Week 14...Doctors visit.

14 weeks!  It’s hard to believe that I’ve been sick for over two months now; I’ve lost a total of 16 pounds so far.  As I looked in the mirror yesterday and saw how skinny I’m getting.  I can’t believe that for most of my life I weighed less than 100 pounds, my poor parents… I thought I looked good but I must have been nothing but a sack of bones. I weigh 15 more pounds then when Keith and I started dating 5 years right now, and I can see almost ever rib and have chicken legs. I wonder what he found to be so attractive about me. Haha.

Well this has been another week that I have spent the majority of my time in bed.  I had an OBG/YN appointment on Tuesday, Jan 11^th, where I had to step on the dreaded scale. I hate scales, especially when they read that I have lost another 5-1/2 pounds since my last appointment less then 3 weeks earlier. I took my Mom with me for moral support and so that she could hear the baby’s heartbeat, which was the best idea I had all day.  It was nice to have someone with me and her face was priceless when she heard the baby.  My doctor is growing more and more concerned with my condition and weight loss, she has given me 1 week, until Jan 18^th, to gain at least 1 pound.  Mommy took me to get a chocolate milkshake after my appointment, and I kept it down!  The doctor also doubled the prescription for my anti-nausea meds as well as giving me an additional medication, I’ve been taking them for the last few days and I’m not sure if they are helping…. all I can feel are the side effects, dizziness and fatigue.  Yesterday I was home from work by 11:30 and slept until 6:15 this morning. To be awake and sick or to be asleep and oblivious….

Baby Update: Baby Richards is now the size of a “lemon”! He or she is measuring between 3-1/2 and 4 inches and weights around 2 ounces. A few of this week’s big developments are that the baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his/her thumb!  The baby is also starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over their little body.  They doctor said that I may begin to feel the baby in the next 3-4 weeks! So exciting! I included a picture of what the baby looks like right now, as soon as I start to feel a little better I’ll start to take weekly baby belly shots.