General Update

We had our official "New OB Appointment" today.  Apparently this marks the beginning of contract billing which means no more $30 co-pays but instead a lump sum payment of $1,482 due by March 1st.  Oh joy!  They do break it up into three installments so I guess that makes it easier to swallow.

The "gummy bear" looks good....we got to see it wiggling around on an ultrasound screen this morning.  They say we will be able to hear the heartbeat externally on our next visit which is four weeks from today. 

We are still headed to the high risk specialist on November 4th for a general visit.  I'll be sure to update after that appointment. 

Today marks twelve weeks and two days.  Woo hoo!  Doc says my issues of not being able to eat and feeling yucky will go away now.  Here is to hoping.  :)

Hope It Gets Better

I had a couple of rough weeks then I felt great all of last week.  All of a sudden Monday of this week rolls around and I am struggling again.  My appetite has once again diminished and for the first time this pregnancy I have been fighting a headache daily.  I have taken Tylenol but it does not touch my headache.  A friend suggested caffeine so I tried that...no luck.  My last resort is to increase my protein intake per another friend's suggestion.  Hopefully that will do the trick.

Today is a horrible day for me to be feeling as poorly as I do.  I have a discussion board posting with three outside sources due on Workplace Drug Testing by 9 pm.  I also have ten corporate finance problems to work and a quiz to take by midnight.  For my third class, I have a group case study due next week but our first individual contribution of research to the group is due tomorrow evening.  Needless to say there is far too much work to do while feeling this bad.  Boo!

I apologize for being so negative, I just needed to "vent".  :)

On a positive note, I will be 12 weeks on Sunday and I've heard that once 14 weeks arrives all of this yuckiness goes away.  Fingers crossed!

Update from the Doctor

We went to the doctor this morning for another viability ultrasound.  That word, viability, is scary sounding to me.  Anyway, everything looked great.  The gummy bear was flailing its arms and legs in fury.  It reminded us of Kung Fu Panda. 

We did get to hear the heartbeat!!!  It was 176 bpm which the doc said is PERFECT!  Makes me happy to know that our baby is "perfect".  :)

We go back to this doctor on the 19th for a "new OB" appointment.  I am not really sure what that is all about so I guess I will just have to wait and see.  Between now and that appointment we are being sent to meet with a high risk specialist in Norfolk.  There is not anything wrong with the baby now, but the doctor worries that with me being borderline diabetic and overweight there may be a problem later in the pregnancy.  We are go to the specialist simply to get our foot in the door and become an established patient.  This way if we do require the extra care a few months down the road we will be able to get right in.  Based on what the doctor told us this morning, he is mainly concerned with gestational diabetes and preeclampsia.  I hope we face neither.

Here is a blury pic of the gummy bear....