I thought I would be able to keep up and blog every week. What a joke! I'm too busy for that! So a few things we have been up to and pictures...
Week 8
The belly pictures have started! I think its mainly my "melons" for ovaries in the early ones...can't wait to see Nemo!
Mom, Ashley and I went to Paint Nite! We painted some lovely paintings and we had a good time. They had a menu there and so I looked at it and the fried ravioli looked good...but I was worried about the red sauce ever since the lasagna made me gag. So a lady down the table had ordered them. What does mom do? Go ask how they are of course. She said they were great and even gave me one to try so that I didn't order them and then find out they made me sick!
Ashley and Mom ate these nasty fried cheesecake things. ICK!!!!!
After that, we had some exciting days at school with labs and such - but nothing too crazy. The exhaustion kept up. I seem like I am tired ALL THE TIME. Nap times are the best. I'll wake up in the morning and already I'm looking forward to my after school nap. It's ridiculous.
Week 9
The next big thing that happened was I met with my OB! After a not so great last meeting with the ultrasound tech at the fertility clinic for my 7 week scan, we decided to go ahead and switch to an OB now. They took a bunch of vitals and we got to meet with one of the Doctors. She was super nice and everything went really well. I got the most interesting patient of the day award for doing IVF in Greece. :) Go us! Overall, I was impressed.
The next morning...I ended up in the ER. I went to school and felt icky, but that was normal. During our collaboration time in the morning, I felt extremely sick and I had really bad cramping on my right side. I tried to tough it out, but within about 10 minutes I was crying and throwing up from the pain getting worse. I got someone to cover my 1st hour and I went into the bathroom. I called the doctor on call (thank goodness I met with the OB for the first time yesterday!) and he told me to come in and get a scan done. So I called Mom and Brian and they were going to meet me at Centerpoint. Well, actually, Mom was going to pick me up at school but I couldn't sit there anymore so I drove myself. I honestly don't have a clue how I made it safely, I was hurting so freaking bad. I had to wait in the car since the clinic didn't open til 8..then called to get an appt and they couldn't get me into the Sono till 9. So the nurse said to go to Labor and Delivery. Since I was only 8 Weeks, they sent me to the ER. All this walking wasn't helping when I finally got admitted and into a bed at the ER. They did labs and did and ultrasound and baby is fine! Happy little heartbeat of 168. The downfall is my ovaries are still huge from all the IVF drugs. They think that one of the cysts in my ovaries burst and that was what all the pain was from. Within 2 hours, the pain was gone and I was normal and reassured that Nemo was fine. So I went home and rested the rest of the day.
That weekend, Brian also got started on planning out and making shelves for the upstairs and place for the TV. He's being a pro at knocking out the pre-baby to-do list!
Week 10
We are in the double digits!!!!!!!!!! Yeah buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 25% down.
Nothing too thrilling to share from this week. Just lots of work, work and more work.
I did finish my work early on Saturday, so that meant I got to spend all day Sunday off!! Mom, Ashley and I went to the Renaissance Festival with the kiddos and had fun but wore me out! I got to pet the the sheep with River and we enjoyed ourselves. By the time we got back to Mom's I was ready for a nap! I slept, we ate, and I slept on the way home.
mmmm...funnel cake!
And then it was time for another week of school. I've been doing decent at school, but I'll have a good day and then a bad day with the nausea. Today for example is a good day. Yesterday, was a bad day. I was SO sick yesterday. I came home and napped for 4 hours to survive.
Brian on the other hand is having a string of good days. He is rocking out the awesome husband/dad role. He cooks, cleans, makes things and is a great second memory too because I can' remember anything. And he is understanding on how tired I am and not feeling well. Bottom line - he rocks.
Tomorrow we have a OB appt to do a scan and make sure everything is looking good. I am slowly getting off my pharmacy of meds. I have weaned completely off medrol (thank goodness, that one was NASTY). And I get to start weaning off the progesterone in 2 weeks. I can't wait for those to be done!!!!
So right now, life is good. Just missing my normally energetic self. Oh well, it'll be worth it. Keep growing little Nemo, keep growing!
Just for fun...
The big white hand is how big Nemo's hand will be when it's born...the little pink hand is how big it is now! How cool is that??
And when I'm having a normal feeling day...I'll log into my Period Tracker App and see how late I am. It's reassuring. :)
That's it for now. Hopefully you'll get an update sooner than later next time. :) But don't count on it.
