11 weeks 2 days

Well Im almost finally ou of the first trimester. Blessed be the Gods!!!!

I had a quick Dr's appointment today.
THe antibiotics he gave me for the UTI didn't work. I still have the baldder infection...and Ive had it for over a month!! So Im on new antibiotcs. *blech* And Im drinking cranberry juice by the gallons. Hopefully these new meds will work. Ive been feeling really run down and Im sure that the UTI is mostly to blame.

My new symptom to date is night sweats.
I woke up last night at 1:30 drenched in sweat. It was so bad I had to get up and change my shirt and put towels down on the sheets!! (For a moment I thought I pee'd myself!!) Woke up again at 4:30 soaked. Got up, changed my shirt again.
Woke up at 7:30 sopping wet. This time though, it was because Lijie had pee'd the bed, and thusly pee'd all over me. So I changed like 3 time sin less than 8 hours.

The other thing, thats happening, that I find particularily unpleasant....My ass is growing. Presumably...scientifically this makes no sense, as the baby is growing in my UTERUS. But nevertheless...I had to go and buy new underwear, as all mine were only covering 1 and 3/4 of my ass cheeks. That made me crabby!!
Also, this morning I put on my jeans and they wouldn't button up , except under extreme pain. So i had to dig out my old maternity jeans from Lijie. Of course they were to big. But I settled for the too big ones, as opposed to the pain inducing to tight ones. Ive deffinately got myself a little belly....Check it out.



Otherwise things have been alright. To be honest, I really haven't felt all that great the past couple of weeks. My back hurts, my front hurts, and Ive been pee'ing every 20 minutes. So thats been making me a little bit miserable.I hope these new antibiotcs clear everything up and I can feel somewhat like normal again. I feel like Helga the she-devil most days.

I told Lijie I was going to the Doctor today and he said..
"Are you going to get your baby out mom?"
He also looked at my belly today and asked me if there was TWIN babies in there. I said, "I don't think so!!!!!!"
And he said..."Just say yes mom..!!"
So now he is convinced its twins. And calls them "my twin babies."

Times chugging along. Im happy Ive made it this far!! :)

10.5 weeks

Thought I would pop in and send off a quick post!
I am currently 10.5 weeks and Im feeling better. YAAAAAY!
I can EAT!
Last Saturday morning I woke up craving Eggs Benedict. So Launi took me to "Phils" and I had myself a huge order of EB with hash browns and a pancake the size of a diner plate. I ate everything!!! And it tasted SO GOOD! :)
I still get waves of nausea in the evening/nighttime. But its much more bearable now.
I find myself incredibly tired at times and I so do enjoy an afternoon nap.
Otherwise, things are cruising along nicely. *knock on wood*

Did I mention that Ive been crabby?
Yeah...Launi should be sainted for putting up with me. It can be the smallest thing..and I just explode. *sigh* It makes me so mad at myself, but I feel like Im running low on patience and that makes me snarky sometimes. Im hoping that once thee hormones calm down then I will to. :) I don't remember being this awful when I was pregnant with Lijie...though, I didn't have another child to chase after either. And I could sleep whenever I wanted!! Plus that, its been stressful around here with everything that's happened in the past month.
So yes, Im working on being nicer! :)

I bought a few baby things on the weekend. I found some adorable sleepers. I bought 2 girl ones, and a boy one. They are so tiny. I am pretty sure that Ive forgotten how small they are when they are fresh outta the oven. I have a feeling Ive forgotten (blocked out) alotta things! LOL!

I haven't even scheduled my next pre-natal yet. I should do that. I am supposed to go in 2 weeks. By that time I will be close to 13 weeks.

Lijie is still insisting that the baby is a boy, and that his name is Flame.
I waffle all the time. Most of the time Im convinced its another boy. But then I get "girl" feelings to sometimes. Launi wants a girl, but says he's sure its gonna be another "delightful" boy. Heehee! :) Last time everyone in the family thought I was having a girl. So its gonna be fun this time to see what becomes of this little one. I don't really have a preference either way. I would like a girl because I know Launi wants one, and Id like to "Give" him one. But I already have a boy, and I like the sound of saying, "My boys!" :) So either way...this baby will be a blessing. Launi and I have waited a long time for this. We've really had to "work" at it. So its wonderful either way!

We have a couple of names that we like.
The girls name could change, (we're waffling on it.) But the boys name, Im pretty sure, is here to stay! More on those later!

xox
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1st Prenatal (9 weeks 4 days)

I had my first prenatal last week!
And everything seemed to go well!

Blood pressure was great. And since Ive had no more bleeding, he told me I was free to resume my regular activities. YAAY!

Not much else to report other than a bladder infection. *blech*
I was put on antibiotics. I took them for 3 days and couldn't understand why every day I had an awful headache. I looked at the pharmacy print out and headaches were the first side effect mentioned. So I stopped taking the antibiotics. Since I can't take anything other than Tylenol for the headaches, and Tylenol was doing nothing..I was miserable. I need to go back in and get checked again to see if the UTI has fixed itself..otherwise Im sure he will put me on another round.

(And it had been a week from HELL!! UGD..for more on that...check out my family blog...we've been through alot the past week. )

Ive been feeling a bit better. I still seem to suffer from Nausea, but it seems to be more manageable. Its at its worst in the evening and through night time. But in the morning and during the day its not to bad. I can eat now. And I actually had half a cup of coffee this morning and it tasted pretty good, and settled in my tummy without making me sick. I hadn't had a cup of coffee in 2 months!!!!

Im still having the most bizarre dreams...my gawd. Last night , Heidi Klum and I were best buds and she was hiding a pair of ski's that she had bought for Seal, in my basement.
I woke up and was like...WTH? Where did THAT come from? Hehehe!! :)

Ive been shopping sales for baby clothes and odds and ends.

Still trying to figure out where Im going to "house" this baby.
Lijie has the only other room upstairs and while we have 2 bedrooms downstairs...I just don't want to move him down there yet. He still seems way to small to be down there by himself.
I guess babee will room with us for awhile and then we will figure something else out.

Otherwise Im feeling pretty good.
Just some nausea and very very very tired. I could sleep all day, and still go to bed at night and sleep all night to. I feel exhausted all the time.

I have another prenatal in about 2 weeks.
By that time I will be 12 weeks or so. :)

Im feeling better about being pregnant. After going through massive depression and anxiety the first month and a half...I finally seem to be feeling more like "myself". And maybe its partly because Im more used to the idea now. I still wake up in the middle of the night, in a panic sometimes...thinking about having 2..and handling all the new pressures that that will bring. But Im starting to feel more confident now. We've looked at car seats and cribs and what not..and that makes me feel excited. And Im starting to get a deffinate belly that is pooching out..so that makes it more real as well.

Until next time..
xox
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8 Weeks pregnant and feeling it...

I am 8 weeks pregnant. Phew!!
(Im making it sound like Im 38 weeks pregnant..lol..)

The past week has been just insanely crazy and busy.
A reCap:

Monday night I went to bed and got up an hour later to go pee and discovered that I was bleeding. Not just spotting...but bleeding. I though to myself ... "Hmm..was I just imagining I was pregnant??"

It continued on until about 4:00am when it seemed to stop.
I didn't sleep a wink all night.
I got up early and called my mom and she took us down to the clinic where I waited what seemed like hours to see my Doc.
He pushed around on my tummy and said, "Emergency ultrasound" and a bunch of other stuff that didn't register at the time.

Launi came home from work and took me to the hospital for the ultrasound!! (After I drank about 800 gallons of water and my bladder was near exploding.)

The lady doing the ultrasound was all business, got me up on the table, squished some warm goo on my tummy..and away we went.

She took about 15 minutes and didn't say a word the entire time.
She got up to leave and said she was going to go and find a doctor to confirm her findings. And she left.
I was pretty sure we were going to recieve bad news because she didn't show me a heartbeat or anything. And from what Ive always heard from other friends and relatives...they almost always show you SOMETHING.

She came back about 20 minutes later and said
"Okay so, the pregnancy is viable. We seen a heartbeat."

Relief.
I got dressed, finally, blessedly got to pee, and went to find Launi who had been waiting patiently for over an hour. I was remembering the last time we were at the hospital, and I had to tell him that I had had a miscarriage. This time, I was going to be able to tell him good news. I found him, told him, we hugged...all was well.

I was sent back to my Dr's office and waited there for 2 hours.
When I got to talk to him, he said that the ultrasound looked good, and that I was to do nothing but rest for 10 days.

Which brings us to Friday.
I would not have been able to get through any of this without my family. They have been just great!!! Moms been taking care of Lijie, taking him to school , picking him up, keeping him busy doing things and keeping him at her house so I can rest. She's cooked us a weeks worth of meals so that I don't have to cook. Dennise and her kids have come over to do laundry and clean for me!! I haven't had to do much at all and its just been an amazing blessing to have my family help me like this. Im in awe of everyone and Im so proud to be apart of a family that is so giving.
Thank you everyone!!!

There is a beating heart inside of me! :)
What a comforting thought.......

Stick baby stick.xox
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