Been a bit busy and too tired to post lately. I went back to my hometown for about a week. Saw some of my friends from high school. They were definitely suspicious, but my husband and I aren’t telling anyone until I’m out of the first trimester. My belly is starting to pop out a bit, and if it weren’t for my mom giving me some skirts of hers I would have to wear the same skirt every day. Thanks mom! The nausea hasn’t been too bad, other than throwing up on Friday. The constipation is much more bothersome to me than the nausea at this point though.
I have an appointment with the OBGYN on Wednesday. I really hate going to doctors, but apparently I have to until this little critter is out of me. Hm… and then I’ll have to take the baby to doctor’s appointments. Gr… I’m going to be stuck going to doctors for the rest of my life…
Had my first appointment yesterday. Was surprised at how few husbands came to the appointment with their wife. Thankfully, my husband came with me. The doctor doesn’t have the greatest bed-side manner, but she’s knows what she’s doing and that’s what I’m looking for. As a first time mom-to-be I have no idea how my pregnancy is going to be, so if any complications arise I want someone competent, not someone who’s going to butter me up and act like everything is o.k. They did a sonogram and we got a picture of the baby. Pretty much it’s just a small oval with a flutter in the middle (the heartbeat). It was so amazing to see though. There is really nothing like it. The morning sickness has calmed down a bit, but it is definitely still there. The doctor called me a fatty… o.k., she didn’t say those words exactly, but she said that I really didn’t need to gain any weight, just maintain for the rest of the pregnancy. But really, as a pregnant woman, all I heard her say was, “You are fat.” My weight and my thyroid issue were all she was worried about, so she’s having me go for a blood test to see if I need my meds upped again. I probably do. I’ve been so cold lately! Oh, coldness is associated with hypothyroidism for those who weren’t aware. Oh yeah! Due date is December 31st.
I’ve found that as long as I’m eating, the nausea isn’t so bad. But when I’m not eating the nausea comes back. What’s hard is to get myself to eat in the first place though. When you feel like you’re going to barf all the time, you’re not exactly looking forward to a snack or your next meal.
My morning sickness has taken a turn for the worse. What started off as every once in a while feeling a bought of nausea, has turned into an all day about-to-barf fest. No, I have not thrown up yet, but I wonder if throwing up might actually make me feel slightly better. No one ever tells you just how bad morning sickness is. And I have at least 2 months of this left. Morning sickness is a misnomer anyway. More like all day sickness. Yesterday I had to leave work early because I felt so sick. Oh, and all the different smells that you come to notice when you’re pregnant makes the nausea even worse!
I found out this past Monday that I was pregnant. I was a little over a week late, my boobs were swollen and I had to pee a lot more than usual. So my husband picked up a home pregnancy test, I took and we saw the ‘+’. I was pregnant. I immediately made an appointment with my doctor. She’s not an OB-GYN, but I wanted to know if she needed to take my blood and to get the names and numbers of some OB-GYNs in the area. I probably should have mentioned this at the beginning of the post, but I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditus in January of this year. Basically what that means is that sometimes my thyroid is under active — which it currently is — sometimes it is overactive and other times it is perfectly normal. I’m currently on medication to regulate it, so no worries. When I went for my last blood test my doctor told me that I may have trouble getting pregnant because of this. Well, the medication must be working because I am. My doctor was super-excited and she referred me to a few OB-GYNs. The first one I called accepted my insurance and I have an appointment with her on May 12th. I was told that by then I should be at least 6 weeks and that the doctor will do a sonogram then. That’s my story so far. I started this blog to anonymously document how I’m feeling each day/each week during my pregnancy.
Today I’ve been feeling a bit extra nauseous. I guess I’m more lucky than some pregnant women since I have yet to throw up, but it is a very unsettling feeling in my stomach that usually goes away after 15 minutes, but seems to be sticking with me all day today. I’m not complaining though. The nausea reminds me of what’s growing inside of me and that makes me ecstatic. I could not be happier to feel like I was about to puke. I just can’t stop thanking God for the miracle He has put inside of me. — Not in the “Virgin Mary” type way. This is my husband’s kid, but you know what I mean.
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