Our mw came by this afternoon and it was so good to see her!
I felt really guilty for not having gotten my labwork done. When I've felt physically up to it, I haven't had childcare and when I've had childcare I haven't felt up to it. Dh is home this week, though, and I'm going to go tomorrow morning.
Anyway, it was a really positive appt. No ketones!!! for the first time in 2 months! I'm down to throwing up about once a day, as long as I eat hot, protein-dense food every 1.5-2 hours and don't try to do anything at all.
Yes, Mamas, I am a useless lump on a log...but it's keeping me out of the hospital and that's all that matters, I guess.
I haven't gained any weight, but I also haven't lost any more in the past few days. Looks like I maxed out at a loss of 20 lbs.
It's really hard to keep from doing things when I feel okay; I start throwing up after being on my feet for more than a 1/2 hour. So, I had a big whine fest about this with our mw and got the requisite lecture about how I really
AM contributing to the family and doing an important job just by staying well. I know this intellectually...but, emotionally it's still hard.
My uterus is exactly 16 cm, so I'm right on target and probably not carrying twins.
We heard baby's heartbeat as soon as our mw placed the doppler on my stomach!
It was beautiful...so reassuring. There really IS a baby in there!!
There's really no medical indication right now for an ultrasound...so, I don't know if we will have one at all. We'll reassess after my labwork comes back.
If there becomes reason to believe I may be carrying twins, we will have one because we'll have to hire an extra pair of midwives to attend the birth, etc.
Mamas, this is going to be hard for me! I have issues and anxieties about having a boy that are really hard to explain. It's not the boy, per se...more about our extended family and their obsession with boys... Sigh. I think I really wanted to have 20 weeks to work through it emotionally--ahead of time...but, it looks like I will need to come to terms with it on my own, without knowing the sex of our baby. I know...I'm so weird...
I felt really guilty for not having gotten my labwork done. When I've felt physically up to it, I haven't had childcare and when I've had childcare I haven't felt up to it. Dh is home this week, though, and I'm going to go tomorrow morning.
Anyway, it was a really positive appt. No ketones!!! for the first time in 2 months! I'm down to throwing up about once a day, as long as I eat hot, protein-dense food every 1.5-2 hours and don't try to do anything at all.
Yes, Mamas, I am a useless lump on a log...but it's keeping me out of the hospital and that's all that matters, I guess.I haven't gained any weight, but I also haven't lost any more in the past few days. Looks like I maxed out at a loss of 20 lbs.
It's really hard to keep from doing things when I feel okay; I start throwing up after being on my feet for more than a 1/2 hour. So, I had a big whine fest about this with our mw and got the requisite lecture about how I really
AM contributing to the family and doing an important job just by staying well. I know this intellectually...but, emotionally it's still hard.
My uterus is exactly 16 cm, so I'm right on target and probably not carrying twins.
We heard baby's heartbeat as soon as our mw placed the doppler on my stomach!
It was beautiful...so reassuring. There really IS a baby in there!!There's really no medical indication right now for an ultrasound...so, I don't know if we will have one at all. We'll reassess after my labwork comes back.
If there becomes reason to believe I may be carrying twins, we will have one because we'll have to hire an extra pair of midwives to attend the birth, etc.
Mamas, this is going to be hard for me! I have issues and anxieties about having a boy that are really hard to explain. It's not the boy, per se...more about our extended family and their obsession with boys... Sigh. I think I really wanted to have 20 weeks to work through it emotionally--ahead of time...but, it looks like I will need to come to terms with it on my own, without knowing the sex of our baby. I know...I'm so weird...
