Week 9 and 2 days

Yuk, yuk and more yuk.  I am sick.  Yesterday I spent almost the whole day sleeping.  I had so much to do and I just bailed on it all.  I couldn't function. I got dizzy at Target and decided it was time to go home.  I just have so much indigestion and heartburn and diarreah.  I am tired all the time and really have to be strategic about how much I try and do in any given day. 

My friend miscarried this week.  She was 21 weeks along.  I just am so mad and depressed about it.  My heart breaks for her.  I have another friend who is not quite five weeks and she is so scared, she has had 6 miscarriages.  I just don't know how she has kept on going.

My list of symptoms -
--hips are killing me
--sleeping okay at night, but really tired all day
--nausea and dizziness but no vomiting
--headaches
--stuffy nose, some bleeding when brushing teeth
--diarreah
--gas!
--super smelling powers
--massive amounts of mouth watering
--hot
--huge boobs, not really sore anymore
--tummy getting big
--rest of body getting big

Week 7 - First Doctor's Visit

Today I woke up spotting, great.  I was pretty calm about it.  With Jac I had lots of spotting and it never developed into anything.  I don't feel any more crampy than I have been, pretty much the same.  I may have a little less nausea than I did a few days ago - but I definitely still "feel" pregnant. 

So I went to the doctor's and had to tell them I was pregnant.  Lovely.  They had no communication between the person who had booked my appointment and the doctor's assistant.  But after that was all cleared up it was a good visit, just sort of backwards.  I got blood taken, right in the office, which was lovely.  I peed in a cup.  And then they sent me for an ultrasound because I was spotting.

The doctor also talked to me about genetic counseling.  So basically you sit down with someone and they run tests and look at your history and sort of prep you for anything that could go wrong.  Not really my cup of tea, but it is best to be prepared for the baby's sake.  So I will do that in week 12 along with a comprehensive ultrasound called a "first look", and insurance pays for this because I am 35, woohoo.

I went to the ultrasound office, which was just down the hall from the doctor's.  They got me right in and did the test.  Everything looked great and I got see the baby and the heartbeat.  Lovely.  It is sort of what I needed to make it feel more real.  I am still in the "what in the world have I done" phase and definitely haven't entered the "I am so excited about this" phase.  So this was nice.  And to see only one in there was great too, no twins. 

So far so good, feeling a little bit better.  Hoping that by week 10 or 11 I am free and clear of the  nausea.  The spotting seems to have disapated.  Next appointment in 4 weeks.

Week 6 Almost Over

Oh, how I hate week 6.  The beginning of symptoms - lots of symptoms. 

--Am tossing and turning and not sleeping great.  I have busted out all the pillows and my husband has to dig around to find me through them all.
--I am sick to my stomach or have indigestion all the time.  Before I eat, after eat and everything in between.  The only time I feel truly good is while I am eating.  So I try to eat all the time.  I burp and fart, it is terrible.
--I drop everything.  My dexterity is terrible. Very clumsy, but for right now it is just my hands, I haven't fallen down or anything.
--Exhaustion comes and goes.  Mostly it comes. 
--Crabbiness and plain "I don't care about anything" ness.  My friend equated it to depression, it really is.

Oh the joys of pregnancy.  Jac keeps asking me why I don't feel good, we are seriously needing to tell these children.  (Just so I can complain more openly.)

I go to the doctor on Thursday for the first time. 

Symptoms Here - Week 6

Today I got some real symptoms, darn it.  So in general things have been smooth, no issues.  I basically think that all of the symptoms I have had were just my head messing with me.  But today, wow, nausea.  Yuk.  I was doing okay, maybe a little fatigued and this afternoon after doing some chores I HAD to eat an orange.  So I ate an orange and it helped the nausea a little, but then I laid down for about 30 minutes and that helped me a lot.  I was pretty good after an hour or so. 

So now I am worried I am going to have this happen every afternoon.  It is going to get rough. 

I also am starting to have some dreams and not sleep so great.  Just sort of tossing and turning, which generally doesn't happen to me.  I usually sleep like a log whenever my kids are up in the middle of the night.  So we'll see.

My sister is here this week and she is wanting me to stop drinking caffeine.  Which I think is a good idea in theory, it just may hurt which I am not prepared for.  But tomorrow would be the day to do it as I don't have anything at all going on and the kids are at school all day.  So we'll see, I think I already said that.

Prego - Week 5

You heard it!  I am pregnant.  I totally didn't think I was last week.  I was convinced because I started!  I wouldn't I think that I wasn't.  Well, I did the same thing that I did with my daughter, I had implantation bleeding for 3 days.  This mimicked my standard period as I generally spot early.  But one thing was different, I stopped.  I completely quit bleeding on day 4.  That was strange.  I had some constipation also on that day which is highly unusual for me. The next day, day 5 of my supposed period there was nothing, no blood again.  So I took a test, and bam, I am prego.  No doubt about it.

So, my due date according to my calculation is November 17, although I will definitely let the doctor give me an official one.  I am so excited that I will have an October or November baby.  I tend to go early, 1 week early with my son and 4 weeks early with my daughter, so it isn't unrealistic to think that I will have an October baby.   Although of course I want to go full term, both babies were perfect with great Apgar's even though they were early.

So here we go.  So far at the end of week four, tomorrow is Day 1 of week 5, I have no other symptoms.  Maybe a little more hunger and I was a little naseaus the other day when I ate too quickly, really no other symptoms. 

Day 21 - Third Day with Elevated Temp

I am actually not sure if it is day 21 or day 18.  I am now beginning to wonder if my spotting actually counted as day 1 of my cycle or not.  I didn't ovulate until day 16, and with a short cycle that seems odd.  But if it was actually day 13, that totally makes sense.  Regardless, I ovulated.  I believe it was Friday, could have been Saturday.  I have had an elevated temp since Sunday, so for three days. 

I just have to wait 15 more days to officially declare I am prego - or not.  I should start in 7 to 10 days depending on the whole starting date of cycle issue.  We'll see. (Honestly, don't feel like I am.  But it would be only four days post conception.)

Day 13 of Cycle - Gearing Up

Over the weekend I got to sleep in and I had a temperature that was higher than usual.  It came in at 98 degrees, whereas normally I am around 97.6 degrees.  I thought, holy cow, I am ovulating early.  But it was just because I slept in.  That extra two hours of sleep let my body temp rise .4 degrees.  So I went ahead and looked online at how big of a jump to expect when ovulating.

So the shift actually happens after ovulation by a day or two although it should start climbing immediately after.  And the shift is only .4 to .6 degrees.  I am also looking for the cervical mucus to indicate that I am in a fertile time period. 

So over the next couple of days, I should begin to see an increase in mucus and then by Friday I should see an increase in temperature.