I'm back!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and was able to spend it with family and friends.  I have been a little absent from blogging for the last week or so due to being pretty ill. Here's a recap of our life over the last week.....  The morning sickness had been getting more and more violent over the last 10 days, I was unable to keep food or liquids down since about Saturday afternoon . We had our 1st OB/GYN appointment on Monday Nov, 22 and my doctor assured me that my degree of illness was very typical of first time mothers.  I tried to go to work the following day, Tuesday, but my wonderful father took me home around noon because I  had been lying on the floor in my office from the intense nausea. By Wednesday, I still couldn't keep anything down, I was nauseous 24/7, weak from lack of nourishment, and my hands and feet started to turn purple.  My mom came and picked me up to take me over to their house, just so I could be around someone, but after seeing my condition forced me to go to the doctors. Got to love your mommies!  After a long doctors visit, I was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum  (aka: severe morning sickness)and dehydration, and was sent off to the hospital to get re-hydrated. They pumped me full of vitamins, anti-nausea medication and lots of fluids.  I am now feeling much better, thanks to lots of rest over Thanksgiving and a prescription for anti-nausea medication.  Thank you to all of you that knew what was going on and kept me in your prayers they were very much felt!  We hope that we have a handle on my morning sickness and that the rest of our pregnancy is a breeze....