Preggers Lady Update

Guys, I'm sorry I'm just now posing this. I wrote this the SATURDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING! And then life happened. I'll hopefully get some more writing done soon. So, keeping in mind when I actually wrote this, enjoy.

This week, I had my first ultrasound (the one where they go "yep, your preggers and X weeks along!"and make sure the peanut is growing in the uterus and not somewhere bad.

We took little Miss Rin with us, and poor thing was so bored and upset that she couldn't get down and explore. But we found out that everything looks normal so far, there is indeed a peanut, and that as of Wednesday, I am 9 weeks pregnant! So that makes peanut's due date (drum roll please...........) June 20!

Next summer is going to be ca-razy for our little family, so please keep us in your happy thoughts/prayers. Andrew will be graduatingat the beginning of May (as long as student teaching goes well). Our family will be going from 3 to 4 people. I will start being sleep deprived again. And we will be moving out of our current apartment around the end of July/beginning of August. Where will depend on where Andrew finds a job. Even if we stay in Boone, though, we're getting out of this current apartment.

It's all very exciting, but it's gonna be nuts too.

Now, I'm going to sum up how Thursday went really quick for those of you who have a weak stomach: went to the doctor for initial bloodwork. My blood pressure is good. Bloodwork was done. Rin behaved well since they had toys in the room! I was pretty gross feeling the rest of that day and Friday and feel much better today.

If you have a weak stomach, stop there and have a wonderful rest of your day/week!If you'd enjoy a more detailed account of these days, stay tuned!

I've been taking samples of nausea medication until my insurance kicks in to cover it. I took my last one Tuesday night. So Thursday morning, I felt AWFUL. And definitely threw up. I was fortunately able to get some food down before we left for the doctor's, though, and I started feeling normal again.

I did manage to have a panic attack, however, at the thought of having bloodwork done. See, when I had my initial work done with Rin at the health department, they took 5 vials of blood and I almost passed out. And I REALLY didn't want to go through that again.

Fortunately, Andrew was able to calm me down pretty quickly and we left to go to the apointment. The first part went great. I weigh about the same as I did in August. My  pressure and heart rate are great. Most of our family history is the same since we filled it out with Rin.

Then came the bloodwork. My first vein disappeared on her. So we switched arms. I have a really good surface vein on my right, which is great for these purposes, but stings like a mother.

At this point, I was pretty happy because she was using a butterfly and changing out the vials at the end of a tube (the health department didn't do this, so I felt the needle move EVERY TIME they changed the vial).

She did a great job. She tried to keep me talking through the whole thing. But, like with Rin, at about vial number 4, my face broke out in a sweat, I went pale, my thoughts started fading, and I felt sick. She kept trying to keep me talking and as soon as she was done, asked if I was okay. At which point I said something about getting sick and started dry heaving into the trash can.

So hello pillow in front of me, cool towel on my head, and a juice box. Fortunately, I didn't pass out. And the lady apologized repeatedly because she hates making people feel bad.

But I'm serious, you guys. She did great. It's not her fault that she needed to drain "half my blood," as my dad called it.

Fortunately, Rin was super during this visit. The room had chairs galore, tons of mega blocks, and a big teddy bear. But I think her day was made when she got one of the bright green stretchy bands they use to find veins. New toy for the win!

After that, I was SO hungry. We went to grab a cheap lunch at Taco Bell..and I've never been so disappointed in them in my whole life. After dropping Andrew off for class, I should've gone home and eaten some more when Rin took a nap, but I laid down on the couch and crashed.

And woke up feeling awful. I spent that afternoon randomly running to the bathroom and dry heaving. I made dinner though, and it was the "best everything has tasted" according to Andrew.

I got Rin ready for bed and just relaxed after that. I got more samples from the doctor's office and took the full dose (I usually only do a half dose, but I was really starting to feel miserable). Thirty minutes later, I found out which part of dinner absolutely didn't agree with me.

Yesterday, I woke up feeling hungover: nausea, headache, and exhaustion. But without the fun the night before. I did manage to keep everything down all day and felt decent by dinner.

Andrew treated me to some chocolate pie after Rin went to bed, which made me one happy mama.

This morning, I woke up feeling much more like myself and was able to actually eat something other than try cereal for breakfast! And enjoy a cup of hot tea!