11 Weeks Pregnant

Well, so far it has been quite a journey.

I have 8 days left of steroids, and still am not sleeping, thanks to said steroids, so I'm pretty tired, and I feel very irritable and crabby. I'm also constantly nauseous and constantly eating, weird combination. Tired of making four hundred meals a day and running out of ideas of what to eat. Haha. I have a strange taste in my mouth ALL THE TIME and it really bugs! I have been chewing pepermint gum, which does actually seem to help quite a bit, but I can't chew it all the time or I get headaches. (I know it sounds like I'm complaining a lot, doesn't it? I told you I'm crabby.)

Yesterday was pretty amazing. I had an ultrasound, and I got to see the little heart beating again. Even better, I got to see how much the baby has grown! And how he or she was moving all around, and jumping up and down, kicking arms and flinging legs, moving his or her mouth!! I say I can already tell he or she has Danny's nose ( ;) ) but we shall see!

We find out the sex of the baby on week 24 (17-24 November) unless we want to opt for a "private" scan, which means we pay out of pocket, to find out earlier. Danny and I will discuss this later on. Still no communication with Danny, so he hasn't heard about the ultrasound or appointment yet. Stinks to be pregnant alone, all I want is to share these special moments with him, these moments we have waited so long to have. My next appointment is on the 30th of September, and by then we should be able to actually hear the heart beating. (We could see it, but due to the backwards tilt of my uterus, the Doppler could not pick up the audio. Normally the heartbeat can be heard around 6-8 weeks of pregnancy.)

Other than being tired and crabby, and sometimes overly emotional, I'm doing alright. Counting down the days until I get to see Danny again and he can touch my growing baby belly.<3

10 weeks bump

Here is my 10 week bump. I have poison ivy on my face, belly, and arms so please excuse the redness and face swelling.

10 Weeks Pregnant

These last few weeks have been far from ideal. I skipped 9 weeks update, it just slipped away from me. After working 26 hours in one week (I know it doesn't seem like a lot, but when you are 8-9 weeks pregnant it is.) I was pooped.

So here's whats going on: I stopped taking my Zofran, I didn't want to risk an allergic reaction after the Dr first told me that was what was happening. My body was covered in hives and swollen and itchy.

The following morning, I woke up to blindness. Not actual blindness but I had to feel my face to check if my eyes were actually open because I couldn't see anything, and they were swollen shut. (photo below). I ended up being taken to the hospital by my new roommate, Leeanne, where I was sent to an allergist. As soon as he saw the reaction on my legs, he said it was 100% poison ivy, a reaction that had gotten down into my blood system, further weakened my immune system and caused a severe  allergic reaction. I was given two options: Take a steroid shot and continue on steroids for the next 5 days, risking birth defects and miscarriage (or possibly better growth in the baby, they said it could go either way) or, not take the steroids, and risk my own death by suffocation, as my airways were starting to react. (I had to blow into this machine, I nearly died because it was so hard!! AH!) So I chose my life over no life (no mama, no baby), and had the shot. Within 15 minutes my eyes opened up again.

I will have another appointment on Friday to make sure everything is clearing up, and then an Ultrasound and OB appointment on Tuesday night to check on my baby. (after I'm done with the steroids)

I might post a baby bump picture later, but I'm scared.

Danny's unit tried to get him home early, but it didn't work out. I did however get a phone call and I was able to speak with him for about 7 minutes. I'll get to speak to him again after my appointment on Tuesday, as everyone is concerned about the baby and want to make sure that everything goes well.

Please, PLEASE, keep us (the three of us) in your prayers. I'm having someone come to spray the poison ivy out of our yard tomorrow afternoon, so we won't risk this horrible trial again.

This is my swollen face, my eyes are OPEN, but not... really able to open. I could hardly see anything out of my right eye and my left was closed completely.

Baby's First Photoshoot ;)

This morning I had a follow up appointment at the OB clinic on base. It went really smoothly. I arrived about 20 minutes earlier (I would have been earlier than that but due to morning sickness that just wasn't possible) than I needed to but I wasn't sure about traffic in the mornings getting on to base, and I wasn't sure how long the line would be (I was instructed to go to Sick Hall at the clinic, since it was after hours when i was released from the ER and they couldn't make me a proper appointment). I was second in line when I arrived. I had to give a sample, since I was diagnosed with a UTI and all traces of the infection are gone (wohoo!) and I've been given the OK to stop the medicine, since it makes me even more sick.


They did discover however that I'm dehydrated. I'm, quite frankly, not keeping much down. So I was given medication to prevent vomiting. I took one as soon as I left and ate when I got home and happy to say my second breakfast stayed in place :) I don't know if I'll take it as much as they want me to, but it'll definitely help when I have to go to work in the morning.


Baby is measuring at 8 weeks and 1 day old, which would put conception on the 20th of June, even though I hadn't been in Mississippi for 3 full days at that time. I'm still uncertain of the day that I thought I felt ovulation though so really it could have been any time that weekend I suppose. It is still too early to move the due date so as for now, I'm still due on March 9, 2011.

And drumroll please!! The little baby.... this photo was taken just after I saw the heartbeat for the very first time. The Arrow was put there so that I could send a photo taken with my iPhone to Danny (who is still TDY) and so he could clearly see where baby is.