December 15, 2010

Well, I guess I have fallen off the planet again.  The morning-afternoon-night sickness got better for a few days after I got out of the hospital, but unfortunately it has returned with a vengeance.  The only reason that I am semi functioning right now is due to the anti-nausea medication, I am only taking it in the mornings so that I can get through my 9-hour workdays.  However, by 3:00 p.m. I am pretty sick again and all I want is to be in bed curled in the fetal position. Most days that I get home from work walk in the door and have to run to the bathroom to once again toss whatever little is in my stomach.  We are really hoping that we get though most of the ‘sick stage’ soon.  We are 10 weeks along right now so according to my doctor I should be out of the woods around 12 weeks, just in time for new years. I have to admit that pregnancy is nothing like I thought it was going to be, being sick 24/7 got old a month ago.  When you are sick all of the time it’s hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I am really struggling with trying to stay positive.

On a lighter side…..Keith has been the most amazing husband a woman could ever ask for, he has taken full control of every aspect of our life.  Because I am in bed as soon as we get home every night, he now does all of the cleaning, dishes, laundry, puppy duties, and snow removal.  He has been so wonderful and sweet, never making me feel guilty because I can’t do my share of keeping up the house. I know that it is wearing him thin; he’s functioning on a few hours of sleep every night because he stay up late trying to get everything done before he comes to bed.  It’s been weeks since we were able to go to bed at the same time, most nights I have been asleep for hours before he comes to bed.  

We are getting very excited about our appointment next week (Dec 21^st) to hear the baby’s heartbeat!  I get emotional every time I think about how amazing it’s going to be to hear our baby; I think everything will become real for me.  Up to this point, most days it still feels like a dream that we are pregnant. I have not gained any weight yet; I am actually still trying to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. To most of the world I don’t look pregnant just very, very exhausted and haggard, but I am just starting to get a tiny little bump. :)

Baby update: Our baby is just over an inch long, they are swallowing fluid, and the baby's limbs can bend now and is kicking up a storm.  Also, tiny nails are forming on their fingers and toes and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.