Quick Update... bored at work!

Howdy! Thought I'd do a quick update to pass some time this afternoon!
Nothing super important to report, but I have started back on Vitamin B6 again today at lunchtime. I keep reading about it's ability to help reduce nausea from morning sickness, so bought some 50mg tablets and will take them, once a day to see if they help at all.
I feel quite good this afternoon, but that normally is the case if I have a nice big lunch and am relaxed. I defintely notice a difference if I've not had enough to eat!
Had a toasted chicken, cheese and tomato sanger for lunch today and it had quite a bit of salt on it, which I think helped me eat it! I'm craving all sorts of salty foods lately, which is good considering my very low sodium levels. I DID have a coke zero as well, which I know caffeine is bad but I don't have caffeine at any other time so figured it wouldn't be the end of the world! And boy, did I enjoy it!!!
Also bought myself a serving of tortellini at this shop where I got my toasted sanger. Lord knows why I bought so much but I didn't even get CLOSE to wanting any of it by the time I'd finished my sandwich! Perfect example of my eyes being bigger than my belly! So, I'll take that home tonight and DP can have it for tea whilst I have my usualy breakfast cereal!
Have my fingers crossed I'll feel this well at 5:30pm tonight as I'm hoping to get along to Body Step. Went to Combat on Monday night and I'd be happy to get to two classes per week at least until the end of the first trimester. Two gym classes and two walks per week would make me a very happy person! We'll just have to see how I go. I keep reading about how most mum's-to-be feel so great and full of life in the 2nd semester that I'm just holding out for that! I hope to get back to most of my normal routine if that's the case. Combat monday's, Pump Tuesday's, Step Wednesday's and Attack Thursday's with a walk or two on the weekends (and seeing as I have a treadmill, can't use weather as an excuse). That would be ideal, just doing the lower options in these classes to help maintain body condition and cardio vascular fitness. Oh, and of course weight gain from my crazy lunches!!!
Well, that's all I've really got to say today. Oh, except for the fact that I am crossing my fingers, toes, and everything else for my fellow TTC buddies, GS, Summa, Rolz, Bubba and Shel...... I know they're not far away girls.... and I really do hope that you're holding out ok xxx

First OB visit!! And yet ANOTHER scan!!!

So, had my first visit to the OB this morning. Very exciting!

This is a pic that the OB gave me showing my little Hubba Bubba on it's side all squished up! Actually, it wasn't squished, this just happened to be the shape of my tummy cause I hadn't had a full bladder (no one told me I had to prior to this appt). Saw the heart beating nicely but forgot to actually ask how fast it was this time! I think I actually thought his little machine wouldn't tell me that, and I was just happy to see it alive and well.

This pic keeps freaking me out though. Kinda looks like it has massive eyes compared with the rest of it! I emailed it to my Mum and she jumped on Skype to talk to me about it! Even though we're in different states, it's cool for my family to be able to see these pics on the same day I get them done! Gotta love the wonders of modern technology!

My OB was such a lovely guy. Very thorough and asking loads of questions and getting a good grounding on my history. He talked through everything and what I needed to do from here. Then he did the scan and advised that Bub is exactly where it should be and it's CRL measures exactly the date it should be, meaning it's growing great!

He gave me a referral for the 10 week blood test and 12 week scan for Downs Syndrome so hopefully all will go well with that. Booked in for the scan on the 13th of May at 9am and will get bloods taken upon my return from Sydney on the 3rd of May. Then I am back to the OB on 25th of May where he said he will check my cervix to make sure all is ok in that regard. With my history of premature labour with my twins, he wants to ensure I've not got an incompetent cervix, in which cse they might put a stitch in it to hold. The blood test on the 3rd will also to be to check my kidney function seeing as last time it was borderline. Hopefully my sodium levels will be up this time too.

So, many appointments and blood tests to have still and they're just to the 12 or so week mark!! Will just be glad to be able to tell people, cause I'm getting sick of avoiding social gatherings!!!

DP went to a birthday party on Saturday night and I avoided it, claiming a kidney infection. I was fine to stay home, but then got all sad and grumpy on Sunday, wishing I could go out and have a good time like everyone else!! Was just feeling sorry for myself and am sick of feeling sick all the time! Once I get to the 12 week mark and can tell people though, it will be much better not having to hide it and then people will understand better. Hopefully by then, the MS will have tapered off a bit too!! Fingers crossed!

Anyway, enough for one day! Until next time...

8 weeks today!

So, 8 weeks today and not feeling too bad! Nights are definitely worse than the day time, although I do get very tired at about 3pm every day.... nearly to the point where I could fall asleep at my desk!!

Had a bit of a scare last week. Was bleeding Thursday night, Friday and Saturday. The blood was fairly dark and it was exactly like AF was starting. To make me worry more, when I woke on Friday I had no pg symptoms to speak of.

Went to the docs Friday morning - he referred me for a scan to check if the pregnancy had stopped. The couldn't fit me in until 4:50pm..... I was beside myself worrying!
I left the docs and went up to Symbion Imaging to see if they maybe had a waiting/cancellation list they could put me on. They'd just had a cancellation at 3:30pm but that was all they could do, so I took it! Had to sit in a work conference trying to concentrate all bloody day and just couldn't!!!
Eventually 3:30pm came and then I had to wait until 3:50pm before I got in! Thought my bladder was going to explode, seeing as they told me it needed to be full! Anyway, my ultrasonographer's name is Luke and he's just lovely. So kind and has one of the best bedside manners I've come across in any field of medicine. I explained to him what the problem was and he said he's just need to see ifthey could see signs of growth and/or a heartbeat. I laid there for only a few seconds when he asked, "Do you want the good news?" OF COURSE I wanted the good news!!! I just nodded and he said, "It's alive!" Well, I completely lost it!!!! Bawling like a baby and carrying on! I was so happy!! Pulled myself together then and he showed me the heartbeat at 137 BPM and growing exactly where it should - to the day. He showed me the placenta and how it was looking good, my ovaries looking good, kidneys etc so by the end of it I could hardly speak I was so relieved. He said plenty of women had bleeding and it wasn't too much for concern if it wasn't too much and especially if it was dark/browny blood. This was less to worry about.
He printed off a pic so I could show DP and it measure pretty much 11mm! So tiny!! I keep forgetting to take a pic of the ultrasound pic, but will do that tomorrow hopefully and post!
Anyway, the bleeding continued Saturday but slowly tapered off to nothing.
Today however I have had more so I'll jsut monitor it and lay low for a couple of days. I was due for AF yesterday so I'm hoping it's just breakthrough bleeding. Got some low grade cramping today too..... will try not to panic like I did last week!

Been eating brekky no problems each morning, in fact I'm worse if I don't have something! Been either having cheerios or weetbix with banana and enjoying every mouthful!! Mostly vegemite sangers for lunch each day which is not too bad. However, come tea time I've got next to no appetite still. Not for proper dinner food anyway! Last night all I felt like was grilled cheese and tomato on toast! The night before I made spag bol, but really only ate half a bowl of spag with the sauce "colouring" the past - no meat to speak of! Tonight DP has a conference thingy to go to, so I'm going to make myself a ham and pineappple pizza (still eating ham if it's cooked).
REALLY missing the gym, but am just too tired to go after work! Been too tired to even go walking!! Am hoping to get to Body Attack tonight and just do the low options. I'm hoping a bit of exercise and endorphins will pick me up! I can always stop if it gets too much... see how I go!

Well, this has been a longer post than I anticipated. Can't even remember what I'd written last time - perhaps I've repeated some stuff I wrote today?!?! Oh well....

See you next time! :)

1st Midwife Contact and other bits and pieces....

At home today as I have been up sick since 2:40am!! Not going to complain at all because it means bub is hanging around, but I don't think I could have dragged myself to work regardless!!

Lower back is pretty darn sore today too, almost like I've got a chill in it but it's ok. I can deal with this stuff!!!

Got great news about Superstarrr this morning so am sooooo very happy for her! Hanging for the latest update!!! Congrats Super!!!!

Spoke to my student midwife for the first time this morning. Her name is Lydia and she sounds lovely! Unfortunately she can't make it to my first OB visit on the 19th of April due to Uni, but we will catch up shortly after that. She actually completes her midwifery course in November, when I'm due - what a graduation!!! Im really glad to have someone go through the whole process with me - espeically not having any of my own family living here.

Just a quick update today, nothing else really interesting to add!

Bye for now!

6w4d (33DPO!)

Well, didn't get a chance to update my blog over the Easter long weekend... mainly cause I didn't have the ENERGY to do so!!! I'm soooooo tired all the time and can hardly eat anything! I'm not spewing or anything but I feel hungover and have this awful "empty stomach" feeling all the time as though I'm starving but the thought of any food makes my mouth water in a bad way!
So much for thinking I'd escaped MS.... I think this may be it!
I am able to eat cheerios in the mornings and I'm not toooo bad at lunch time if I just have a plain vegemite sanger or maye peanut butter, but come tea time I have no appetite at all. Last night I made homestyle country chicken in the slow cooker and the smell alone was making me feel rotten! We had a guest over for tea so had to attempt to eat something as we couldn't say why I didn't want to eat, so sat there at the table picking at bits of chicken. It actually tasted lovely, but I couldn't seem to bring myself to swallow most of it - just chewed and chewed and in the end just gave up!
I'm not complaining though, I know it's not forever and it gives me some piece of mind knowing that this is normal in pregnancy!

Have spent the morning at work checking out the charts of some TTC friends and am hoping like mad we get some more BFP's this month. Would be lovely to have some little christmas bubs!!!! C'mon girls, best of luck!!!