Peanut

Here's our little baby at 8 weeks 1 day! Just hanging out upside down. So who do you think s/he looks like? Me or Kevin?

We had our first appointment, and it went really well. We even got to hear the amazing "swoosh swoosh" sound of its heartbeat. I like our Doctor a lot. He is a very laid back guy, and comes highly recommended from close friends. The walls of his exam rooms are plastered with photos of the babies he's delivered. Our visit was simple. The only difficult part is trying to understand the pamphlets on prenatal testing. We have to decide what/if we want testing for downs syndrome among a few other conditions. If you want to know what we decided, please feel free to ask me privately.

Week 7

Week 7 of my pregnancy has not come without a bit of commotion and excitement. On Monday night (June 15) I ate dinner and vomited twice. On Tuesday I left work at 12 with a massive headache. After a three hour nap, I woke up nauseous and hungry. I ate a little something, and the vomiting began. I think I vomited on and off for the next 6 hours. I tried taking Dramamine to calm my belly but couldn't. I couldn't even keep down water. On Wednesday morning I tried to sip a little water, and the vomiting continued. By this point I had not had any fluids since 2pm the day prior. We called my doctor, and were sent to urgent care. I was given two bags of saleen, and some anti-nausea medication via IV, and told that I have Hypermesis Gravidarum. Doesn't that just sound fun?? I basically have severe pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting.

I know that this is a general description, so I want to try and explain what this feels like. In the weeks prior to week 7, I had all-day nausea that was annoying, but not awful. This new nausea is a beast. As soon as it begins I feel like the whole world is rocking, and my stomach feels like I have a horrible stomach flu (you know the feeling where your stomach turns sour, hurts, and you know you are about to throw up?). Well, once I start throwing up, it just gets worse, the pain increases, the moving sensation worsens, and I literally cannot stop throwing up. While we waited in urgent care, Kevin would place his hand gently on my back which would nearly send me over the edge. It was awful. The good news is that I have a prescription for Zofran (the medication I received in the hospital) and our insurance actually covers it! Thank God. Because I had to take it again this morning.

Last night we saw "Away We Go." It is a wonderful movie, and one that I highly recommend. Particularly if you are expecting a baby. I don't really want to ruin it, but it was so timely, and an all-around beautiful, funny, touching, and well-acted movie. We saw it with our friend (who is 8.5 months pregnant) and her husband.

This morning after taking my Zofran and getting over my little episode we went out for bagels and coffee. (which, as a side note- let me be honest here, I am not giving up coffee. You may now be concerned that my little one will have an extra leg because of this. But I only drink about 4oz. of coffee on weekdays, and the occasional small latte or mocha on the weekend. I actually crave coffee, and it's my personal choice). We then went to a Goodwill Bookstore to look for children's books. I was very happy to find a Fraggle Rock counting book, "The Pokey Little Puppy," and a couple of Sesame Street, and Whinnie the Pooh books. We got 8 books for $4. Not bad.

I will be 8 weeks tomorrow, and looking forward to my first OB appt. and ultrasound on the 26th.

Pregnant! Pregnant?! Yep, Pregnant.

So, yes I peed on the thing to the left. Gross to you, but thrilling for me! I can't believe this happened. I mean I can but I can't. Anyway I saw two doctors already this week. Doctor "A" was an absolute nightmare. After waiting 2 hours (at a family practice, not the ER) I was seen for 5 minutes, during which he took a call on his cell. I asked him a question about whether or not it would be safe to go to Disneyland early in my pregnancy and he said "I wouldn't, but I don't know how much you want this pregnancy." ANYWAY, moving on to Doctor "B" she was fantastic! She was very happy to see me, excited that this is my first pregnancy, gave great information and told me to call her any time. She confirmed my pregnancy and wrote the ever essential referral letter allowing me to go to the OBGYN. My first appointment there will be on June 26.

So, here's how I found out I am preggers.

Over the week of May 25-28 I was up in the Bay Area visiting my parents. On May 24 (Sunday) I ate some eggs, and promptly threw them up. I thought nothing of it, except that maybe I ate bad eggs. While in the Bay Area I was fine, a little fatigued on some days, but on the day of my flight home I was exhausted. I went out for lunch with my mom and Stephanie, and it was my second meal that week in which I turned down sushi due to an upset tummy. After our yummy lunch of crepes, I threw up. In the restaurant bathroom. Awkward. Then I was so tired I just wanted to sleep for hours. By this day (thursday) I was a day or so late on my expected monthly visit. That night I told Kevin about some odd symptoms I was experiencing. He suggested I take a test the following morning. Well, Friday morning I chickened out. By Saturday morning(May 30) I had spent the entire night dreaming about taking the test (positive in every dream) and needing to pee so bad. The box said to use first morning urine, and I could hardly sleep. Finally at 4:45am I decided I couldn't wait any longer. I went to the bathroom and took the test. They recommend you wait 3 minutes for a result, and my test showed positive before I could count to 5. I was shocked. I got back into bed, and Kevin asked what was going on. I looked at him and said "I'm pregnant." To which he said "right now? you're pregnant right now?" I said "yes." He pulled me onto his chest and said "I'm so excited, I love you." Good answer. We couldn't fall back to sleep and spent the next hour and a half laying in the dark talking. That is also when I took this picture on my phone.