16 Week Appointment

Had another doctor's appointment on Monday (March 12). Nearly 16 weeks now. Kind of frustrating.. I peed in a cup, got weighed, got my blood pressure checked.. then sat and waited for my doctor for a good 35 minutes. She stepped in the room, informed me that she immediately had to leave as she'd just been paged to tend to a patient who was about to begin pushing.. and left. She had a nurse come in to go over my previous visit's bloodwork results - all perfectly good.. and listen to the baby's heartbeat via doppler.

Ok, so not getting to ask her any of the questions I had written down or get a proper exam or anything else sucked... but I got to hear the baby's heartbeat again. There's just nothing like the sound of it. Like.. all worries and concerns disappear when I hear that sound and know everything's ok.

Anyway.. I'm scheduled for my 20 week ultrasound April 10th. That's insane. Next time I'm at the doc's I'll be halfway through the pregnancy. And.. if I want and if the baby is cooperating and in the right position, will be able to know the sex. Still think I'm going to wait until I actually deliver.. just feel like it'd be spoiling the surprise to find out halfway through my pregnancy. I can't believe that's next month though??????? That's crazy.

Sean might be able to make it. April 10th is a Tuesday that falls between two races.. so he may fly back for one day just to attend the appointment and see and hear the ultrasound. Not entirely sure yet and obviously it all hinges on him getting the visa.

Haha.. my bump is getting harder and bigger. I think it'll be awhile yet before I'm properly showing.. but it's definitely growing. The next 2 months I think will go fast with moving out of the apartment at the end of the month, moving into my mom's, the start of the race season, and finding out whether or not Sean will be able to be here.

Misery

Last night was, without doubt, one of the worst nights of my life.. maybe only equalled by the couple of months I was having numerous eye surgeries.

I was sick to my stomach all day yesterday and had a nagging headache, which by bedtime (and by bedtime, I mean 6:45pm) was a full-blown migraine. I was up every hour throwing up, unable to even keep down a sip of water. It got so bad that at one point while I was heaving over the toilet, my body actually gave out and I peed myself as I stood there throwing up with my head throbbing from the migraine. I started shaking and crying and cleaned myself off and collapsed back into bed. Another hour later, I woke up covered from head to toe in sweat, and shaking with chills.

My entire body has just had enough and last night was pure misery. I'm 14 1/2 weeks along and I'm still losing weight from my pre-pregnancy weight. I'm down 10 lbs. and while morning sickness lets up some days, overall it's more violent than before. I shouldn't have gained much/any weight at this point.. but I also shouldn't still be losing it. My next appointment is Monday and I'll speak to her about how sick I still am and the fact I'm still dropping weight pretty considerably. This has been incredibly rough up to this point.. I'm already sick of being pregnant and of how much stress it's putting on my body. Oddly though, mentally I still feel incredibly good. This is the worst I've felt in my entire life over an extended period of time, but mentally I feel great.

Second Trimester!!

Today marks the start of my second trimester. Haha, and tomorrow marks my last day at work. Apparently I have Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (or just SPD for short) which basically means my pelvic bones have already separated in preparation for birth, something which doesn't usually happen until about your 9th month. It causes an enormous amount of pain and puts a lot of pressure on your entire pelvis. I can't sit or stand for more than 30 minutes without being in a lot of pain. Sitting 8 1/2 hours a day at work isn't an option, and even part time work is heavily restricted.

I'm also gonna be moving out of the apartment at the end of the month because the two flights of stairs are too much to handle. Basically, it already feels like I have 30 pounds of weight on my uterus and like I've been riding a horse for the past week straight. I can barely move, sit, or stand and my back clicks every time I take a step.

So.. ehh.. much sooner than I expected, but I'll be living with my mom by the start of April. Can't say I'm thrilled about it, but at the same time it'll be nice having someone there to help do the things I can't right now.

Sean's still working on getting his visa, but it looks like it'll be early-mid April before he's here. It also means he'll miss the 20 week dr. appointment and ultrasound. Kind of disappointing, but at the same time I'm pretty intent on not learning the sex of the baby, so it's way less exciting if he does have to miss it.

Haha man 2nd trimester. That's crazy.. This is supposed to be the good part now. My morning sickness should completely fade in a few more weeks. I'll have an appetite again and cravings. I should start to feel the baby kick anytime from about 16-20 weeks. Just.. ahhhh. All the exciting stuff starts to happen now. Man I can't wait. It feels more "real" every day.

It's stupid but like.. I have the urge to watch A Baby Story and cartoons and all????? Like.. I can't get enough baby stuff. Crazy to think in 6 months I'll be holding my child. Wow.