Today was our first appointment with Dr. Heather
Harrison! I was nervous all day
long. I’ve had SEP’s all week which just
added to my stress. Today I was
convinced that I had done something to harm our baby and that when Dr. Harrison
used the fetal doppler, we wouldn’t hear a heartbeat at all.
Tyler was ever so loving and kind, but I turned what was
supposed to be a beautiful day of hearing our baby’s heartbeat for the first
time into a downer day with my anxiety and stress. We did have a moment when Dr. Harrison was
chasing the baby around (say what?! It’s
already moving like crazy!) and she finally got the heartbeat. It was incredible. Tyler and I both looked at each other and
smiled. This was our baby. It was alive and having a grand old time in
my grapefruit-sized uterus already.
Dr. Harrison let us know the results of my lab tests. Everything looks good to go, except for the
fact that my blood type is A-, which means a Rhogam between 28-32 weeks. Eek.
Really?! There’s also some more
blood work headed our way and we’re contemplating the flu shot this year. I just really hate shots. I really do.
Needles and Jamie are not friends.
Our next appointment is scheduled for December 6th. We’ll be 16 weeks! Say what?!
And I’m sure we’ll be talking about finding out the gender sooner or
waiting ‘til 20 weeks (after
Christmas).
It’s tough being a mom already. I’m constantly analyzing what I’m doing right
or wrong and should I eat that or not?
The nausea comes and goes now.
I’m just so sick of eating every 2 or 3 hours. Everything is looking less and less appealing
the more of it I eat. Which makes
finding new foods I want to eat a pain in the butt.
Work is going okay.
I’ve had to be careful around some of my students as they looooove to
give hugs all day long. I think I’ve
insulted some of them by saying that we’re going to save hugs for the end of
the day. I have one student who likes to
squeeze me to death for his hug. I have
to remind him everyday to be “not so tight.”
I do get tired more easily and it’s getting harder to stay up with some
of my work. I sleep well about every
other night. I can’t get comfortable in
any position these days and it’s frustrating to be so tired, yet lie awake in
bed all night.
And food. I hate
it. I sat down to eat my dinner tonight
and stared at it. Then I burst into
tears because it didn’t sound or smell good and neither did anything else I
could think of. I cried for a good 5
minutes. And I mean gut-wrenching
sobs. I was so hungry and I had a
massive headache so bad, but I didn’t want to eat. It’s pretty awful.
But it will be so worth it!
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