I was looking forward to writing "the same as it felt at 5 weeks". A few days ago, that would have been my post. However, after that, something changed a little bit. I started getting morning sickness. However, it is not "morning" sickness as my nausea is typically in the early evening around dinner time. (I think that will help with me survivng work).
I still don't seem to have gained any weight and my body looks the same as of right now. I am not sure how many more weeks that will last.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
To Be 5 Weeks Pregnant
The same as 4 weeks pregnant....
I don't really feel any symptoms. Well, I take that back. I am feeling one symptom. I am very emotional. Every little thing is "touching" to me. It is either a happy tear/cry or sad tear/cry. Other than that, I am not really feeling any other symptoms. Well, I take that back. My boobs are a little sore. However, I do stress "little sore". That is a typical pregnancy symptom.
I think there are 2 reasons I am not really feeling many symptoms. The first reason is that it is still pretty early, and often, symptoms don't start settling in until 6 - 8 weeks. The other reason is that my virus/cold symptoms are masking anything else going on. From my sore throat to cough to congestion and fever, my body doesn't have any room for any other symptoms at this point.
Here's to my illness going away and true pregnancy symptoms appearing. Bring It On!
I don't really feel any symptoms. Well, I take that back. I am feeling one symptom. I am very emotional. Every little thing is "touching" to me. It is either a happy tear/cry or sad tear/cry. Other than that, I am not really feeling any other symptoms. Well, I take that back. My boobs are a little sore. However, I do stress "little sore". That is a typical pregnancy symptom.
I think there are 2 reasons I am not really feeling many symptoms. The first reason is that it is still pretty early, and often, symptoms don't start settling in until 6 - 8 weeks. The other reason is that my virus/cold symptoms are masking anything else going on. From my sore throat to cough to congestion and fever, my body doesn't have any room for any other symptoms at this point.
Here's to my illness going away and true pregnancy symptoms appearing. Bring It On!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
To Be Sick and Pregnant
It Sucks!!!! Actually, it sucks bigtime!
I have been home sick from work for 3 days with a cold/virus, and I can't take anything. If I was allowed to take something, I am sure that I would be sleeping better at night and not missing 3 days of work. I am still in the first trimester, so it really isn't good to take any medicine. That is the hard part. I pretty much have to let the illness run its course. I called my OB, and she said I could take some Tylenol, but I am still not thrilled about that. I have only taken 3 of those pills in the past 3 days when my temp was over 100 and not going down. I have been awake at night for 3 nights straight now too. Typically, I would take some kind of decongestent at night like, Nyquil. That is a big no no when you are pregnant. So, I am suffering. I haven't called my Mom yet to tell her I am sick, because she will ask "What are you taking for it?" "Nothing, Mom". "Why aren't you taking anything?" See the bad road that conversation can go down?
This illness has made me a little worried about the health of the baby too. When Keith and I conceived, I got a yeast infection. (TMI? Well, what do you expect from a pregnancy blog? If you can't handle it, then you probably shouldn't be reading it). Now, 2 weeks later, I have a virus (that may actually be turning into a sinus infection). Can you see my concern? I am just about 5 weeks pregnant and am having these health issues. The first 12 weeks are crucial in the baby development. So, I am praying that everything will be ok. I am sure it will be fine and I am just paranoid. I still check for miscarriage every time I go to the bathroom. It is a first trimester habit. Don't call me gross or anything like that as I know you did the same exact thing in your first trimester.
Well, considering I was up all night, it is time for a nap and then some Jewish Penicillin. That type of medicine I can take.
I have been home sick from work for 3 days with a cold/virus, and I can't take anything. If I was allowed to take something, I am sure that I would be sleeping better at night and not missing 3 days of work. I am still in the first trimester, so it really isn't good to take any medicine. That is the hard part. I pretty much have to let the illness run its course. I called my OB, and she said I could take some Tylenol, but I am still not thrilled about that. I have only taken 3 of those pills in the past 3 days when my temp was over 100 and not going down. I have been awake at night for 3 nights straight now too. Typically, I would take some kind of decongestent at night like, Nyquil. That is a big no no when you are pregnant. So, I am suffering. I haven't called my Mom yet to tell her I am sick, because she will ask "What are you taking for it?" "Nothing, Mom". "Why aren't you taking anything?" See the bad road that conversation can go down?
This illness has made me a little worried about the health of the baby too. When Keith and I conceived, I got a yeast infection. (TMI? Well, what do you expect from a pregnancy blog? If you can't handle it, then you probably shouldn't be reading it). Now, 2 weeks later, I have a virus (that may actually be turning into a sinus infection). Can you see my concern? I am just about 5 weeks pregnant and am having these health issues. The first 12 weeks are crucial in the baby development. So, I am praying that everything will be ok. I am sure it will be fine and I am just paranoid. I still check for miscarriage every time I go to the bathroom. It is a first trimester habit. Don't call me gross or anything like that as I know you did the same exact thing in your first trimester.
Well, considering I was up all night, it is time for a nap and then some Jewish Penicillin. That type of medicine I can take.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
To Be 4 Weeks Pregnant
It feels no different than if I was not pregnant at all.
I took another digital test this morning. Yep, still pregnant. It is still really early as I just found out on Wednesday. (3 days ago). I have my first exam on March 11th which will put me at 7 weeks. First exams are usually set between 7 - 10 weeks, because the doctors want to make sure that the pregnancy sticks. Many miscarriages occur within the first few weeks, so they don't want appointments scheduled unneccessarily. I am praying that I do not have to cancel my appointment. Pray for me too, ok? Although, at this point no one but my husband even knows I am pregnant, so I guess I don't have a whole lot of people out there that can pray for me. Oh well!
I remember freaking out on the phone with the person trying to schedule my first prenatal appointment with baby #1. "What do you mean you don't schedule appointments until then? This is my first child and I don't want to wait until the end of the first trimester. The first trimester is the most important and I have so many questions". Can you imagine me, the crazy newly pregnant lady, on the phone with this poor appointment setter? She finally let me come to the office and pick up all the literature that they usually give out at that first appointment. Phew, much better. I remember that day. It was also a Wednesday, and I dragged Keith to Target to buy Prenatal vitamins and every pregnancy book ever written. I still have those books, so I am good to go. However, there is one more I need to buy this time around, "Your Pregnancy at 35". Ugh!
I took another digital test this morning. Yep, still pregnant. It is still really early as I just found out on Wednesday. (3 days ago). I have my first exam on March 11th which will put me at 7 weeks. First exams are usually set between 7 - 10 weeks, because the doctors want to make sure that the pregnancy sticks. Many miscarriages occur within the first few weeks, so they don't want appointments scheduled unneccessarily. I am praying that I do not have to cancel my appointment. Pray for me too, ok? Although, at this point no one but my husband even knows I am pregnant, so I guess I don't have a whole lot of people out there that can pray for me. Oh well!
I remember freaking out on the phone with the person trying to schedule my first prenatal appointment with baby #1. "What do you mean you don't schedule appointments until then? This is my first child and I don't want to wait until the end of the first trimester. The first trimester is the most important and I have so many questions". Can you imagine me, the crazy newly pregnant lady, on the phone with this poor appointment setter? She finally let me come to the office and pick up all the literature that they usually give out at that first appointment. Phew, much better. I remember that day. It was also a Wednesday, and I dragged Keith to Target to buy Prenatal vitamins and every pregnancy book ever written. I still have those books, so I am good to go. However, there is one more I need to buy this time around, "Your Pregnancy at 35". Ugh!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
To Find Out You Are Pregnant With #2
It was the greatest feeling!!!!
That is how I felt. I was smiling all day long at work yesterday and trying not to make it obvious that something was going on with me. After all, I still have to keep this secret for another 2 months from most people. Ugh, I don't know how I am going to do that.
Keith felt a little differently than I did initally. It was a different feeling than when #1 was on the way. There is definitely a difference between your first baby and second baby, but each one is special in their own way. As I mentioned yesterday, Keith was just a little apprehensive with finances and managing everything. However, it very quickly became a different story. He has already started rattling off some baby names. (No, we are not naming our child Bart). He talked about the 2 kids rooms and he talked about how we are going to get everything organized before the baby comes to make things easier. This time around, we don't have as many stressors, so it should make things a little easier. (Last time, we were renting out our condo, buying a new place, packing the condo, moving into the new townhouse, etc...)
I called Keith today at work, because I had to "tell him something". Basically, it was that I did a faux pas on our condo list serve. Keith thought I was calling because I might have messed up on the test and I wasn't pregnant. (He saw the test said "positive". I don't think I could have messed that up). Anyway, he was upset to think that I wasn't pregnant. How sweet! I guess he came around very quickly and the little things don't really matter. You make it work.
That is how I felt. I was smiling all day long at work yesterday and trying not to make it obvious that something was going on with me. After all, I still have to keep this secret for another 2 months from most people. Ugh, I don't know how I am going to do that.
Keith felt a little differently than I did initally. It was a different feeling than when #1 was on the way. There is definitely a difference between your first baby and second baby, but each one is special in their own way. As I mentioned yesterday, Keith was just a little apprehensive with finances and managing everything. However, it very quickly became a different story. He has already started rattling off some baby names. (No, we are not naming our child Bart). He talked about the 2 kids rooms and he talked about how we are going to get everything organized before the baby comes to make things easier. This time around, we don't have as many stressors, so it should make things a little easier. (Last time, we were renting out our condo, buying a new place, packing the condo, moving into the new townhouse, etc...)
I called Keith today at work, because I had to "tell him something". Basically, it was that I did a faux pas on our condo list serve. Keith thought I was calling because I might have messed up on the test and I wasn't pregnant. (He saw the test said "positive". I don't think I could have messed that up). Anyway, he was upset to think that I wasn't pregnant. How sweet! I guess he came around very quickly and the little things don't really matter. You make it work.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
To Conceive The Second Time Around
It was a little different the second time.
Keith and I talked about having baby #2. We kept going back and forth for a little while as one baby is hard enough to manage that having a second baby was going to be that much harder. However, we do know the benefits of 2 children and didn't really want Joshua to go through "only child" syndrome. So, we decided that we were going to try for #2.
2 years apart seemed like a good age difference. Plus, I was about to turn 35, so we didn't want to wait too long. The next step was to figure out my body and if I was ready for #2. I was back to my prepregnancy weight, so that was good. It was just a matter of getting my "internal" body in order. I nursed Joshua for about 14 months, and didn't even get anything remotely to a period until October. (That was 13 months postpardon). Yes, I was so so lucky. To go just about 2 years without a period was awesome. However, it is not so awesome if you want to get pregnant again. Of course, they say you can get pregnant without a period and while nursing, but it is much more difficult and less likely.
During the December/January cycle, I decided to start charting my temperature in the morning to see if I was ovulating yet and what my cycle looked like. Prior to this cycle, I only had one other cycle, so I had no clue if I was back to normal or how long it would take to get there. During this cycle, things seemed to be going ok. My temp rose around day 17 day and stayed up... But, then on the 27th day, I got my monthly visitor. So, 9 days with a higher morning temperature is not enough to sustain a pregnancy. Oh well, I guess my body needs a little more time.
Apparently, it didn't need much more time, as I got pregnant during the January/February cycle. This was the first month where we "tried". Of course, we didn't expect it to happen the first time around. However, it happened the first time with Joshua. So, this shouldn't have come as the biggest surprise. I guess you can call me "fertile mertile".
It probably was a good thing that we got pregnant the first month. I am really an impatient person. The two weeks or so between when you ovulate and when you find out that you are or are not pregnant is torture. I bought an Answer Pregnancy Test on Sunday 2/8 when I went to the grocery store to pick up a few forgotten things with Keith. When we are paying for the test, Keith says outloud, "do you think you are pregnant?" It was so embarrasing. No, I didn't think I was pregnant and it was a little too early to test, but I wanted to have the test around so that I would be prepared and not have to run out to the store when I was ready to take the test.
Keith and I talked about having baby #2. We kept going back and forth for a little while as one baby is hard enough to manage that having a second baby was going to be that much harder. However, we do know the benefits of 2 children and didn't really want Joshua to go through "only child" syndrome. So, we decided that we were going to try for #2.
2 years apart seemed like a good age difference. Plus, I was about to turn 35, so we didn't want to wait too long. The next step was to figure out my body and if I was ready for #2. I was back to my prepregnancy weight, so that was good. It was just a matter of getting my "internal" body in order. I nursed Joshua for about 14 months, and didn't even get anything remotely to a period until October. (That was 13 months postpardon). Yes, I was so so lucky. To go just about 2 years without a period was awesome. However, it is not so awesome if you want to get pregnant again. Of course, they say you can get pregnant without a period and while nursing, but it is much more difficult and less likely.
During the December/January cycle, I decided to start charting my temperature in the morning to see if I was ovulating yet and what my cycle looked like. Prior to this cycle, I only had one other cycle, so I had no clue if I was back to normal or how long it would take to get there. During this cycle, things seemed to be going ok. My temp rose around day 17 day and stayed up... But, then on the 27th day, I got my monthly visitor. So, 9 days with a higher morning temperature is not enough to sustain a pregnancy. Oh well, I guess my body needs a little more time.
Apparently, it didn't need much more time, as I got pregnant during the January/February cycle. This was the first month where we "tried". Of course, we didn't expect it to happen the first time around. However, it happened the first time with Joshua. So, this shouldn't have come as the biggest surprise. I guess you can call me "fertile mertile".
It probably was a good thing that we got pregnant the first month. I am really an impatient person. The two weeks or so between when you ovulate and when you find out that you are or are not pregnant is torture. I bought an Answer Pregnancy Test on Sunday 2/8 when I went to the grocery store to pick up a few forgotten things with Keith. When we are paying for the test, Keith says outloud, "do you think you are pregnant?" It was so embarrasing. No, I didn't think I was pregnant and it was a little too early to test, but I wanted to have the test around so that I would be prepared and not have to run out to the store when I was ready to take the test.
That night, I had a dream that I took the pregnancy test and got 2 lines (pregnant). So, the next morning, I decided to take the test. I knew it was a little early, day 25, but the tests say that they can detect 4-5 days before your missed period. So, I decided to give it a shot. I only got 1 line (not pregnant). Oh well, I didn't think I was or wasn't pregnant. I just tested too soon and wasted a test. (Actually, I didn't think I was going to be pregnant this cycle). The next night, I had some symptoms that I get a day or 2 before my monthly visitor comes. So, in my head I am thinking, "This sucks. I am going to get my period". However, I decided I was going to take a test the next morning as it was Joshua's 17 month birthday, and I thought it would be cool to find out I was pregnant on that day. (Also, I went to Chef Geoffs for lunch on Tuesday. I went to Cheff Geoffs the day before I found out I was pregnant with Joshua, and it was also a Tuesday. I took the pregnancy test and got a positive result with Joshua on a Wednesday too. Ironic? Hmmm... Probably not. Most people probably think I am acting silly about that).
On Wednesday morning, day 27, I took the second Answer Pregnancy Test. I waited the torturous 3 minutes and looked at the test. "Is that a second line or isn't it?" I waited another 3 or so minutes and then looked at the test again. "Is that a second line or isn't it? Nah." I thought. Yet, I wasn't really sure, so I took Answer's customer service number with me and decided I would call them when I got off the train in DC. Assuming I wasn't pregnant, I even took my stash of tampons with me to work in case they were going to be needed later today.
I got off the train, and assuming I wasn't pregnant, I went into Firehook and ordered my medium coffee (with caffeine). The only problem was that for the first time that I have ever ordered coffee there, they were in the middle of brewing a fresh pot and didn't have any regular coffee. I waited for a few minutes and then they said, "we have decaf ready". Was this a sign? I took the decaf and walked out of the coffee shop.
After I left the coffee shop, I called Answer customer service and explained my dilemma. Of course, without the guy on the phone looking at the stick, he couldn't tell me for sure. "How faint does the line really have to be in order to really appear?" He said any line is an indicator and suggested that I wait 48 hours and test again as the hCG levels multiply over the first few days and that is what triggers the positive response. Of course, I don't really have the patience to wait 2 days. So, I walk down the street to CVS which is the opposite direction from my office and pick up a digital test. Hey, with a digital test, any dummy can read it saying "pregnant" or "not pregnant". I didn't need to interpret whether there was a plus sign or second line. I walked another 2 blocks away from my office to the JW Marriott and went into the women's bathroom. I peed on the stick and waited another 3 torturous minutes in the stall for the hour glass to turn to either pregnant or not pregnant. (Of course, it could show "not pregnant" and that might still mean that it was a little too early to test. I decided that if it didn't show "pregnant" that I was going to wait until Saturday to test again. Not that I am superstititous, but I really didn't have a desire to find out the fate of my pregnancy on Friday the 13th). After 3 minutes, the test showed up "pregnant". I looked at it for several seconds in utter shock and walked out of the stall. I looked in the mirror in the bathroom, smiled, and left the hotel and walked to my office.
I arrived at my office much later than expected. My little escapade took much longer than anticipated. I was hot from the walk to the office. (Hot flashes already or was it just that I was wearing my wool coat as I didn't realize today was going to be 70 in February?) I sat down at my desk with a smile on my face telling the world, "I have a secret!"
I decided how I was going to deliver the news to Keith. Of course, it was really hard to keep it from him during the work day. I emailed him 3 little things, but he didn't pick up on it at all. I told him that I didn't want sushi for Valentine's Day dinner. I told him that I didn't want to eat turkey sandwiches anymore, and I told him that I wanted my steak well done. OK, so maybe most people wouldn't pick up on those, but even so... My plan was to make a sign in nice marker that said "I am going to be a big brother in October" and pin it on Joshua for Keith to see. That plan didn't exactly work as when I got home, Keith was outside on our front stoop with Joshua. Plan B, still can do the note, but it needs to be more of the notebook paper and pen version.
I went upstairs and changed out of my work clothes and penned the note. "I am going to be a big brother in October. I am so excited". I came downstairs and sat at the dinner table and we began to eat. I gave Joshua the note and said, "give this to Dada". Of course, Joshua wasn't really interested in following those directions, but he did take the note, and I told Keith that Joshua has a note for you. Keith looked at me strangely, took the note and opened it. He was shocked. He thought I wasn't pregnant as he saw me take my "tampon bag" out of my cabinet this morning and he said to me, "I guess you aren't pregnant". He didn't know about the earlier dilemma with the Answer Test.
I am still in utter shock, but I am thrilled. Keith is in shock too, but he is also a little apprehensive right now. The feeling I felt when I found out I was pregnant with Joshua is how I feel right now. Although, I am a little nervous too. I know that Keith is a little apprehensive too because he is worried about finances and just managing with 2 little ones. I tried to assure him that everything is going to be great, and I know he is going to fully come around very quickly. Tonight, I went downstairs and dragged out my "What to Expect When You are Expecting" book and "Your Pregnancy Week by Week" from the downstairs bookcase. Pregnancy with Joshua didn't seem like it was that long ago, but it was 2 years ago and it does seem like it has been awhile. There are many things that are going to be so new to me. First order of business, set up an appointment with a new OBGYN.
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