31 weeks!

How far along? 31 weeks 5 days
Total weight gain/loss: +4 pounds. Finally, a weight gain!
Maternity clothes? Most of my clothes are now maternity, although I still fit into most of my pre-pregnancy shirts and some of my “knock around” shorts.
Stretch marks? none
Sleep: Not great lately, if I wake up nauseous I am finding it harder and harder to fall back asleep.
Best moment this week: Pregnancy massage!
Movement: YES! He is very active early in the morning and again before I go to sleep.
Food cravings: Still no cravings:(
Gender: BOY
Labor Signs:none
What I miss: Being able to eat three meals a day without throwing up.
What I am looking forward to: Having this baby!

BPP pass and new mfm love!

My appointment with my new mfm was on Tuesday and I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved the whole practice. The u/s tech was wonderful, he is still measuring right on schedule AND we saw his practice breathing as soon as he got on the screen. I know they said it was still early last week and not to worry but it was still a relief seeing it. She did the whole BPP which I passed in addition to the growth u/s. My child has a huge noggin(although so do both DH and I) and weighs 3.5 lbs which is just fantastic considering how sick I continue to be.

We were then brought into a consultation room which had nice couches, a cafe table and relaxing music. The doctor comes in and the first thing he said was that he likes to think of his patients as his kids and wants everyone to feel like they are sitting around a kitchen table. He then says that LO and I are “disgustingly healthy” even with the hyperemesis and that he will see us back in a month but to call if I have any questions or concerns. He does not think that I need weekly BPPs/NSTs at all and has no issue seeing me the rest of the pregnancy instead of my now old high risk doctor(who amusingly enough he actually knows and said he can never get that man to crack a smile). He then hugged me and my mom on the way out and reminded me to call if I had any concerns. I would highly recommend this practice to anyone in South Jersey.

I feel 100% better about how Jack is doing now and I got some adorable pictures! I will upload them when I go back home this weekend.

BPP Fail!

My mfm suggested last week that I start getting weekly BPPs as it is hard to tell how my hyperemesis is affecting our LO. The standard procedure would be to do a NST first and if I fail that go to the BPP but since his practice is not large enough to do the testing themselves they just have your OB write orders to go right to the BPP at an outpatient center.

We get to the outpatient center and a student comes in to do the BPP which was beyondt frightening. She had the screen turned away from us so we had no idea what was going on and then after 20 minutes she bolted from the room saying she needed to get someone else to do it. A tech came in and couldn’t find the practice breathing after five minutes so we failed and had to go up to l&d because that is the only place in my frigging county that will do a NST.

While in l&d a doctor from our practice comes in and says she can’t figure out why the mfm even wanted me to do this testing in the first place since LO has been measuring perfectly on track. Then she goes over my chart to make sure she isn’t missing anything and confers with my doctor and he agrees with her but with all of the medical liability issues anymore they can’t recommend I don’t get them since the mfm thought it would be a good idea. So long story short I pass the NST with flying colors but I was warned that since I am still so early chances are that I will fail the BPP at least a few more times and end up right back in l&d once a week. LO did practice breathe but it was not for a full 30 seconds, which we found out later is common for 28/29 weeks. This is annoying on multiple levels because a)no one really knows why I am even there and I am freaking out for no real reason andd b)I am paying an ER visit for every trip to l&d which will start to add up if I am there once a week until 32 weeks which is generally when you would worry if you aren’t seeing practice breathing consistently.

I am getting a second opinion at a new mfm in NJ next Wednesday! I already love the new practice, they told me over the phone that it was ridiculous to be doing these tests so early and expecting a perfect outcome each time. They were also appalled my mfm told me he hated hyperemesis clients so I have a good feeling about this.

27 weeks!

How far along? 27 weeks 5 days
Total weight gain/loss: -2 pounds
Maternity clothes? I am in all maternity clothes besides swimsuit bottoms!
Stretch marks? none
Sleep: Not great lately, I am not sure if its the heat in general or that I am not getting enough exercise because its too hot to walk .
Best moment this week: Finding out I passed the 3 hour test and that my moles were all benign.
Movement: YES! He is very active early in the morning and again before I go to sleep.
Food cravings: No cravings.
Gender: BOY
Labor Signs:none
What I miss: Being able to eat three meals a day without throwing up.
What I am looking forward to: Having this baby!

22 weeks!

So let’s face it, I pretty much suck at updating anymore so I am sorry about that. A lot of changes have happened in the past few weeks so I will fill you in on what is going on. Week 20 did not go so smoothly for me, I was as sick as a dog, I saw the asshole doctor(my last post which I realize now I sugar coated big time), and we decided the best thing for me was to stay at my parents during the week so I wouldn’t be home alone all day. Your mind can go to some really not pretty places when you spend all day alone dwelling on how sick you are. My OB did refer me to see a new shrink who could get me in on the 23rd of this month….gee thanks buddy. It’s hard being up here and away from Chris four days a week but on the other hand I am in a much better place mentally so we are just going to have to tough it out until our little guy gets here since the hyperemesis has not let up at all. Can you get over that? This was my day…eat breakfast…stand up to get a muffin…puke…lay down for a few hours….eat lunch….stand up to go outside and read…puke. Who in the hell can’t move around without puking? Oh yeah that would be me. I am so over it, but clearly it is not over me yet. In the weight department I am holding steady at 136 so I did gain a few with the picc line i which is good, even though I haven’t gained any in the past few weeks. That’s where we are at, 23 weeks tomorrow!

Half baked! 05/21/2010

How far along? 20 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: -11 pounds
Maternity clothes? Pants, shorts, and some shirts
Stretch marks? none
Sleep: Much better since getting the picc line out
Best moment this week: 20 week u/s
Movement: yep! Nothing consistent though
Food cravings: food…gross
Gender: BOY
Labor Signs:none
What I miss: not being nauseous
What I am looking forward to: Having this baby!

Let's add a full body rash into the mix!

I am sorry I have been MIA for a while, since nothing has changed I don’t know what to write about:) We forgot to take a picture this week but I will remember to get back on track with that next week. Our anatomy scan is tomorrow so we are both excited/nervous to see how our little guy is doing. As long as I am feeling so-so afterwards we may hit up target to start looking at what we want to put on our registry.

Since I have nothing to do all day I have been reading a ton of baby books, sleep books, and baby bargains. Let me just tell you how much I loved the last one. I could totally see myself as putting a ton of crapola on my registry that I would never use just because it’s the cool new thing like a wipe warmer. Where to register is also something I can’t fully decide…the closest BRU is 40 minutes away where Target is only 20 minutes away. I am not wild about having to mail back any BRU.com returns since at least for my wedding a lot of presents were sent to us directly though the website. That would be one massive pain in the ass but the choices at Target seem limited so I just can’t make up my mind!

Hyperemesis is still kicking my ass. I have still been getting sick more often now that my picc line is out which sucks. Chris and I did manage to go to the movies last night to see Robin Hood which was a real treat but at the same time I was so nauseous from the drive and sick when I got home that I ended up just going to bed because I felt so bad. I am getting dangerously close to the 20 week mark where this will either go away or last until delivery. We both know that chances are I am going to be like this the whole time. I saw a new doctor at my practice this week that was surprised I wasn’t working. I looked at him and said, “I can’t drive without getting sick, I can’t do more than light housework for a few minutes without getting sick, I have only gained one pound this whole pregnancy, working would only make me even sicker than I already am and I would prefer to stay out of the hospital.” Needless to say I won’t be seeing him again unless I absolutely have to for the rest of this pregnancy. Oh, and the reason for my visit…an unexplained whole body rash. Nice, as if puking wasn’t fun enough I get to add in this ridiculously itchy rash. Thankfully its been about a week but it seems to be going down.