm getting more and more tired every day, BUT my insomnia has gone away!! And even though I haven't gained any weight, my clothes feel snugger than usual, and more constrictive, which isn't pleasant.
Food cravings - You know how when you have the flu and the thought of food (or seeing a commercial for food) makes you want to vomit? That's how I feel most days. I have to force myself to eat, and it usually doesn't make the nausea any better.
Size of baby - Baby is getting bigger, we're now a blueberry!! I wonder what he/she looks like on an ultrasound today?
What am I looking forward to? My next ultrasound and getting to 10/11 weeks so I can get out my doppler and try to find a heartbeat! I found the girls' at 11 weeks, but I'll probably start torturing myself and trying this time around 9 weeks.
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