Pregnancy is fun and wonderful but it's not really something that you want to be too exciting or eventful. That likely means you're having problems or baby is having problems and that's NO FUN. I'm good with uneventful.
Yesterday my midwife called me and asked me to come in to have my blood work redone. My first set of tests came back showing that I have antibodies in my blood, which can cause some serious problems for the baby and would require more in-depth care for me and this little one. It was odd that it showed up but I've never had the issue with my previous pregnancies. She wanted to rerun the tests, hoping that it was an error. I went in yesterday afternoon and had more blood taken and now I'm just waiting to hear back. Of course, she told me not to stress about it but, well....I did dream about it all night last night. I am trying to remember that this baby is in God's hands. He loves him/her more than I do and just as much as He's loved all three of my other sweet babies.
I was 9 weeks yesterday, still feeling nauseous much of the time, although there are days when I feel okay for alot of the day. Today I woke up feeling good but tonight has been rough. Just going with the flow, hoping it'll only be a few more weeks of feeling sick!
Anyway, going to try to keep busy this weekend and keep my mind off of the tests until I hear back on Monday. It shouldn't be too hard to distract myself since we're making a trip out of town to celebrate my father-in-law's 70th birthday! Wow! The kids are super excited but Melissa said, "I didn't know old people had birthday parties!" :)
Friday, October 18, 2013
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Pregnancy
I like to record pregnancy info in my blog to have later (I've already referred back to my posts with Caedon to see if I could find out how long my morning sickness lasted in his pregnancy!) so here's an update for ya!
I will be 8 weeks pregnant on Thursday. My all-day sickness started 2 weeks ago (Brian asked how long I've been sick and I said two weeks and he said ONLY TWO? It's seemed longer....). As has been the pattern with me, my sickness is much worse this time around. It's gotten worse with each pregnancy. FYI, I'm DONE after this one. I don't want to see how much worse it can get than this time! Thankfully, I still don't throw up much. I did throw up for the first time this morning but mostly, it's just nausea all day.
I've lost about 4 lbs....but....my pants are already starting to feel a bit snug! I think I'm going to be showing even earlier with this sweet little one! I'm very ready to get from this stage of pregnancy into the FUN part - feeling and seeing the baby move, finding out gender, picking out a name, planning for and dreaming about a new little life!
We're hoping this baby is a girl. Melissa really wants it to be a girl b/c that means the baby will eventually move into her room and she can have BUNK BEDS! Yes, this is her main motivation for wanting a sister.... I just really want to do all the pink girly stuff again. Melissa doesn't let me pick out her clothes anymore and I miss dressing a little girl! Plus....we already have a girl name picked out and can't agree on a boy name :) We will, of course, be thrilled with either gender.
Anyway...pray with me that my sickness is gone by Halloween. Or at least takes a break for that weekend. :) I'm going on my scrapbooking retreat and I REALLY want to be able to eat all the yummy food all weekend (I can start working on gaining back that bit of weight I've lost!).
I will be 8 weeks pregnant on Thursday. My all-day sickness started 2 weeks ago (Brian asked how long I've been sick and I said two weeks and he said ONLY TWO? It's seemed longer....). As has been the pattern with me, my sickness is much worse this time around. It's gotten worse with each pregnancy. FYI, I'm DONE after this one. I don't want to see how much worse it can get than this time! Thankfully, I still don't throw up much. I did throw up for the first time this morning but mostly, it's just nausea all day.
I've lost about 4 lbs....but....my pants are already starting to feel a bit snug! I think I'm going to be showing even earlier with this sweet little one! I'm very ready to get from this stage of pregnancy into the FUN part - feeling and seeing the baby move, finding out gender, picking out a name, planning for and dreaming about a new little life!
We're hoping this baby is a girl. Melissa really wants it to be a girl b/c that means the baby will eventually move into her room and she can have BUNK BEDS! Yes, this is her main motivation for wanting a sister.... I just really want to do all the pink girly stuff again. Melissa doesn't let me pick out her clothes anymore and I miss dressing a little girl! Plus....we already have a girl name picked out and can't agree on a boy name :) We will, of course, be thrilled with either gender.
Anyway...pray with me that my sickness is gone by Halloween. Or at least takes a break for that weekend. :) I'm going on my scrapbooking retreat and I REALLY want to be able to eat all the yummy food all weekend (I can start working on gaining back that bit of weight I've lost!).
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